See what participants say about last year's program in their video blog.
Internship project in the area of environmental education at the Environmental Center Fulda e.V.
J. Stroempl, USA und N. Reiners, Deutschland
The aim of the project was to develop a week-long international educational program in the area of sustainable development for the Environmental Center Fulda, entitled "Sustainability in the Center"
Central elements of the program that the students proposed were workshops in "Energy", "Water", "Urban development" and "Agriculture" as well as a field trip to the surroundings of Fulda including a visit to a wind park, an organic farm and the museum of Point Alpha, the former border to east Germany, the border between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The financial planning was also part of the student's tasks.
Internship project in the area of regional sustainable development at the
Environmental Center Fulda e.V.
V. Bertini, USA und M. Vincent France
Developing a marketing strategy for the Environmental Center Fulda was the task for the students, with African immigrants in Fulda being the target group.
The students investigated if African immigrants in Fulda knew the Environmental Center and its services and how African immigrants could be won over for educational projects and environmental topics.
Hereby the main focus lied on existing cooperation with an African culture center and the usage of new media and virtual communities, as well as the involvement of cultural references in advertising the services of the Environmental Center Fulda.
Internship project in the area of regional sustainable development at the Bavarian Administration Point of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Rhön at Oberelsbach
R. Bonderson, USA; P. Capkovic, Slovakia; N. Lyon, USA; R. Rees, Canada
The participants of this project analysed the attractiveness of the Rhoen mountains to American tourists and developed a package deal for sustainable tourism in form of a feasibility study. The aim was to benefit from already existing relationships between the Rhoen region and the USA, a relation that exists due to emigration and the presence of the US army in the region during the cold war.
Besides promoting the unique cultivated landscape, the package deals created included Wellness trips, tours for backpackers, town twinning and cooperation between German and American army bases.
The following video shows impressions from the internship project:
