Landschaft und Gesellschaft - geprägt durch Wasser. unser Leben

We want to emphasise the interdependence of water / nature <=> People / society. This was achieved by comparing the use of water for settlement and the development of the economy and society. In t...

We want to emphasise the interdependence of water / nature <=> People / society. This was achieved by comparing the use of water for settlement and the development of the economy and society. In this way, all partners have learned similar and different things from each other, but we have also seen that the cities maintain the cultural heritage in very different ways and continue to use it. The concept of sustainability is not well developed everywhere. There has been a sensitisation to the threat to water, but also to the threat to society. Both are closely linked to exploitation, profit motives, carelessness and ultimately climate change. Clarifying cause and effect was an important concern for us, which was also communicated intensively in two summer workshops for young people. Finally, the city of Paderborn's application was important for the EKS. The Pader, as the shortest river in Germany, is to receive this award and we want to support this initiative through European project work and at the same time use it for our research: https://www.pader-europe.eu. We would like to support the development of learning centres of European water culture.