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Tyskland Tyskland: Forest School Indelhausen (IBG 01)

Datoer

02/03/2024   -   15/03/2024

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Miljø og natur
Uddannelse

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DKK 1900
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Detaljer om projektet

Alder
18 - 99
Maks. antal frivillige
12
Stadig plads til
5 M + 2 K
Sprog
Engelsk
Vegetarmad
Ja
Nærmeste lufthavn
Stuttgart (ZWS)
Nærmeste bus-/togstation
Riedlingen
Kort

Arbejde

You want to learn how the knowledge about forests is taught to young people in Germany in a non-formal way? Then this is the perfect Workcamp for you! It is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in learning about nature protection work and how to pass on important knowledge about forests to future generations.

In the mornings you will work outside with the foresters and in the afternoons you will participate in different workshops about topics such as climate change, the forest ecosystem and economy or biodiversity conservation.

During your Workcamp, there will be a German school class (7th class, pupils around 13 years old) staying at the forest school, too. During some activities, you will be in contact with them. If you’re interested, you will have the possibility to co-organise workshops relating to forest education for your group and/or the school class.

Kost og logi

You will be accommodated in shared rooms (2 to 4 beds) directly in the forest school. There is a dining room, a common room where you can relax or play games, bathroom facilities with shared showers, as well as a gym hall, a volleyball court, table tennis tables and two climbing walls.

Meals will be provided by the school, so you don't have to cook by yourself. The forest school tries its best to serve local and organic food. There will be vegetarian and vegan options but we need to know about your needs in advance! Please inform us of any dietary restrictions and/or allergies you may have.

Lastly, there is little phone reception in the forest school. Wifi is provided but it is quite slow – you will be able to send messages but streaming videos will most likely not work.

Beliggenhed og fritid

The “Waldschulheim” is located in the small village of Indelhausen in the middle of a geopark (a single, unified geographical area where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development) and at the southern end of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve “Schwaebische Alb” in southern Germany. This area features diverse mountainous and cultural landscapes, protected ecosystems with rare plants and animals and notable forest, meadow and orchard habitats.

The surroundings are perfect for outdoors activities like hiking. It is very rural, and there are many great view-points and various old castle ruins that are worth visiting. Due to this, visiting bigger cities is quite complicated so the free time activities will be mainly done close-by, enjoying the beautiful surroundings

Arrangeret af

This project is organised in cooperation with the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve (Biosphärengebiet Schwäbische Alb), which was awarded UNESCO biosphere reserve status in 2009 and the forest school in Indelhausen. The forest school “Waldschulheim Indelhausen” is a pedagogical institution founded in 1977. The building used to be the village school and now serves 1,000 students and teachers every year as a non-formal learning place on the topic of forest and nature. Groups of students of the grades 7 to 9 of all school types usually stay here for two weeks and participate in different tasks of simple forest work, an educational program about the forest and excursions as well as games, fun and sports.

Take a look at the place here: https://waldschulheim indelhausen.forstbw.de/.

By participating in this workcamp, you are actively supporting biodiversity (UN SDG 15) and help us work against climate change (UN SDG 13).

Rejsevejledning til mødested

Riedlingen train station, in the afternoon. Please arrive between 1pm and 7pm if you can. Your camp leaders will be there to greet you. You can plan your trip by using the German Railway website: https://www.bahn.com/en

Krav

Please be aware that ticks can be an issue when you spend a lot of time outdoors in natural areas in Germany - like in this camp. In our General Infosheet you will find suggestions on how you can protect yourself against them. You are also welcome to check whether a vaccination against the tick-borne disease TBE makes sense and is possible in your home country.

