Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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entia - good things that smile
An online shop has created a sales platform that can be used by workshops for people with disabilities throughout Germany
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acs – competence centre for cost efficient production
Suppliers, higher education institutions, and municipalities in the country jointly promote the development of innovative car parts
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Children's academy in a rural region – art instead of TV
An artist introduces village children from uneducated families to painting, photography, and music
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Ideas workshop for the future of the villages of Flegessen, Hasperde, and Klein Süntel
With joint projects and a great deal of initiative, three villages make themselves fit for the future
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SmartRegion Pellworm
The first intelligent electricity network enables residents to use renewable energy where it is generated – locally
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“Grünlandzentrum” central network
An association brings together people who have various interests regarding usage of grassland
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Telemonitoring for artificial heart patients
With the help of electronically transferred data, doctors monitor patient aftercare from afar
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Jühnde – bioenergy village 2.0
Step for step, a rural community is becoming independent of fossil energy sources
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Regiomino – online supermarket for regions
Regional producers can offer food via ecommerce, saving time and giving them more time for production
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Demonstration facility for burning and fermenting brewers' grains
Combining biological, mechanical, and thermal methods optimizes the use of brewers’ grains for energy
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“Future of the villages in South Westphalia” network
An agency motivates people in the country to join forces to develop perspectives for their home villages
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Young buys old – municipal programme against abandoned buildings
A municipality helps families to buy old buildings in the town centre, preventing the area from becoming abandoned
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Rolling doctor's office – mobile care in the Wolfenbüttel district
Villages benefit from an unusual medical care concept: a mobile doctor's office
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“Smart Villages” research project
Students turn a village into a field laboratory and investigate how dying villages can safeguard their future
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OPERNALE – the opera festival in the rural north
A volunteer opera festival tours the country and livens up the regional cultural scene
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B. Braun Children's and Youth Weeks - “Research needs young talent”
Annual research weeks stoke children and youth's enthusiasm for experimenting and making discoveries
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Need-oriented school bus transport
Thanks to a new school bus navigation system, schoolchildren's travel times are reduced and municipalities cut costs
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it’s OWL – high-tech network from Ostwestfalen-Lippe
With bundled competencies, a region with a rural infrastructure puts Germany at the forefront of high-tech production
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“Aubikom” – cooperation for more educational competence in Blomberg
By means of extracurricular remedial education, a company prepares vocational school students for professional life in the region
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RETHINK – case studies for modern agriculture
A large-scale study brings European scientists together at one table – for more sustainability in agriculture