Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Wölfersheim municipality app
An app offers the residents of a community helpful service locally and boosts local retail
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PROGRASS – bioenergy from green waste
Researchers are investigating how environment-friendly bioenergy can be generated from rural and urban green waste
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National Youth Ballet – all of Germany’s a stage
By putting on performances in unusual places, a young dance company thrills rural inhabitants
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“Health Creates Future” general medicine initiative
With a welcome service and further education offers, a rural region attracts young doctors
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Treptitz – joining forces for sustainable infrastructure in rural areas
Citizens of a village join forces to make their sewage and energy infrastructure fit for the future
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Green railway station in Horrem
Thanks to energy-efficient environmental technology, a regional railway station becomes the first CO2-neutral train station
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“SW Agent”: public utilities shape the energy turnaround - model-based development of new business models
With the help of computer simulation, scientists are researching how public utilities can master the energy turnaround
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Regional future funds – cooperatives for energy efficiency
Energy-efficiency cooperatives enable cities and rural districts to conserve energy and thus benefit the environment
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Machining training centre - careers in the country
An implant manufacturer establishes its own machining technology training centre in the country
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Algae biogas concept
With CO2 and heat from biogas facilities, researchers are breeding algae as a raw material for cosmetics and biodiesel
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Medicine par excellence – mentors for budding country doctors
Country doctor mentors fuel students’ enthusiasm for the medical profession far from cities
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Metropolitan area project – “Thalia Cultural Landscapes”
With readings and plays, actors transform historic buildings into extraordinary cultural venues in the country
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“Culture against abandoned buildings“ in Zittau
From plays to a film festival: an association revives abandoned buildings in the country with creative ideas
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“Theater Altes Hallenbad” in Friedberg / Hessen
Citzens restore an art nouveau pool, turning it into a cultural venue
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Country youth Klimawald Schleswig-Holstein
Young people collect donations to plant a new forest area in the country
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NatuRaum – the innovative tech lab in the country
Young people from cities and the country learn how to tap nature for successful inventions
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Altersgerechtes Wohnen und Wiederbelebung der ländlichen Bausubstanz
Eine Stiftung baut Wohnungen für Senioren und renoviert die frei gewordenen Gehöfte für Familien
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SmartRegion Pellworm
The first intelligent electricity network enables residents to use renewable energy where it is generated – locally
