The recently-published book „Von Anfang an gesund“ („Healthy from the Start“) informs parents how they can naturally strengthen their child’s healing powers. One of the authors is Prof. Dr. med. Georg Seifert, holder of a SAGST endowed chair for integrative medicine at the Berliner Charité hospital.

People from around 60 different countries live in the Sahlkamp neighborhood of Hannover, which has the highest population of children in the city. About half of the residents have a migrant background. In this inner-city area, a neighborhood farm has been in operation since 1992. Its goal: city development through integrated work with children and young people as well as a close network between parents, local educational establishments, and youth aid organizations. 

How self-sufficiently do we want to live? How CO2-neutral can our lives become? How do we construct eco-friendly buildings that protect our resources? Five years ago, questions like these were the impetus for the Schloss Tempelhof community to construct the first Earthship in Germany.

Since 2005, the Echo media group has organized a major annual donation drive. In 2019/2020, the collected donations will benefit five multi-generation projects in South Hessen. The supported organizations include an intergenerational café in Darmstadt, a residential facility for the disabled in Otzberg, programs for seniors in Büttelborn and Oberzent, and the civic foundation of Heppenheim.

A number of projects of Software AG Stiftung have been concerned with the phenomenon of those people sometimes referred to as the “people who think in images”. A recent large-scale investigation conducted by the University of Hamburg provides further insight into the special way that this fine body of people perceive the world. Software AG Stiftung has, through said investigation, been put in a position to provide targeted financial support.

Echinos, a registered association based in the Upper Black Forest, has been providing individuals with mental health disorders and people facing a crisis in life with sensible daily schedules since 2014. This is done leveraging the power of nature and putting Demeter horticultural activities to good use.