The district of Ludwigsburg was one of the first districts to launch the workshop program with a focus on "Municipal climate protection" and "Project management" in November 2021. 35 trainees from ten municipalities then developed their own climate protection projects at their workplace.
Emily Buschmann from Tamm impressed the jury during the project presentation with her project "Energy saving competition in the daycare centers in Tamm" by cleverly linking the two fields of action of energy saving and education. Other projects included a local food guide, a green façade and the use of rainwater instead of drinking water. Accompanied by her mentor Alina Heidak and the 2nd Mayor of the municipality of Tamm, Dr. Andreas Richter, Emily Buschmann has now received the district award "Municipal Climate Scouts 2021/22" - presented by District Administrator Dietmar Allgaier.
District Administrator Allgaier was visibly enthusiastic about the commitment of the trainees as a whole and about the winning project in particular: "This project raises awareness among even the youngest children. They playfully discover the possibilities for climate protection and energy saving. The project therefore fits in perfectly with our aim of getting the next generation interested in these issues from an early age, which we are also pursuing as a district with the energy-saving models in schools."
The district's climate protection team thanked everyone involved and made it clear that the award ceremony was not the end, but just the beginning of a series of climate scouts who will be trained over the next few years. The campaign is carried out every year by the Ludwigsburg district energy agency LEA.
Info:
"Municipal Climate Scouts" was developed by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), funded by the National Climate Protection Initiative of the Federal Ministry for the Environment. The local cooperation partner is the Energieagentur Kreis Ludwigsburg LEA e.V., supported by the climate protection team in the district of Ludwigsburg.
Interested municipalities and municipal companies can already register their trainees for the "Municipal Climate Scouts 2022/23" training course.
Contact: Anja Noël, Environmental Education, LEA e.V., Tel. 07141 / 68893-025, anja.noel[at]lea-lb.de
All trainee teams and their projects:
- Guest team Waiblingen: "Climate calendar" with monthly information on climate protection offers from the Rems-Murr district office, hands-on activities and climate protection tips
- Gemmrigheim: "Energy-saving municipality of Gemmrigheim" through the use of energy-saving LED lamps and economical heating controls
- Tamm: "Energy-saving competition in the daycare centers in Tamm" with verifiable savings, which are read together based on the meter readings and sensitization of the youngest children on energy discovery trips as well as through other educational offers
- Kornwestheim: "KlimaChallenge: We're checking it out and driving it forward" as a competition between departments with challenges and checklists
- Besigheim: "Less cars in Besigheim's old town" through surveys, education, especially at schools and signs
- Ludwigsburg: "The town hall as a beacon" with climate-friendly lighting control in the town hall consisting of motion detectors and LED lamps
- Bietigheim-Bissingen: "Local Food Guide" with flyers and, in future, a website to support climate-friendly shopping
- AVL: "Rainwater instead of drinking water" for toilet flushing by using the water in the rainwater clarifier
- Remseck: "Remseck our climate" with social media campaigns to raise awareness and a flea market in the town hall for employees
- Korntal-Münchingen: "Hand in Hand to the Green Wall" as a joint project with daycare centers to green the façade of the town hall
