Sustainable Development Council

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Chancellor Angela Merkel at the 14th annual conference of the Council for Sustainable Development on June 2, 2014 in the bcc Berlin

The Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) advises the German federal government on questions of sustainability and is intended to help develop and implement the German sustainability strategy with contributions and projects . Another task of the RNE is to strengthen the idea of sustainable development and the debate about sustainable development within the population and those involved in German sustainability policy , i.e. to make sustainability an important public concern. The council consists of 15 personalities from the fields of business , environmental protection , agriculture , social policy , science and development cooperation, as well as representatives from trade unions and churches , who are appointed by the Chancellor for a term of three years. The council was appointed for the first time in April 2001 by the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder . Its office is located in Berlin at the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ).

tasks

The council develops contributions to the national sustainability strategy, makes recommendations to the federal government and names specific fields of action and projects. It expresses itself in statements on current topics, commissions scientific studies and contributes to making sustainability an important public concern. The council is independent in its work and gives itself a work program for the current term of office. This is followed by concrete work steps.

The instruments of the RNE include:

  • political dialogue (e.g. recommendations for the head of the Federal Chancellery)
  • the political public (e.g. holding the annual conference as a political sustainability summit)
  • Publications (e.g. current press releases)

He contributed to the discussion with the study “Sustainably out of the crisis. Analysis of possible contributions of an ecological financial reform ”and the“ Recommendation on consumption and sustainability. How sustainability can be bought and lived in the consumer society ”. In 2009 the Council organized the work on a critical analysis of German sustainability policy, an international peer review on behalf of the Federal Chancellor. This resulted in the report “Sustainability - Made in Germany. We know you can do it ". A new peer review process for the sustainability strategy started at the beginning of 2013. The council discussed the “ German Sustainability Code ” publicly and tested and developed it in a practical phase together with representatives from companies and the capital market. The new transparency standard describes the core requirements of sustainable management in twenty criteria and makes them comparable with a selection of quantified indicators. The latest political recommendations of the council call for binding energy efficiency, a stabilization of the financial markets, an agricultural turnaround based on the model of sustainability and the development of a circular economy for strategic raw materials as well as an opinion on land use. In March 2011, the council tested “Dialoge_Zukunft_Vision2050”, a new format for social dialogue on long-term politics.

Since 2010, he has been accompanying the “Sustainable City” Dialogue initiative, for which over 20 mayors from German cities have come together. The municipal representatives are particularly committed to sustainable development in their cities, exchange experiences and meet regularly in order to strengthen sustainable urban development as a political concern also at the federal level. The “Werkstatt N” quality label, also developed by the council, has been awarding around 100 projects every year since 2010. Since 2017, these have been recognized under the name “Project Sustainability”. The extraordinary projects that are particularly sustainable in their commitment are allowed to carry the label for one year and are also presented on a website. The Sustainability Council awards the title "Social Entrepreneur of Sustainability" and invites you to academic Carl von Carlowitz lectures. In February 2013 he organized a youth conference under the motto "Contemporary Carlowitz". As part of the three-day gathering of 50 young people and young adults with a wide variety of biographies and interests, they formulated an impulse paper with demands to the federal government for sustainable development.

The council's publications include a bi-weekly newsletter (“News Sustainability”) and the shopping guide “The Sustainable Shopping Cart. Simply shop better ”, which deals with the everyday buying decisions of individuals and is published annually. Opinions, recommendations and studies on sustainability issues are also published regularly.

High-profile projects of the Council for Sustainable Development

  • 2003 - today: The sustainable shopping cart - brochure and online offer
  • 2008 - today: The RNE supports the German Sustainability Award (DNP) as a partner
  • 2011 - today: During the week from May 30th to June 5th, the council calls for the German Sustainability Action Days (DAN).
  • 2016 - today: Regional network centers for sustainability strategies (RENN) - The RENN are a regionally organized information and action platform for sustainable development.
  • 2017 - today: Fund for Sustainability Culture - The Fund for Sustainability Culture supports and promotes projects of non-profit actors on sustainability culture.