Tyskland Tyskland: Active for future- help to plant trees! (ijgd 24329)

Datoer

04/04/2024   -   19/04/2024

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Miljø og natur

Pris

DKK 1900
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Detaljer om projektet

Alder
18 - 26
Maks. antal frivillige
9
Stadig plads til
4 M + 5 K
Sprog
Engelsk
Vegetarmad
Ja
Nærmeste lufthavn
Frankfurt (FRA)
Nærmeste bus-/togstation
Airport: Frankfurt am Main international,Train station: Bingen HBF (don't choose Frankfurt Hahn as airport, it's to far away.) We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible. If you have the option to go by train, bus or carshare that can be a great first step for you to become a climate steward.
Wi-Fi
Ja
Kort

Arbejde

Highlights: Group feeling in the middle of the forest! Active for future- help to plant trees
Are you a nature lover? Then this is the perfect workcamp for you! Here you will have the opportunity to spend 2 weeks working and living in the forest. Your main task will be to plant trees as part of an active contribution to conservation! You will also be helping out with several other conservation tasks, such as forest maintenance, constructing and repairing protective fences, and preserving the biotopes in the area. By working on these activities, you will also learn a lot about the ecosystem of a forest!

Kost og logi

Highlight: comfortable accommodation,
You will be living in the leisure centre, which is located in the middle of the forest. Some of your meals will be prepared for you by the accommodation team. You will cook your evening meals together as a group. Money will be provided for this purpose. Please state any intolerances during registration.

Beliggenhed og fritid

Highlight numerous weekend excursions: Frankfurt, Cologne, Mainz and much more.
You will be living in a beautiful accommodation building in the middle of the forest, where you can barbecue together in the evening and sit around the campfire. There will be a minibus available for your group, so that you can get to know the beautiful surroundings and drive to local attractions such as the swimming pool, the animal park or the climbing area. You will also be able to take trips to the river Rhine, to Koblenz, to Mainz or to Frankfurt during the camp. The nearest town to your accommodation is Bingen, which also offers several different sights and attractions.

Arrangeret af

The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 5,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths. Our principles: Ecological learning, voluntary contribution, self-organisation, social development, intercultural learning, gender equality, anti-racism/anti-discrimination and political education
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Rejsevejledning til mødested

Since there is no bus connection to the accommodation, you will be picked up on thursday 4th of April at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the train station in Bingen HBF. For any late arrival you can contact the group leaders, you will get their mobile number 10 days before the Camp starts.
Check the website of Deutsche Bahn for the best times and to book your tickets: https://www.bahn.com/en.

Yderligere detaljer

Interest in working in the nature!
You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration and at least 3 weeks before the start of the camp with the specific info sheet for your camp.

Sustainable Development Goals

Climate Action Life on Land
Tyskland Tyskland: Planting and protecting trees in the north German landscape conservation area (ijgd 14238)

Datoer

06/04/2024   -   20/04/2024

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Tema

Miljø og natur
Manuelt arbejde

Pris

DKK 1900
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Detaljer om projektet

Alder
16 - 26
Maks. antal frivillige
13
Stadig plads til
6 M + 6 K
Sprog
Engelsk
Vegetarmad
Ja
Nærmeste lufthavn
Berlin (BER)
Nærmeste bus-/togstation
Berlin-Hauptbahnhof – Rostock – Lüssow (Meckl) (duration of arrival: 3h30min) or Hamburg-Hauptbahnhof – Schwaan - Lüssow (Meckl) (duration of arrival: 3h18min) We would like to invite you to travel as environmentally friendly as possible, e.g. by train, bus or car sharing, and thus make an active contribution to climate protection.
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Arbejde

The "Alte Nebel" between Lüssow and Bützow was the original course of the "Nebel" river. The lowlands along the river have been used intensively for decades, mainly as grassland and arable land, creating rather poor conditions for the local ecosystem.
The task of the State Forestry Agency was to create a development corridor with site-typical trees and shrubs along the "Alte Nebel" in order to accelerate the slow, natural forest development and to greatly reduce the input of plant protection products and fertilisers.
To this end, more than 200,000 trees such as willows, red alders, pedunculate oaks, fluttering elms, downy birches and a wide variety of forest edge shrubs have been planted along around 14 km of the river since 2018.
However, since the beaver has also found a new home along the "Alte Nebel", a large number of trees must now be protected from browsing by the beaver.
Your task will be to protect about 700 trees in an area of about 4 hectares with so-called wire trousers. The wire trousers are made of protection fence, which is cut to a length of 2.2 m, knotted together and erected. In addition, it is fixed to the ground by two stakes made of recycled plastic.
The aim is to protect both existing trees and newly planted willow rods from being bitten by beavers. To do this, you will cut willow rods about two metres long from existing willows, stick them in the ground and then protect them with the above-mentioned wire trousers.
You will be accompanied by the staff of the local forestry office.
In addition to the practical work, the foresters will teach you a lot about nature and environmental protection in general and about the forest and its protection in particular. You will learn a lot about the local flora and fauna, their relevance for the ecosystem and the various measures for their protection.

