Overview

Nature & Biodiversity

Back to the roots: growing our own food in school gardens, monitoring and protecting biodiversity on site and in surrounding areas – here is what we do to integrate positive interactions with nature into our lives.

Activities

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Colleges

UWC RBC Food Footprinting CAS

Food Footprinting – Finding out how much land your food needs

How big is your meal? Have you ever wondered how much land is required to produce a single meal? The Food Footprinting activity is about visualizing the amount of farmland…
UWC RBC Wild Bee Scientists

“Wild Bee Scientists” CAS at UWC RBC

Between 2018 and 2022, UWC RBC students were involved in a Citizen Science project with University of Freiburg’s Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology. In a project supported by…

Amphibian rescue at UWC RBC

In spring 2023, UWC RBC students helped a local biodiversity conservation NGO to protect amphibians – frogs, toads and newts – migrating from the forest where they live to the…

School Garden at the heart of RBC’s sustainability concept

The former monastery garden of the Freiburg Charterhouse is, in many ways, the heart of our school and an important part of the school’s sustainability concept. Officially designated as a…

Experiental Learning in our school forest

Since November 2022, RBC has their own school forest. 15 minutes away from the College (by school van), the 19ha forest area is located near the village of Kappel and…