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"Sustainability necessitates reason and responsibility in our social, ecological and economic actions."

Michael Vassiliadis, Member of the Council

Facing Sustainability Award (2005)

How do people who care about sustainability look like? This was the question of this year’s annual communication project of the German Council for Sustainable Development. Every participant could take part with photos of a friend who works for human rights, or the neighbour who works on an organic farmyard, the professor who carried out exciting research projects on relevant topics or the politician who takes the fight against poverty and the protection of the environment seriously even when it is not the run-up to an election.

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Facing Sustainability Award

Photos – People – Stories of Sustainability

What do people who care about sustainability look like? This was the question of this year’s annual communication project of the German Council for Sustainable Development. Every participant could take part with photos of a friend who works for human rights, or the neighbour who works on an organic farmyard, the professor who carried out exciting research projects on relevant topics or the politician who takes the fight against poverty and the protection of the environment seriously even when it is not the run-up to an election.

Up to three photos could be sent in. Portrait photos or close-ups, but they could be accompanied by photos of objects or landscapes which have a direct link to the person portrayed. The different aspects of sustainability should be illustrated by showing the people who are working for a fairer future.

Just as important as the photo was the story of the people telling, how they are active for sustainability in economic affairs, social concerns or the environment.

In this international foto competition amateur and professional photographers of all ages have been invited to submit entries. 197 participants followed the call. 450 fotos have been sent – among these have been a surprisingly high proportion from foreign contries.

The German Council for Sustainable Development published a postcard book with twelve of the entries. The postcard book can be purchased for free via info@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de.

At the annual conference of the German Council for Sustainable Development on 6 September 2005 in Berlin there was released an exhibition with a choice of the 27 best works. The winners of the prizes of Jury as well as the public prize have been celebrated in the Facing Sustainability Award Ceremony.

For the Award Ceremony the Council has ventured an experiment. Forty pupils, mostly without any dance experience, developped together with the choreographer Volker Eisenach a production of the four winner fotos. Four weeks in advance, the pupils of Anna-Siemsen-School and Kepler-School from Berlin-Neukölln have been informed about the idea. What has been created, was an overwhelming production that was highly valued by the about 1.000 participants of the annual congress in standing ovations.

The choreographer Volker Eisenach is leader of the Faster Than Light Dance Company Berlin and known through the projects Education@Bphil of the Berliner Philharmoniker and the documentary „Rhythm is it“.

The project showed that education for sustainable development can be realized besides accurately defined syllabies and established methods.

The “Facing Sustainability Award“ was a contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development and was organised in cooperation with the BLK Transfer-21 Programme.

Media partner of the competition was National Geographic Germany.

Dokumente

Further information:

www.facing-sustainability.org
International photo competition "Facing Sustainability"

The winners of the Facing Sustainability Award

Ordering the postcard book:

You can obtain the postcard book for free via E-Mail to info@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de or by sending a postcard to
German Council for
Sustainable Development (RNE)
Office c/o GTZ
Potsdamer Platz 10,
D-10785 Berlin, Germany

Ordering the DVD:

You can obtain the film DVD as a documentation of the dance project for 10.- EUR via E-Mail to frifaber@gmx.de.

Preisträger

Publikumspreis: “expedition WELT” (Fotoserie)

Drei Studenten starten 2006 auf eine 8-monatige “expedition WELT” rund um den Globus. Sie besuchen Initiativen für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Menschen die tagtäglich für eine Veränderung kämpfen. Die Höhen und Tiefen ihres Abenteuers werden sie live per Internet mit Schülern aus ganz Deutschland teilen. Expedition WELT soll ein Aufruf sein für alle, sich aktiv an einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung zu beteiligen. Denn oft fehlt nur der kleine Funke, um selbst aktiv zu werden.

Bildinfo:
Motiv: Jan Holzapfel,
Tim Lehmann,
Matti Spiecker

Fotograf: Jan Holzapfel
Deutschland
28.05.2005

Download des Publikumspreises “expedition WELT” als PDF-Datei [PDF, 274KB]

Jurypreis: “Zentrum für ehemalige KZ-Häftlinge in Lodz (Polen)”

Hier werden den Menschen ärztliche Unterstützung, psychosoziale Betreuung und Rehabilitationsmaßnahmen angeboten. Essen auf Rädern wird organisiert und ein Treffpunkt geboten.

Die Überlebenden bieten vor allem auch Zeitzeugengespräche in deutschen Schulen an. Sie teilen damit ihre Erfahrungen einer Generation mit, die hoffentlich nie einen Krieg erleben wird. Nachhaltig wird für Völkerverständigung geworben.
Hr. Kauc ist der Leiter und Überlebender von Stutthof und einem russischen Gulag, Fr. Najberg eine Auschwitz-Überlebende und Magda eine Praktikantin.

Bildinfo:
Motiv: Zygmunt Kauc vor Maximilian Kolbe,
Helena Najberg,
Magdalena Crisan

Fotograf: Jan Zappner
Deutschland
April 2005

Download des Jurypreises “Zentrum für ehemalige KZ-Häftlinge in Lodz (Polen)” als PDF-Datei [PDF, 368KB]

Jurypreis: “The Protest of Brian Haw” (Fotoserie)

Brian Haw, ein 55-jähriger Zimmermann aus Essex, kampiert seit nun 4 Jahren vor dem britischen Parlament um gegen den Krieg im Irak zu protestieren.

Bildinfo:
Motiv: Brian Haw

Fotograf: Martin Specht
Deutschland
02.06.2005

Download des Jurypreises “The Protest of Brian Haw” als PDF-Datei [PDF, 283KB]

Jurypreis: “Positiv Leben” (Fotoserie)

Herlyn Uiras ist freiwillige HIV-Beraterin in Namibia. Einsatzgebiet der lebensfrohen 21jährigen sind die städtischen Armenviertel. Herlyn hilft den Betroffenen “positiv zu leben” und genießt dabei ganz besonderes Vertrauen: Seit ihrer Vergewaltigung vor fünf Jahren lebt sie selbst mit dem tödlichen AIDS-Virus.

Bildinfo:
Motiv: Herlyn Uiras

Fotograf: Ralph Höfelein
Namibien
16.07.2005

Download des Jurypreises “Positiv Leben” als PDF-Datei [PDF, 342KB]

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