Synaging

Logo of the initiative SynAGEN des Handlungsnetz eV

The SynAGEN initiative is supported by the non-profit association Handlungsnetz eV and is intended to promote the ecological and social responsibility of individuals as well as their targeted cooperation. For this purpose, the event form of the Wirkcamp was developed. The main idea is that 10–20 participants work in working groups for a weekend on a socially relevant project. Effective camps differ from other types of social participation in that they are limited to a weekend. They also provide a framework for smaller, less institutionalized projects.

Past and upcoming effective camps

Lecture event - SynAGEN Wirkcamp Darmstadt 2012

The first active camp took place in 2009 in Würzburg . This was followed by Leipzig (2010), Jena (2011), Darmstadt (2012), Tübingen 2012, Lüneburg (2013), Freiburg im Breisgau (2014), Marburg , Heidelberg and Görlitz (2015) and Göttingen (2016). Well-known speakers who were present at Wirkcamps include Hans Joachim Schellnhuber , Niko Paech , Wolfgang Cramer , Anders Levermann and Raphael Fellmer .

Since the effective camp in Jena in 2011, all participants have been accommodated with private individuals and provided with their own vegan kitchen .

Working groups

Working group erecting a willow hut, Darmstadt 2012

Discussion after the theater performance, Darmstadt 2012

2012

Working groups

• Planting trees in Darmstadt and developing a Wikiwoods ambassador program
• Elaboration of an energy simulation game with enMundo eV
• Construction of a bicycle frame out of bamboo
• Writing Wikipedia articles for non-profit organizations
• Erecting a willow hut (building botany )
• Develop events on sustainable higher education
• Building a storm of life with the Association for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany

2009-2011

Results of past working groups are, for example, a homepage on ecological textile certificates, working materials for the social entrepreneurs of the Littlebird Group, the creation of a manual for the Mundraub website and building blocks for workshops for the Blue Engineering university groups (engineers with social and ecological responsibility).

Awards

SynAGEN was in 2011 and 2012, and in 2013 it is also one of the 100 Werkstatt-N projects that were recognized by the German Council for Sustainable Development . The effective camp in Darmstadt was funded by the German Federal Environment Foundation.

SynAGEN is also one of the winners of the ideas initiative of UNESCO and the dm-drogerie markt .

Web links

• Synaging homepage

literature

• Synaging EffectCamp . In: UNEP / Wuppertal Institute Collaborating Center on Sustainable Consumption and Production (Hrsg.): Under the magnifying glass - 60 project ideas on sustainable consumption and future lifestyles . S. 86 f . ( scp-centre.org [PDF; 834 kB ]).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Malter: Save the world on the weekend. In: Die Zeit Online of May 17, 2011, accessed on July 13, 2011.
2. ↑ Results homepage of the working group fair attracts
3. ↑ summary report of the working group Little Bird
4. ^ Results of the Blue Engineering working group
5. ↑ Awards by the German Council for Sustainable Development as a workshop N project
6. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: nomination for the Ideas of the Future initiative by UNESCO and DM Markt )