FMNR in the Bad Arolsen learning and meeting center (freelance educator)

The learning and meeting place in Bad Arolsen offers the opportunity to come into contact with nature and thus, in other words, to experience diversity.

The aim is to sensitize those interested to nature and introduce them to alternative nature conservation methods, including the FMNR method. The aim is to get people excited about nature, offer them space to learn with it and from it, and thus promote a more sustainable way of living together.

At the beginning of the project, the FMNR method was implemented independently on the learning and meeting site. Individual plots were used to test whether the method discovered by Tony Rinaudo in Niger also works in Bad Arolsen in Hesse. However, this is not just an individual project, but rather an educational project that benefits children in the surrounding area and makes education for sustainable development concrete and tangible using the example of FMNR.

In addition to exploring and trying things out for themselves, cooperation with the "Valentin-Grundschule" elementary school and its "Natur-AG" also plays a key role. In the last six months, the working group has visited the "Horselmühle" several times to test the effects of FMNR as part of the sub-project. Further meetings and projects are planned. For example, the use of raised beds is to be implemented in the project. Individual working groups or entire class groups can research, understand and actively participate in FMNR in raised beds. The importance of soil as food for plants should also be discussed with the children from a concrete perspective. It is important to show young people alternatives - in the sense of a harmonious coexistence of nature and people.