Students:German Sustainability Field Trip

This is the main information page and work space for the MOSUR Sustainability Field Trip to Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, organised by the Charles University Environment Center with the assistance of the Leuphana University Lüneburg. The trip to Lüneburg departs Prague on 9 June 2013 and returns on 14 June.

Field Trip Programme

Student profiles

Below is a list of students participating in the field trip containing information about themselves and their interest in sustainability.

Agnieszka Buchtová

Diana Dobrovodská

Eliška Hašová

Jana Jeriová

Jitka Jurníková

Veronika Kupková

Daniel Kurowski

Jaroslav Novotný

Martin Pirkl

Kateřina Racková

Martin Růta

Kristýna Sosnovcová

Markéta Svobodová

Trip leaders' profiles

Here you'll find brief information on the leaders of the trip from the Charles University Environment Center and their sustainability background.

Andrew Barton

Dana Kapitulčinová

Presentations

Key Words

  • autarky
  • feed-in tariff
  • CAP
  • corn silage
  • pulse energy buildings
  • cradle-to-cradle
  • degrowth
  • 'strong' and 'weak' sustainability
  • planetary boundaries
  • anthropocene
  • ecological footprint
  • energy plan
  • 'good living' (buen vivir)
  • EEG - German renewable E law

Resources

Literature

  • Planetary Boundaries - Röckström et al. 2009
  • The Limits to Growth - Meadows et al., 1972 (+ updates)

Web

  • RSPB - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK, [1]
  • OIKOS - [2]
  • Ecological footprint - [3]
  • TED talks - [4]
  • Alfred Toepfer Academy for Nature Conservation (NNA) - [5]
  • The cloud institute - sustainability fish game [6]

Field Trip Diary

Day One - arrival in Lüneburg

Day Two - the sustainability concept at Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Day Three - sustainable campus and renewable energy

Day Four - nature conservation & sustainable agriculture