Description of the partner organizing/hosting the project:

This project is born from a direct collaboration between IBG and the Forest Baden-Württemberg. The main objective of this project is to help preserve and enhance Biodiversity in the rich ecosystem of the amazing Black Forest. You will be working at the gates of a national park in the middle of the Black Forest. You will support the foresters and their trainees in their work to protect the local flora and fauna.

There are three main tasks to this project:

• Mowing the protected mountain Meadows: The Meadows are open fields or grasslands, often filled with wildflowers, herbs, and grasses. They can be natural or maintained by man and they serve as important habitats for wildlife, including insects, birds, and small mammals. Meadows are commonly found in valleys, foothills, and near forests, playing a key role in biodiversity and ecosystems. In order to protect all the wildlife here, driving with machines is not permitted, so all the mowing needs to be done by hand. This is a very good way to connect with the land but it can also be a quite physical work.

• Maintaining Capercaillie habitats: Capercaillies are ground-dwelling birds that feed mainly on buds, leaves, berries, and insects. Their populations have declined due to habitat loss and human disturbance, making conservation efforts crucial, especially in regions like the Black Forest, where they are endangered. It is one of the largest chicken bird species in Europe and is threatened with extinction in Germany. You will be removing wood and cutting branches in strategic zones and areas of the Black Forest to promote better conditions in their habitat, increasing their chances of survival, breeding success, and overall population stability.

• Forest maintenance: You will be removing branches from trees (with and without a ladder). Removing branches from trees in the Black Forest helps improve light penetration and biodiversity, creating a healthier habitat for wildlife like the capercaillie, while preventing overcrowding, disease, and reducing the risk of wildfires. The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed.

The work will be around 30 hours per week, (including a lunchbreak), from Monday to Friday. We begin our work early at 8:00 am to make the most of the cooler morning temperatures. The work site is just a short walk from the accommodation, so it’s easy to get there walking.

Description of location and leisure:

The "Allerheiligen" forest district is located in south-west Germany, approx. 30 km from the French border as the crow flies. You will live and work in the middle of nature, in the direct neighbourhood of the Black Forest National Park. There are many hiking opportunities, some of which start directly from the accommodation (Karlsruher Grat, Allerheiligen waterfalls, the national park). Easily accessible by car: Mummelsee, Baden-Baden, Strasbourg, Freudenstadt, summer toboggan runs etc. Theres a lot to explore and a cool town to live in!

The nearest airport: ZCC in Baden Baden,Germany
The nearest terminal (train-, bus-, taxi station): Ottenhöfen
Meeting Point and Time: Please try to arrive between 1 and 7pm at Allerheiligen train station. You can check for connections from anywhere to Allerheiligen on www.bahn.com/en or https://www.thetrainline.com/

Description of accommodation and food:

The accommodation is in the base building of the forest district, on the first floor. The building is called “Kriesenhof” and the forest district is called “Allerheiligen”. It is nice and cozy flat that has all the facilities that you might need, such as a kitchen, a shower, a bathroom, a washing machine and even WIFI. You will sleep on mattresses, in one shared room. Please bring a sleeping bag (and a pillow if you want one) with you! There is also a barbecue area that you can use and enjoy with the group. If you want to spend a same time on your own you will be at the perfect location as it is a very remote place with beautiful surroundings.

All volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat consumption and try more sustainable dishes.

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Short remarks for the project:
This is a special project for nature lovers and people interested in nature protection work. Sturdy work shoes and clothing as well as sun and rain protection are required. Please note that because the area is quite remote, it’s not easily accessible, so the number of excursions and outside trips will be limited.

PROJECT: It is the 15th time that the community of Lauterbach and a local Landscape Development Association invite an international workcamp! Above all, the local hosts are very happy to be supported by a workcamp at different environmental construction tasks in a nature protected area! Not only is your help valuable to them but they are also very happy to share their knowledge about forest preservation to foreign volunteers. By volunteering in this project, you are actively protecting nature and biodiversity (UN SDG 15).

WORK: Help the community of Lauterbach take care of its beautiful forest and of its wildlife-rich open land! Lauterbach has many nature conservation areas to offer and your valuable help is needed for various conservation tasks. During this workcamp you will be working in the forest open land and you will help the municipality by maintaining a wet meadow as a habitat for rare species of flora and fauna. This involves removing mown material from the meadow by hand. Since many years, the municipality is in charge of maintaining a hiking trail with sanding, cutting or paving paths, renewing steps and painting hiking trail bridges.

Be prepared for hard physical work! Due to working in swampy (boggy) and steep areas, sturdy boots are required for effective work! The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work around 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak.

LOCATION: Lauterbach is a village with 3000 inhabitants on the edge of the Black Forest nature park. You will find a lot of green around Lauterbach, Just step out the door and find yourself surrounded by beautiful landscapes! This village has so many point of view to enjoy the countryside. You will have many possibilities to hike and experience nature first hand. In your free time, you will have the possibility to visit cities like Rottweil, Schramberg or the student city of Freiburg.

