Food should be valued, not thrown away – and where better to learn this lesson than in the vegetable garden? This year, the GemüseAckerdemie (in English, “Vegetable Garden Academy”) will allow over 17,000 children and young people to experience this first-hand. In spring 2019, the program won a national award, “Too Good for the Trash.”

How can inclusive participation in the professional sphere be combined with the idea of a post-growth society? A project carried out by the Anthropoi Association is exploring sustainable forms and models based on the practice of anthroposophical social life.

A new outpatient care center at the University of Witten/Herdecke offers complementary medical care for the region.

When forgetfulness becomes an illness, the affected individuals are not the only ones who suffer. Dementia is a challenge for the entire family and social circle – especially if the affected person has a cognitive disability. A practical handbook published in 2018 offers employees, residents, and other interested parties information and practical, day-to-day strategies for handling dementia in this population.

From what grounds do the different organs of a flower develop - and what does Goethe have to do with it? A research project on the morphology of rose plants reveals remarkable similarities between modern biology and Goethe's ideas regarding the nature of plants.