Sustainability in Practice: How We Learn, Live, and Work Within Earth’s Limits

CODE: DE-SCI 11.45

Work

The work part will mainly consist of harvesting and nature-friendly maintenance of the orchards ("Streuobstwiesen"). Excessive mowing and the use of pesticides are avoided in orchard meadows in order to promote biodiversity. However, the trees must be pruned and maintained regularly to ensure healthy growth and good fruit production. Fruit must be harvested to reduce the spread of pests and diseases and to ensure the long-term health of the trees.

There will also be smaller jobs such as chopping wood, as well as metal derusting, protection and material disposal. The aim is to impart knowledge that can be directly applied and passed on in everyday life or in your own projects.

For the planned work assignments, please bring work gloves, work shoes (safety shoes) and robust work clothes suitable for rainy weather.

Accommodation and food

Accommodation in the existing buildings of the Flusshof. Please bring your own sleeping bags or bed linen and towels.

Location and leisure

Räbel near Werben, 90 km from Berlin The Flusshof is located in the small village of Räbel, a district of the Hanseatic town of Werben, directly on the river Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt, where not far away the ferry "Werben" connects the two banks of the Elbe and thus the federal states of Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. Räbel is located in the Middle Elbe Nature Reserve and Biosphere Reserve in the Altmark region, part of the Elbe River Landscape UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

The Elbe cycle path is right by the Flusshof and the beautiful landscape with many small lakes can be explored on foot, by bike or on inline skates (bring your own bike or inline skates). It is possible to make trips to Berlin and Potsdam at the weekend. The region is very rural! In Havelberg, there are a few small shops, cafés and bars. The next shopping possibility for food and everyday needs is in Werben, 5 km away.

Requirements

For the planned work assignments, please bring work gloves, work shoes (safety shoes) and robust work clothes suitable for rainy weather.