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The second day of our field trip we visited the Ecoregion Kaindorf. It is a common project of six municipalities that want to work together applying ecological and sustainable principles. It was founded in 2007 by representatives of Dienersdorf, Ebersdorf, Hartl, Hofkirchen, Kaindorf and Tiefenbach. It aims to become a model region that has a recycling economy and meets its own energy needs out of renewable energy.<ref>http://www.oekoregion-kaindorf.at</ref>

After arrival in Kaindorf, the manager of the region Mag. Joachim Ninaus took care of us presenting the association and its projects to us. In the beginning it seemed to be quite long and dull outline of their activities, but during the presentation we stayed amazed to hear how many interesting and creative ideas and plans they had implemented. We appreciate that we could see some of them with our own eyes. For example the eco charging station for electric vehicles powered by solar panels. During the opening ceremony (2009) some suppliers of electric vehicles also showcased their goods in multi-purpose hall in Kaindorf. It is an example of a project that fulfils more goals. People were attracted by green power filling station, regional companies could get the profit from the purchase and transport in the municipalities became more sustainable. On the other hand, our guide Mr. Ninaus told us that nowadays the station is not efficiently used.<ref>http://www.oekoregion-kaindorf.at/index.php/archiv/2009/oekostrom-tankstelle</ref> We could also see a special cycling path – no oil was used for its production. Tree sap was used instead. We thought it was a very interesting idea until we heard the cost of few meters of this natural asphalt. It is several times more expensive than normal asphalt made of oil, so definitely not everyone can afford it.