Workshop N-Projects / Project Sustainability (in Wikipedia)

Project description place state Year of award
Mouth robbery (website) Database of fruit fields that can be harvested - nationwide 2011, 2012
Jaana Liisa Prüss Book “act fair! Incitement for sustainable action " Berlin Berlin 2015
Virtual Academy Sustainability Video-based courses on sustainability for students at German-speaking universities Bremen Bremen 2013, 2016
Industrial Association of Toiletries and Detergents Day of action on sustainable washing Frankfurt Hesse 2011, 2012, 2015
Adrienne Goehler Exhibition Recommended for imitation! , Expedition in aesthetics and sustainability, (responsible: Adrienne Goehler and Jaana Prüss) Berlin Berlin 2011
Youth founds online competition of the BMBF for economic education and professional orientation Pforzheim Baden-Württemberg 2015
Synaging 10–20 participants per working group work for a weekend on a socially relevant project. Darmstadt Hesse 2011, 2012, 2013
BooksBoxx Discarded phone boxes are being converted into street libraries. Berlin / Rudesheim Berlin 2011
Intercultural gardens The nationwide network of intercultural gardens includes over 100 garden projects that aim to establish social contact between refugees, migrants and locals. Gelsenkirchen North Rhine-Westphalia 2011
Art fabrics Used material collection point where works of art are created Berlin Berlin 2011, 2012, 2013
Micaela Bara Social pedagogical project "Ich bin Dion" of the contact and advice center Berlin Berlin Berlin 2013
EUROPARC Germany Volunteer program "A matter of honor" of the umbrella association of national parks, biosphere reserves and nature parks in Germany Berlin Berlin 2013
Angelika Janz Children's academy in rural areas Ferdinandshof Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 2012, 2016
Glovico Language learning platform through which people from developing countries can offer language lessons in their mother tongues via Skype. - - 2011, 2012, 2013
Spree2011 Project to improve the water quality of the Spree. Berlin Berlin 2011
WWF youth Young people research ideas with which to slow down climate change and present the results on their website. Berlin Berlin 2012, 2013, 2015
Heike Zimmermann-Timm Summer school for doctoral students Frankfurt Hesse 2015
Fortuna neighborhood park Park in Berlin-Marzahn Berlin Berlin 2013
Perspective Daily Perspective Daily is an online medium that uses constructive journalism to report on problems and solutions alike. Muenster North Rhine-Westphalia 2016
Gondwana Collection Nature conservation and tourism project in Namibia Windhoek / Namibia - 2016
Interim use Organizes temporary use of vacant properties and fallow land. Bremen Bremen 2016
Joachim_Franz With the “world aids awareness expedition” Joachim Franz has been promoting a more humane world with worldwide campaigns since 2001. The aim of the project is to draw more attention to the topic of HIV / AIDS through extraordinary actions. Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 2011, 2012, 2015
Home port Neukölln The Act eV initiative wants to put people in a position to lead their lives independently using their positive potential. Berlin Berlin 2012, 2013, 2015
ASA program The ASA program has existed for 55 years. Every year, 260 young people from Germany, Europe and the Global South are supported in advocating solidarity, fair and sustainable development. Berlin Berlin 2015
Junior_Ranger The nationwide junior ranger program is an educational and leisure offer that gives children the opportunity to come into contact with the “National Natural Landscapes”. Berlin Berlin 2012, 2013, 2015
Maro Temm With the MARO TEMM settlement, a place has been created where Sinti and Roma across generations can live together and support one another and where they can preserve and develop their cultural characteristics and their Romani language. Kiel Schleswig-Holstein 2015
North German Center for Sustainable Building Those wishing to build should learn that building with regionally sourced, renewable and resource-saving building materials can be energy-efficient, resource-saving and aesthetically challenging. Verden (Aller) Lower Saxony 2015
Switch - around the world in 4 days Hamburg children are divided into groups of four children from different origins. The children spend four days alternately in one of the families. Hamburg Hamburg 2015
Schweisfurth Foundation The Schweisfurth Foundation draws attention to the problems of industrial agriculture and food. With "animal welfare on the plate" the most diverse groups of people across all levels of education and society are to be reached. Munich Bavaria 2011, 2012, 2015
Totally happy The first non-profit leftover restaurant in Germany opened in 2016. Food is cooked almost exclusively with donated food that cannot be sold, for example because of visual defects, incorrect labeling or a change of product range. Berlin-Neukölln Berlin 2016
Vaude The manufacturer of mountain sports equipment was recognized for its "second-use" program, which aims to extend the useful life of its products. Tettnang Baden-Württemberg 2016

Council members

Current members

The members of the council are appointed for three years. The committee includes:

former members

Former co-opted members as experts

organization

The office supports the RNE in terms of content and organization. The Secretary General maintains direct contact with the Federal Government, in particular with the State Secretaries' Committee for Sustainable Development, with the ministries and authorities, with Parliament, with business, science and social groups.

history

At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro (1992), 178 countries decided on Agenda 21, a program of action for sustainable development for the 21st century. As a reaction at the national level, the federal government at the time created the RNE and appointed its first members in February 2001. On April 4, 2001, under Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the council was officially set up in Berlin to advise the government on its sustainability strategy. The federal government published this a year later.

After a kick-off event on September 28, 2001, annual conferences are held regularly. While around 600 participants attended the event in 2002, the number has meanwhile more than doubled.

