The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

The projects we support are
our windows to the world.

What We Support

Project Insights

The goal of our public relations work is to make our current activities and exemplary projects more visible. That’s why the people and initiatives that we support take center stage, both in our print publications and on our website. Lighthouse projects both large and small are given a special place.

Here, we provide short updates that reveal current happenings among our projects. In addition, we present in-depth reports and interviews that create a vivid picture of the initiatives that our foundation is privileged to enable and support.

To make this possible, our public relations team visits many of the projects together with the responsible project managers and gets to know the organizations and people on location.

We hope that these reports, in text and image, help to orient engaged individuals regarding possible support from the Software AG Foundation (SAGST) – and encourage them to tread new paths.

Two men at work in the carpentry workshop
20.03.2020

Transparent and Integrated: Carpentry Workshop for People with Disabilities

The town of Heiligenberg near Lake Constance is home to around 3,000 people. More than 100 of them are members of the Hermannsberg community, founded in 1976. As one of five Camphill institutions in the area, it offers employment and residence as well as a meeting place for people with and without disabilities. With the newly build “Transparent Workshop“, a carpentry shop in the industrial area of Frickingen, the community is treading a new path and opening up to the surrounding community.  ...

Fresh and healthy: vegetables from local organic farming
13.03.2020

The Taste of Responsibility for People and Nature: More Organic Produce in Hamburg’s Canteens and Cafeterias

Since 1986, Ökomarkt Verbraucher- und Agrarberatung e. V. has been supporting organic farming in Hamburg, Germany. Consumers, members of the organic food industry, and in particular children and young people all profit from the non-profit organization’s diverse offering of consultation and training. The organization is now working to increase the percentage of organic food available in public institutions.

Man in a wheelchair with assistant
06.03.2020

Every Voice counts – even without Words: Self-determination despite significant Support Needs

How can inclusion, participation, and self-determination be made possible, even for individuals with significant support needs? This question is currently being examined in the context of a research study being carried out by the Institut Mensch Ethik Wissenschaft (IMEW) in Berlin. A foundational part of the project, planned for two years, is practical workshops where individuals with complex disabilities are able to find a voice.

Biology Lessons
28.02.2020

The Science of Life: Practical Handbook for Biology in Waldorf Schools

A new practical handbook supported by SAGST provides valuable ideas for teaching biology in upper-level Waldorf schools. The German-language handbook is titled “Biologie in der Waldorfschule”.

Portrait photo of Georg Seifert
20.02.2020

Naturally Healthy from the Start – Interview with Prof. Dr. med. Georg Seifert

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.