Snow tractor in the Unipark

With shovels, spades, creative tools such as the trays from the canteen and plenty of team spirit, the students worked together on the wintry work of art, which quickly became an eye-catcher on campus.

The snow tractor not only stood for creativity, but also for a central concern of ecological agricultural sciences: making agriculture visible - in the middle of everyday life, outside in public spaces and together with others.

Numerous loving details, small decorations and improvised "tuning" gave the tractor its special character. Many passers-by stopped, struck up a conversation or used the structure as a photo opportunity.

The campaign was accompanied by photo and video recordings with which the students heralded the start of the nationwide #AgrarSchneeChallenge. The aim is to motivate all agricultural faculties in Germany - such as Kiel, Hohenheim and Weihenstephan - to carry out their own creative winter campaigns.

At the end, all participants gathered for a group photo in front of the finished snow tractor. Despite the cold temperatures, one thing prevailed above all: the joy of a successful campaign that strengthened the community and transformed the campus into a winter think tank for a day.