SPREEAKADEMIE
The SPREEAKADEMIE is a social enterprise in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Spreewald that promotes sustainable local and regional development. It offers practice-oriented educational formats, workshops, and project management to shape future-proof communities.
About SPREEAKADEMIE
editSPREEAKADEMIE is a social enterprise that specializes in promoting sustainable municipal and regional development. Based in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Spreewald, the academy works closely with municipalities and local stakeholders to create future-oriented and resilient communities.
Key Products and Services
editSPREEAKADEMIE offers a wide range of educational and participation formats aimed at conveying practical approaches for sustainable development. The main offerings include:
- Further Education and Workshops: Focused on topics such as ecological gardening, healthy nutrition, renewable energies, energy saving, and sustainable consumption.
- Excursions and Learning Journeys: These provide a holistic learning experience through direct experiences at authentic learning locations.
- Lectures and Moderation of Participation Processes: The academy supports the design and implementation of participatory events and networking events.
- Project Development and Management: SPREEAKADEMIE initiates and accompanies projects that utilize structural change in regions like Lausitz as an opportunity for sustainable development[3][5].
Mission and Values
editThe main mission of SPREEAKADEMIE is to support municipalities and local stakeholders in the transformation towards a future-oriented society. The academy relies on participatory and practical approaches to create acceptance for ecologically sustainable ideas and to implement good ideas into practice. Values such as sustainability, participation, and regional anchoring form the core of their work[3][5].
Sustainability Goals and Initiatives
editSPREEAKADEMIE is strongly committed to promoting sustainable development at the local level. This includes:
- Education for Sustainable Development (BNE): The academy imparts knowledge and promotes skills in the areas of ecological gardening, healthy nutrition, climate and environmental protection, as well as sustainable consumption and production.
- Projects in Lausitz: With projects like "PartizipNatur," the nature-oriented design of public spaces is advanced using participatory methods to support structural change in the region.
- Model Region Spreewald: The academy promotes the development of Spreewald as a model region for sustainable development and works closely with local stakeholders to achieve these goals[3][4][5].
Network and Collaborations
editSPREEAKADEMIE is a member of the Sustainability Platform Brandenburg and maintains an extensive network through regional and cross-institutional collaborations. This enables the linking of regional knowledge and innovations from other regions, thus supporting the transformation processes on site[3][4].
Sources:
edit- 1 - https://kompetenzzentrum-soziales-unternehmertum-brb.net/fileadmin/user_upload/Kompetenzzentrum_Brandenburg/Dokumente/Methodenboxen/Veranstaltung_Zukunftswerkstatt/Link_4_Materialien_Zukunftswerkstatt.pdf
- 2 - https://spreeakademie.de/projekte/
- 3 - https://www.unesco.de/bildung/bne-akteure/spreeakademie
- 4 - https://www.bne-in-brandenburg.de/bne-akteure/akteurendetails?akteur=272&cHash=2ea92389929cb030c8ae5eca1890df94
- 5 - https://spreeakademie.de/ueber-uns/