Kost og logi

You will stay in the “Haus der Begegnung Lüssow” (Meeting house of Luessow), a self-catering house with one room for 5 people, two rooms for 3 and also two rooms for 2 people, on the edge of the small village Lüssow. The house has a kitchen, two sanitary rooms with showers and toilets, and two common rooms for eating and group activities.

You cater for yourselves and cook together. Money for shopping will be provided. Vegetarian or vegan meals are possible. Please indicate any intolerances when registering.

Beliggenhed og fritid

In your free time, you can enjoy your quiet accommodation and the beautiful surroundings by playing sports and spending evenings together around the campfire.
After work, you can also cycle through the beautiful landscape conservation area where you also work.
Or you can take the train (S-Bahn) to the beautiful Hanseatic city of Rostock (travel time 25min), which lies directly on the Baltic Sea.

On the long weekend off (Friday to Sunday), it's worth taking a trip to Berlin, Hamburg or the beautiful sandy beaches of the Baltic Sea.

Arrangeret af

Landesforsten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Forstamt Schlemmin
(State Forestry of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – Foresty office Schlemmin)
The forestry offices of Landesforsten Mecklenburg-Vorpommern perform the tasks of a unified forestry administration: in addition to their forestry work in the state-owned forest and their service offers, this also includes their work as a lower forestry authority - advising and promoting private forest ownership. They also inform all forest visitors about the importance of the forest and the tasks of forestry.

The ijgd has been organising volunteer service programmes since 1949. We are an independent, non-profit association for international youth work, a recognised independent youth welfare organisation, and one of the largest and oldest workcamp organisations in Germany. Each year, we assist around 4,000 young people into volunteer work in Germany and abroad. We give them the opportunity to be creative, act in solidarity, take responsibility for themselves, and discover their own true potential and strengths.

Rejsevejledning til mødested

at accommodation after 4 pm and until 6 pm on Saturday 26/08/2023
From Hamburg airport take S-Bahn S1 in the direction Blankenese and leave it after 24min at Hamburg main train station.
From Hamburg main station take the Regional Express (RE) in the direction of Rostock Hbf and leave the train after 2h15min at the Station Schwaan.
In Schwaan you have to change to S-Bahn S2 in the direction of Güstrow. Leave the train after 9min at the station Lüssow (Meckl).
From Berlin-Brandenburg airport take the Intercity (IC) in the direction Warnemünde and leave it after 2h32min at Rostock main train station.
From Berlin main train station take the Intercity (IC) in the direction Warnemünde and leave it after 1h53 to 1h59min at Rostock main train station.
From Rostock train station
In Rostock you have to change to S-Bahn S2 in the direction of Güstrow. Leave the train after 25min at the station Lüssow (Meckl).


From train station “Lüssow (Meckl)”
At Lüssow train station, a footpath leads vertically away from the station directly behind the houses. After about 150m, the footpath ends at Schwaaner Straße. Cross this road and follow it (slightly) to the right for about 400m until it ends at Schwiesower Straße. Follow this road for about 100m to the left and then turn left again into Friedhofsweg. Walk along this road for approx. 250m. The road then turns into a field path, which first runs slightly to the left and then to the right again. After about 100m you will see the Haus der Begegnung on the right-hand side.

More Information about train and bus connections: www.bahn.com.

Yderligere detaljer

Please note: International participants which are under 18 have to pay an andditional teenage fee of 150€
You will receive more detailed information after confirming your registration with the specific info sheet for your camp.

