European Rural Sustainability Gathering
8 – 11 October 2009, Göhrde, Germany
Representatives from the Center for Sustainable Development “Alka” have participated on the first European Rural Sustainability Gathering, taking place in Göhrde Hunting Castle in Wendland region (district of Lüchow-Danenberg), Northern Germany, from 8 to 11 October 2009.
This three-day meeting organized by Forum Synergies (European Network for Sustainable Development) was an excellent opportunity for ALKA’s representatives to meet people with a spirit of action for sustainable rural development from across Europe, and to visit and discover good examples of local sustainable development in one of Germany’s most remarkable rural districts.
Objective of the Gathering:
- Offer participants the opportunity to vividly experience the meaning of sustainability and to relate this concept to personal experience and future activities in their various communities.
- Establish a permanent pan-European platform for exchange and coordination between rural sustainability projects and activists.
- Rally current members of Forum Synergies and attract new ones.
Beside Open Space discussions, during the gathering were organized four thematic field trips on the following topics: NATURA 2000 and Economic Perspectives, Renewable Energy, Multifunctional Farming, Regional Marketing of Organic Products, Access to Land and Sustainable Perspectives in Large Agricultural Structures.