MEETING POINT AND TIME: On July 15, there will be pickups from Hausach train station in the afternoon. The exact times of the pickups will be given in the specific infosheet.
Find the best connection to Hausach on the German railway company’s website: https:// www.bahn.com/en

NEXT TRAIN STATION: Hausach

NEXT INTERNATIONAL TRAIN STATION: Stuttgart (2 to 2,5 from Stuttgart main station to Hausach) or in Switzerland: Basel (about 2 hours from Basel train station to Hausach) or in France: Strasbourg 1 to 1,5 hours from Strasbourg train station to Hausach)

NEXT AIRPORTS: Stuttgart (STR), Strasbourg (SXB), Basel (BSL)

ACCOMODATION: You will stay at the nice community house in the middle of the forest, called ‘’Mosenmättle Guest House’’. There, you will find sanitary facilities, showers a common room with sofas, tables and also a well equipped kitchen for you to use. You will sleep in 4 multi bed rooms (with bunkbeds). As the house is located in a very rural area, the internet access and mobile phone coverage will most probably be limited. Just be prepared to spend two wonderful, adventurous weeks away from your busy and usual life.

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PROJECT: For the third time, Neresheim will organize the festival “Neresheim in Bloom” (Blühendes Neresheim in German), which will start on July 22 and last until September 2023.
The goal of Neresheim’s municipality is to bring life and colour to the town by filling the streets and parks with flowers, art pieces and cultural events during the summer months. Indeed during this time a lot of cultural events like concerts, comedy shows, lectures, sports competitions, hiking trips or beer tastings are organised. The local associations, artists and municipal workers work together to prepare the town for the event and they are counting on your help! By helping Neresheim prepare the festival you will help facilitate sustainable cities and communities (UN SDG 11).


WORK: In this workcamp, you will prepare the summer festival “Neresheim in Bloom”, which will be opened on July 22. Your main tasks will be to
• build, move and install various flowerbeds;
• build up a summer playground for children to use during the festival;
• help to prepare for the opening ceremony on July 22.
Your work in the park also includes tasks like digging up the lawn in order to prepare the flower beds, so be prepared to work with earth and soil. You will work together with municipal workers and members of diverse local associations.
The work will be led by a professional instructor, so no previous experience is needed. You will work around 30 hours per week, somewhere between 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday with a lunchbreak.

LOCATION: Neresheim is a small but lively town with around 8,000 inhabitants. The region around it is called the “Härtsfeld” and it is located in the east of the Swabian Jura, a mountain range in the region of Baden-Württemberg. Neresheim is the cultural centre of the Härtsfeld, which is why you can find more than 100 local clubs, associations and youth initiatives there; a lot for the town’s size! This cultural dynamism will give you many possibilities to interact with locals and to discover the local culture. In your free time, you will find attractions directly in Neresheim like the famous Abbey, the local museum and open air or indoor swimming pools. The beautiful nature surrounding it also invites you to explore and hike the local trails. On weekends you can also go on excursions to town and cities like Aalen, Ulm or Stuttgart or reach the banks of the Danube River. The municipality of Neresheim is even planning to organise a bus for your excursions!

Next train station: Aalen
Next local bus stop: Neresheim (Bus 110 from Aalen to Neresheim leaves at 13:10, 16:10 and 18:10 on July 15)
Next international train or bus stations: Stuttgart, Nuremberg
Next airports (if you need to take a flight): Stuttgart (STR), Nuremberg (NUE)
MEETING POINT AND TIME: Please arrive in Neresheim between 1pm and 7pm on July 15. Find the best connection on the German railway company's website: https://www.bahn.com/en

ACCOMMODATION: You will be accommodated in the building of the local fire station, which offers one big room for sleeping, toilets and a kitchen. You will sleep on camp beds, so please bring your own sleeping bag – and a pillow if you need one. The showers are located in the public swimming pool, which is only a 200m walk away. Supermarkets can be easily reached by foot.
Your group of volunteers will be responsible for grocery shopping and cooking together. The food will be bought with the camp budget and everybody will take turns for cooking, washing the dishes and cleaning. In order to reduce our carbon footprint on the planet, we encourage volunteers to reduce meat and try more sustainable dishes.

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PROJECT: The YOUZ youth centre of Nagold is one of the oldest partners of IBG. For more than 20 years, they have been organizing very successful workcamps with us, inviting volunteers to help them with different renovation tasks and, every second year, organizing the Celtic Festival.


WORK: This year, the workcamp participants will be again helping out at the Celtic Festival in Nagold. Local clubs and associations will be participating in the festival and you will be helping them out with the preparations for music, dance and international food as well as constructing some of the wooden structures for the festival grounds. On other days, you will work on various environmental tasks within the community of Nagold.

Nagold is situated in the beautiful Black Forest and has about 22,000 inhabitants. The youth centre, located in the inner city of Nagold, is a meeting point for young people aged 14-20. Beside many other possibilities to spend time in the youth centre you will find rooms and equipment to play music, to dance and make videos and plenty of other things to spend your leisure time. Trips to Stuttgart and Tuebingen, hiking in the Black Forest, horse riding, swimming and playing beach volleyball are only some of the possible activities. Local youth will be around at almost all times, so participants can look forward to getting in touch with them!

NEXT AIRPORT: Stuttgart (STR)
NEXT TRAIN STATION: Nagold

The group will be staying in the youth centre. Two sleeping rooms with beds and a large kitchen are provided. Please bring a sleeping bag! Showers are available at the swimming pool nearby. Take a look at the YOUZ youth centre here: http://www.youznagold.de/YOUZ2012/wordpress/

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