Krav

Be able to ride a bike (as you will be cycling 3km to work each day); Fitness for physically strenuous work; It is essential to bring work clothes and (water)resistant footwear and/or work shoes;

Tyskland Tyskland: Peatland protection Kell (IBG 02)

Datoer

21/04/2024   -   04/05/2024

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Miljø og natur

Pris

DKK 1900
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Detaljer om projektet

Alder
18 - 99
Maks. antal frivillige
10
Stadig plads til
5 M + 5 K
Sprog
Engelsk
Vegetarmad
Ja
Nærmeste lufthavn
Luxembourg (LUX)
Nærmeste bus-/togstation
Trier Bahnhof (Train Station) or Suitable international bus stops are in Trier, Saarbrucken and Luxembourg.
Kort

Arbejde

Active for climate protection and biodiversity – save the peatlands in the Hunsrück area!

You will actively contribute to protecting a special peatland called “Weyrichsbruch”. This area was drained more than 150 years ago for forestry use. Peatlands are a valuable and natural Co2 storage as well as an ecological habitat with a high and very specialized biodiversity. For these reasons, in the 1980s it was decided to revitalize a small part of the Weyrichsbruch. Now the regional authorities for nature protection want to revitalise a much bigger part and this is where you can help! Under the supervision of two experienced Park Rangers you will improve the water balance in this peatland in order to renature the bog, and help it to cope better with the consequences of climate change. Some of your tasks will be to undo the drainage of the area by blocking or filling ditches, or by building small wooden barriers. While working, you will be able to discover many rare species which have already returned. The park Rangers will be happy to explain to you the ecological background and the consequences of climate change and they will guide you to discover this special habitat and its species.
The Weyrichsbruch is bordering a well-known hiking trail. On that trail, it is possible to take a look inside the bog from a wooden plank path. In addition, various information boards have been placed around the area to convey the ecological background of the Weyrichsbruch and thus contribute to environmental education.
Attention: The work might be physically hard, the wheelbarrow becomes your daily companion and you will get wet and muddy for sure! Please bring hiking boots, rubber boots and suitable working clothes.

Kost og logi

You will stay in the Educational Centre in Kell am See, which is an important place for youth work in the whole area around the city of Trier. This public and non-profit centre offers the opportunity for youth groups, associations and schools to spend some days or weeks here running a seminar or other projects.
You will stay in five wooden tepees for max. five persons each. Staying here, among pure nature and with the campfire in the middle of the tepees’ circle is a wonderful experience. You will sleep on mattresses inside the tepees. Close to the tepees, you will have access to your own kitchen including a dish-washer, to a living room and sanitary facilities, all inside the Educational Centre. In your free time you can use the different outdoor facilities of the centre like the campfire and the basketball, football and volleyball fields. Close to the centre, there is also a lake and hiking trails. Please be aware that the tepees have electricity but no heating, so it might be cold at night. The facilities in the centre (kitchen, living room and sanitary facilities) can be heated though.
Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

Beliggenhed og fritid

The workcamp will take place in Kell am See, a village 30 km from Trier, not far from the border with Luxemburg. The landscape in this area is very beautiful! It is dominated by huge forests, steep hills, small brooks and ponds, rocks and marshes. Only small hamlets interrupt the nature, which makes it a perfect region for plenty of different species but also for hiking. You will really feel different here!
The area is well known for cycling, walking and other kinds of outdoor activities. There is a local holiday resort nearby the Education Centre, which offers more than 200 holiday bungalows next to a lake and locals love to come here for cycling (there is a 45 km cycling path on a former railway roadbed) or to spend a nice day outside. The region also offers plenty of historic sites (castles, museums….). In addition, you will have the opportunity to come in contact with local associations, e.g. the local voluntary fire brigade. Since there aren’t many public transportation means available around Kell am See, the number of excursions will be limited. However, you will have the chance to visit the city of Trier with its famous Roman sites, the cathedral and birth place of Karl-Marx

Arrangeret af

This is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in nature protection work. You will get wet and dirty. Please be prepared that April in the Hunsrück area can either be warm and sunny or quite fresh and rainy.

Rejsevejledning til mødested

You will be picked up from the bus stop in Kell am See. Please inform your campleader about your arrival time on Apr 21st . You can check for connections from anywhere to Kell am See on: www.bahn.com .

Krav

Please be aware that ticks can be an issue when you spend a lot of time outdoors in natural areas in Germany - like in this camp. In our General Infosheet you will find suggestions on how you can protect yourself against them. You are also welcome to check whether a vaccination against the tick-borne disease TBE makes sense and is possible in your home country.