8th Chemnitz Education Market for Sustainability

Theme this time: "Healthy soil - good food" - Date: 6 to 16 November at the Kraftwerk - approx. 600 visitors expected

For the 8th time, the Chemnitz Environmental Centre is organising the 14-day educational market for sustainability together with the Chemnitz Education Network. This year's exhibition, action days for children and young people and teacher workshops to mark the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development are dedicated to food and its most important foundation, the soil.

Under the motto "Healthy soil - good food ", the focus will be on the development and availability of fertile soil, its properties and the soil organisms as well as the food grown on it and the food culture.

The organisers have invited pupils from primary schools on Wednesday (7 November) and from secondary schools and grammar schools on Friday (9 November). On Monday (12 November) and Wednesday (14 November), girls and boys from day-care centres in Chemnitz will be guests at the education market. A total of around 600 visitors are expected.

Venue: Kraftwerk Socio-Cultural Centre, Kaßbergstraße 36, 09112 Chemnitz.

Chemnitz Education Network for Sustainability: Chemnitz Environmental Centre, Saxon State Foundation for Nature and the Environment (Lichtenwalde branch), Saxony Consumer Advice Centre, Solaris Förderzentrum für Jugend und Umwelt gGmbH Sachsen and Infozentrum Weltladen e.V.
Coordination and contact person: Ingrid Kasiske, Chemnitz Environmental Centre, Tel: 0371/488 6178 and 300 000.

Co-operation partners: Sächsische Bildungsagentur/ Regionalstelle Chemnitz, Kraftwerk e.V., Radio T, Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst, Naturschutzstation Pobershau, arche nova, Umweltbildungshaus Johannishöhe, Ökolöwe Leipzig, Leuchtpol gGmbH/ Regionalstelle Sachsen-Thüringen, Netzwerk Umweltbildung Sachsen.

Background: The "Education Markets for Sustainability" have been taking place in Chemnitz since 2005 to mark the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). They support the cause of sustainable development here in Chemnitz and are realised by a specially founded Chemnitz Education Network for Sustainability, consisting of several institutions dedicated to environmental and development education as well as external cooperation partners.