Gardeners as ambassadors of the environment

Subject: In what way can allotment gardeners be ambassadors for the environmental protection? 

Conclusions work group:

• The participants in the Seminar noted that -- in addition to the manifold social activities carried out within the allotment garden movement -- all the leagues believe that the conservation of nature and the environment is one of the movement’s major functions and activities.
• The Seminar participants cited various convincing examples of the crucial role played by the allotment garden movement not only in the protection and conservation of flora and fauna, but also in the field of climate protection.
• Representatives from six countries joined in the discussion of this topic, commented on it and provided examples from their homelands.
• Participants agreed that the allotment garden movement had many different functions; they supported the chairman in his evaluation of their importance, both inside and outside the movement.
• The contributors to the discussion confirmed the fact that the allotment garden organisations in the various countries shared identical views on the ten aspects of the social responsibility of the allotment garden movement displayed in the graphic -- even if they did assume different forms in each country.