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ND 68: One New Natural Monument, Dozens Still Waiting
News
The lime tree of Salcherstraße has gained protection as a natural monument. While our efforts have pushed the number of living protected trees to 53, dozens of ancient trees remain threatened by weak legislation and urban development.
Curious Camp 2025
Mobile Campus
This summer we had a pleasure to host one more Curious Camp for children in July with the team of our international volunteers! Here is a quick overview of how it was:
Behind Green Steps: Anja Rowane
Team Intro
Meet Anja, a college student from Ohio who spent four weeks with us at Green Steps!
Behind Green Steps: Tommy Chang
Team Intro
Meet Tommy, a passionate volunteer from Taiwan that spent a summer month with us!
Nature Education in Action: Our Trip to Czech Republic
News
Green Steps joined an European school exchange event organized by Climate Alliance in cooperation withGreen Steps joined an European school exchange event organized by Climate Alliance in cooperation with its Czech partner organization Chaloupky. Keep scrolling to find out how it went!
Erasmus+ and Climate Change
Pedagogy
Take aways and thoughts on a one-day event organized by the Austrian academic exchange agency about the European Union’s flagship education program Erasmus+ and its role in climate change mitigation. Look, but don’t look up.
On Alienation and Alignment
Pedagogy
Nature alienation is progressive separation from nature at large. Nature alignment is the process which leads to ecological awakening and one’s awareness of being an interconnected part of nature. Public education has institutionalized nature alienation, however, nature alignment is possible at every stage of human development, if we offer the spaces which our species expects to encounter. Therapy dogs in classrooms or bird watching activities in the school neighborhood can open the door into the world of nature and should be the preferred didactical avenue, long before we start to teach textbook knowledge.
Behind Green Steps: Liubov Tolstova
Team Intro
Short intro: Meet Lyuba, psychologist and musician from St.Petersburg, Russia, with a passion for nature and non-formal education.
Learning with Legends: The Robin Hood Route
Big Friendly Giants
Extending the classroom into Sherwood forest – how about that? The last few weeks we developed a nature walk with the 6th grade at International School Krems around the legend of Robin Hood.
