UnConference Freiburg
An unConference is a conference, but better. It doesn’t have a fixed agenda but rather develops on the spot. It brings together people from all sorts of different backgrounds and walks of life for a day full of new...
Cederberge Mountain Exploration trip for Youth
We take 8-10 youth from the Fisantekraal bike club (settlement outside of Cape Town) to the Cederberg Conservation area over a weekend filled with adventure of hiking, rock-climbing and camping in the wilderness . It is a magical mountain...
A Hospital for Seals
This winter I spent two months volunteering at the Seal Rehabilitation and Research Centre (SRRC) in Pieterburen, Netherlands. This centre works as a hospital for sick or injured stranded seals at the North coast of the country. The freezing...
“Make Future Yourself” Youth Congress “Zukunftselbermachen” in Osnabrück
About 150 young people from mainly Germany, but also from Austria, Switzerland and Luxemburg met in the German city of Osnabrück to discuss how they can create their own future and develop projects to start acting. A set of...
Black Forest Camp 2015
Only when you have seen the beauty of nature you develop the goal to preserve it. This is why we invited 16 teenagers from all over Germany to join us for a week of adventure in the newly founded...
Biodiversity Youth Congress on Rügen
Morning runs along the beach, midnight swims in the Baltic sea and walks on a trail in the canopy and up a tower in the forest. The DBU (a German environmental association) and the ministry of the environment chose a...
Sustainable Islands: the case of the Wadden Sea
We, a group of about twenty students, embarked on the sailing boats “Willem Jacob” and “Confiance” in the port of Lauwersoog – a small Dutch fishing town behind the dikes of the famous Wadden Sea. Both boats were more than...
Day 5: A successful week is over!
After this exciting week full of painting and excursions we organized the new jerseys and rain jackets today. It will be handed over by Geberit, who sponsored it, in July once the new term has started. We are looking...
Day 4: School Project in Port Elizabeth, SA
Early this morning, we took another busload of children to Cape Recife. The grade 7 learners took part in another “pick and match” lesson where they found all kinds of different animals and plants in the rocky shores of...
Day 3: School Project in Port Elizabeth 2014
The kids learnt a lot about their environment and the value of nature. Today marks another great day in the “friendly city”. We took more than 60 grade six kids to the Cape Recife National Park. Here the kids...