Hands-on organic farming is the goal of the Demeter-certified farm Gut Wulfsdorf, located at the north-west edge of Hamburg. A non-profit community organization is working to increase environmental education and to make organic farming tangible for children and teens.

Since January 2021, there has also been a full eurythmy training programme in the Czech Republic. This initiative represents an important step towards ending the shortage of skilled workers in this area in the foreseeable future and, for example, offering eurythmy classes nationwide at the country’s Waldorf schools.

Visits to organic farmers or an eco-bakery, promotional days in support of healthy cooking, edible flowers or sustainable beekeeping: with the Experience Organic school project at the Leipzig Ökolöwe association, there has been plenty of hands-on environmental educatio n for young people at 45 Leipzig schools.

The Association of Independent Waldorf Schools (BdFWS) launched the “CO2ero – Climate Neutral Waldorf Schools” project at the end of April. For two years, the participating schools will work with a nationwide project team to improve the carbon footprint of their institutions.

Viewing children as uniquely developing individuals and granting them our respect and attention is a central principle in Waldorf education. To meet this goal, 19 pilot kindergartens in Germany are testing a tool called Trialog, an instrument for educational assessment that takes a holistic view of the individual development of one- to six-year-old children. The evaluation phase of the project will be carried out by a project team from the Institute for Early Childhood Education at Alanus University ...