Previous Walkshops

Previous Walkshops

Our previous Walkshops include:

2023 – Social Security and Intergenerational Contracts. Berlin

The 2023 Walkshop centred around the topic of “Social Security and Intergenerational Contracts”. It was held in and around Berlin from 25–29 April 2023. The Youth Hostel Ostkreuz served as the starting point for all hikes and was also the lodging for all participants and the team throughout the trip. Most of the hikes took place in the southeast of Berlin, specifically in the Müggelsee nature reserve. The event encompassed educational visits to the Federal Ministry of Labour, the Federal Ministry of Health, and the German Pension Insurance organisation. In the evenings, various discussion events were held, where experts from diverse professional fields and members of parliament exchanged ideas and engaged in discussions with participants about social insurance schemes and intergenerational contracts.

2022 – Atomic Waste. Braunschweig

In 2022, the topic of the Walkshop was the “Search for a Final Repository for Atomic Waste”. It is a central societal issue, which will affect especially future generations over a long period. After the 2011 incident in Fukushima, Japan, the German government under Merkel decided to phase out nuclear energy by 2022. But the issue of nuclear energy in Germany has not ended with this decision. Now a final repository is needed. The Walkshop took place on 19–24 July 2022 in and around the city of Braunschweig. In addition to a totalled hiking route of 40 km, the participants visited various interesting learning values, as for instance the “Konrad mine” in Salzgitter.

2021 – Coal Phase Out. Leipzig

The second Walkshop that took place in 2021 dealt specifically with the coal phase-out. With a share of almost 30%, coal was still the most important energy source for power generation in 2021. The decision was made in 2019 to finalise the coal phase-out by 2038 but many climate associations believe that this date is too far in the future. There is much discussion about accelerating this to 2030. The coal phase-out is an important step in the energy transition that is underway in Germany to avert the climate crisis. The participants set off from Leipzig on 30 October 2021, and reached their destination Frankleben in Saxony-Anhalt on 2 November 2021, covering a total distance of 45 km.

2021 – Climate. Berlin

The very first Walkshop which took place in spring 2021 focused on the climate crisis. If humanity fails in initiating a transformation process and drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years, the consequences of the climate catastrophe will be irreversible. The urgently needed energy transition from fossil to renewable energy is stalling and with current global ambitions, we are heading for a global warming of more than 3° degrees Celsius and a climate catastrophe. The climate crisis is a problem for society, and it can only be solved by society. Everyone must get involved, everyone must be included: Young and old, urban and rural, across all social classes. The hike took place on 1–8 June 2021 and led the group from Dessau to Berlin to the Bundestag. The participants walked a total distance of 100 km.