See also

Web links

Commons : German Council for Sustainable Development  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fields of action of the German Council for Sustainable Development in the Lexicon of Sustainability
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
  3. ↑ The sustainable shopping cart ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Simply better shopping - a guide, German Council for Sustainable Development, April 2015 (PDF brochure, 101 pages) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
  4. ↑ The sustainable shopping cart , online offer, Council for Sustainable Development
  5. ↑ Partner | German sustainability award. Retrieved April 23, 2018 .
  6. ↑ German Action Days Sustainability Action website, Council for Sustainable Development
  7. ↑ About us - RENN: Regional network points for sustainability strategies. Accessed April 23, 2018 (German).
  8. ↑ Sustainability Culture Fund - Council for Sustainable Development . In: Council for Sustainable Development . ( Sustainability Council.de [accessed on April 23, 2018]).
  9. ↑ mundraub.org, Free fruit for free citizens , Werkstatt N, 2011, 2012
  10. ^ "Act fair! Incitement for sustainable action by Jaana Prüss , Werkstatt N, Berlin, 2015
  11. ↑ Virtual Academy Sustainability , Werkstatt N, Bremen, 2013, 2016
  12. ^ Forum washing, platform: http://forum-waschen.de/ , Werkstatt N, 2011, 2012, 2015
  13. ↑ Recommended for imitation! Expedition in Aesthetics and Sustainability , Werkstatt N, 2011
  14. ↑ Youth founds online competition of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for schoolchildren and trainees for economic education and professional orientation ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  15. ↑ SynAGEN Wirkcamp Darmstadt , Werkstatt N, 2011, 2012, 2013
  16. ↑ Sustainable junior company "BücherboXX" , Werkstatt N, 2011
  17. ↑ Network Intercultural Gardens, Foundation Interkultur , StadtLandschaften der Migrationsgesellschaft, Werkstatt N, 2011
  18. ↑ Kunst -stoffe -Zentralstelle für reusable materials- eV ( Memento of the original from March 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2011, 2012, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  19. ↑ Theater project with street youth , Werkstatt N, 2013
  20. ↑ A matter of honor for nature - Volunteers in Parks , Werkstatt N, 2013
  21. ↑ Children Academy in rural areas , workshop N, 2012, 2016
  22. ↑ Glovico - the fair trade language school, language fair standing , workshop N, 2011, 2012, 2013
  23. ↑ SPREE2011, bathing in the river. In the middle of Berlin , workshop N, 2011
  24. ↑ 2 ° Campus ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , WWF @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wwf-jugend.de
  25. ↑ WWF Student Academy 2 ° Campus ( Memento of the original from December 22nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2012, 2013, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  26. ↑ Climate-KIC PhD Summer School "Energy Transition in Frankfurt: Overcoming Barriers to Change", Making Transitions Happen! ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  27. ↑ Local residents design their park on 11,000 m² - the Fortuna kiezPARK in Berlin-Marzahn ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  28. ↑ For a journalism that asks: How can it go on? , Perspective Daily
  29. ↑ Perspective Daily , Werkstatt N, 2016
  30. ^ Gondwana-Collection Namibia , Werkstatt N, 2016
  31. ↑ ZZZ - ZwischenZeitZentrale Bremen , Werkstatt N, 2016
  32. ↑ "aids awareness expedition", engagement in the fight against HIV / AIDS - equal opportunities and education ( memento of the original from October 18, 2015 in the internet archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2011, 2012, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  33. ↑ ACT eV - Direct your life! ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2012, 2013, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  34. ↑ ASA program, the development policy learning and qualification program ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  35. ↑ Junior Ranger, The nationwide Junior Ranger Program is a joint program of EUROPARC Germany eV and the National Natural Landscapes with the support of WWF Germany and Town & Country Haus ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was used automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2012, 2013, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  36. ↑ MARO TEMM a housing project for Sinti, MARO TEMM: Cultural preservation and integration as a daily process and sustainable goal - a cooperative housing project in SH ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  37. ↑ North German Center for Sustainable Building, Experience and Learn Ecological and Energy-Efficient Building ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  38. ↑ Switch - four days around the world ( memento of the original from April 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Workshop N, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.werkstatt-n.de
  39. ↑ Animal welfare on the plate, enjoyment with a clear conscience , Werkstatt N, 2011, 2012, 2015
  40. ↑ Website of Restlos Glück
  41. ^ Council for Sustainable Development: Members of the Council - Council for Sustainable Development. (No longer available online.) Sustainability Council, archived from the original ; accessed on January 27, 2020 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
  42. ↑ Marlehn Thiemes biography on the website of the Evangelical Church of Germany. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 21, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ekd.de
  43. ↑ Manager-Magazin.de of December 12, 2001: The events in April , queried on June 2, 2011
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