Hibernation strategies of butterflies
As the cold time of the year approaches, animals have to prepare themselves for winter and bring themselves in hibernation
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Author: Magdalena Meikl
Educational outdoor-workshops on forests
At the end of September, the European Wilderness Society held several outdoor workshops to give young people from Italy, Slovenia,
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Young people from Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Ukraine and Austria got to know from the experts of the European Wilderness Society
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By the end of September, a group of young people from Austria, Germany and Italy got to know about the
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In September there was a lot going on in our project “Schmetterlingsreich – butterfly kingdom“. After school started, the workshop
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At the end of September, the team of the European Wilderness Society and its experts again held workshops for young
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How sustainable is heating with wood?
Heating with wood is considered climate-neutral. The EU Parliament has just decided again that biomass from wood is still considered
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Cats want to “train” their humans
A sorrow that probably every domestic cat owner knows: once again, cat Lilli or tomcat Mau has brought a living
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Climate change, predators and lifestock protection
This week, we have also been in the middle school in Adnet near Salzburg, Austria. We did a workshop with
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Butterfly workshop in the south of Austria
This week, we visited the little ones, the kids from the 1st grade of the elementary school in Villach in
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New EU Nature Restoration Law as an urgent speed up for biodiversity and climate
We welcome the new nature restoration law that was proposed by 22nd of June by the European Commission. It sets
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Colorful butterfly workshop in the elementary school in Weißbach/Lofer, Austria
Today we were in the elementary school in Weißbach/Lofer with our butterfly workshop and expert Otto Feldner. The workshops are
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On the tracks of owls and other forest dwellers
Yesterday we were out again, with 16 children from the Middle school Bad Vigaun, Austria. We held our owl workshop,
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Schoolworkshops on owls and predators in Lower Austria
We were on the road again with our school workshops, this time in Lower Austria. In Waidhofen an der Thaya,
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Many wise little owls – schoolworkshop in Straßwalchen, Austria
Last week we had a great owl workshop in the 2nd grade of the elementary school in Straßwalchen, Austria. The
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School workshops on butterflies and livestock protection
There was a lot going on this week within our two projects “Schmetterlingsreich” and “Let’s get wild 2“, which are
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The last days we have been visiting potential habitats for butterflies in the Salzburger Lungau together with private landowners and
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Hundreds of reptile species face extinction
A study was published in Nature recently reviewing the status of over 10,000 reptile species worldwide. Things are not looking
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Landscape impacts the European wildcat
The European wildcat is classified as “Least Concern” by the IUCN, but populations are declining and it is in Annex
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Wilderness workshops for schools in Austria
The European Wilderness Society has created a diverse program of workshops for schools in Austria for the summer semester 2022.
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