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If your company and your employees support Trinkwasserwald e.V. in nature-based forest conver­sion, this has many effects that go far beyond the positive environ­mental protec­tion aspects.

Just planting broad­leaf trees together outdoors in nature and working together in the forest promotes team cohesion, because you are working in a diffe­rent context – Forest and environ­mental protec­tion – coming together anew, getting to know one another again and creating something visible that you could never achieve alone.

Trinkwasserwald e.V. also offers volun­teers with the „Forest Experi­ence World“ an environ­mental educa­tion programme that, during a guided forest tour, vividly conveys the connec­tions between forest and water in the context of climate change. The environ­mental educa­tion programme can be expanded if required with additional modules on team building.

Climate change and its conse­quences have long since become a task for society as a whole. The same applies to the forest, which still has far too large a share of monocul­ture conife­rous forest areas. These are incre­asingly suffe­ring from climate change, drought and storms, and must be quickly converted into climate-resilient mixed deciduous forest by planting site-appro­priate broad­leaf trees.

Planting deciduous trees: A maximum of 50 volun­teers, in small groups of 12–15 people, plant broad­leaf saplings for one day under guidance to convert a conife­rous forest or damaged area into mixed deciduous forest. This creates climate-resilient forests that store rainwater better, improve ground­water recharge, suffer less from damaging events and support greater biodi­ver­sity. Working together in the forest and for nature creates meaning and a connec­tion to the ecosystem on our doorstep. At the same time, you work together in a new context – the best oppor­tu­nity to get to know one another again, and better. And at the end of the day together, you can see what you have achieved together – the founda­tion for a forest fit for the future has been laid together.

Forest Experi­ence World: The volun­teers also take part in a forest tour led by trained environ­mental educa­tors who explain the ecolo­gical connec­tions and provide infor­ma­tion about forests and water in the context of climate change. Parti­ci­pants learn how their invol­vement makes a diffe­rence and why it is so important and right, especi­ally now, to create climate-resilient mixed deciduous forests through broad­leaf tree planting. If required, the environ­mental educa­tion can also be expanded with appro­priate team-building modules.

• Experi­en­cing and appre­cia­ting nature, yourself and the team
• learning how forestry can be designed in harmony with nature
• under­stand the connec­tions between forest and water in the context of climate change
• under­stan­ding the direct and indirect conse­quences of one’s own lifestyle for nature
• Experi­ence self-efficacy and respon­si­bi­lity: plant broad­leaf trees to create climate-resilient mixed deciduous forest, for forests fit for the future, greater biodi­ver­sity and for genera­tions to come.

Are you planting climate-resilient mixed deciduous forest with us? You can make your commit­ment to nature-based forest conver­sion visible in sustaina­bi­lity reporting, under volun­tary engage­ment, ESRS E3 Water and ESRS E4 Biodi­ver­sity. You will receive corre­spon­ding impact and donation documen­ta­tion.