📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
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💼 What the programme involves
Around 200 years ago, as a result of an increasing need for energy and a shortage of wood, humans started using peat as an energy source. Throughout Germany, almost 99 of the original moors were destroyed due to draining and degradation. In Raubling, over the last 8 years, there has been the largest moor-renaturalization project in central Europe. The drainage ditches in the former peat bogs have been closed and walls made of peat have been built in order to keep rain water within the moor. In the most re-wetted areas, both plant growth and biodiversity are now on the rise. Besides this, these efforts have aided in both climate and flood protection (due to a reduction of greenhouse gases). In this workcamp you have the opportunity to ensure that the original nature of the moors, and conservation work itself, is ecologically sound, accessible and tangible. You ll be building a footpath, thinning out shrubbery, putting up screening fences, as well as taking care of the plants and the dam. And all of this with a lovely view of the mountains
🏠 Accommodation on site
You ll be sleeping on gym mats at the sports centre in Raubling. You ll cook your own meals together.
📍 About the location
You can experience one of the prettiest Bavarian natural countrysides, go swimming, take a mountain tour or go on a day trip to Neuschwanstein, Munich or Salzburg. It s possible to go swimming in lakes, in an outdoor swimming pool and in the moor. You could also visit a typical Bavarian autumn festival in Rosenheim.
⚠️ Requirements
You must be able to ride a bike, because you ll cycle to work. Strong shoes, waterproof clothing and clothes for swimming are absolutely necessary
ℹ️ Additional information
This camp is partly supported by the Umwelt-, Kultur- und Sozialstiftung (environmental, cultural and social foundation) of the Rosenheim district. The work is sometimes physically demanding.