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This is the second episode of our podcast about commuter mobility in the slovenian industrial zone Trata. Within the project Trata 2.1 companies and municipalities from Slovenia visit good practice examples for mobility management in the very west of Austria and in Liechtenstein. In the second podcast episode, we hear various voices from slovenian participants in the study trip and which conclusions they draw from it.

Listen to the first episode of "Commuting made easy":
https://soundcloud.com/cipra_international/commuting-made-easy-episode-1

Further informations:
www.cipra.org/en/news/commuting-made-easy
and
www.cipra.org/en/trata2.1

produced by: Michael Gams, CIPRA International
photo by: Samo Khan

More than 5,000 people work in the industrial area of Trata near Ljubljana/Sl. 94 percent, almost all of them commute to work by car. This leads to traffic jams, soil sealing through huge car parking lots, as well as noise and CO2 emissions. How can we combat these problems and encourage commuters to adopt more sustainable mobility behaviour? This is what the "Trata 2.1" project by CIPRA Slovenia and CIPRA International is addressing. Building on the experience of past mobility projects such as PEMO and AMIGO, company and municipal representatives travelled to the border triangle of Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein in March 2023. During the study trip, they learned about best-practice examples of sustainable and healthy commuter mobility. In the first podcast episode about the project Trata 2.1, we talk to participants of the study trip, companies and employees.

Further informations:
www.cipra.org/en/news/commuting-made-easy
and
www.cipra.org/en/trata2.1

produced by: Michael Gams, CIPRA International
photo by: Samo Khan

Diesmal berichten wir über den Film «Generation Change» und bringen Ausschnitte aus einer Diskussionsrunde mit Klimaaktivist:innen. Ausserdem hört ihr ein Interview mit dem Psychologen Tobias Schabetsberger von «Psychologists for Future». Er gibt Tipps, wie wir mit Gefühlen wie Angst, Wut, oder auch Gleichgültigkeit im Zusammenhang mit der Klimakrise umgehen können.

Erholungscamp und Klimakarawane
Beim «Alpine Kick Camp» vor Ort, das von 27. April bis 1. Mai 2023 in Vorarlberg/A stattfindet, laden Klima-Aktivist:innen ihre Akkus wieder auf, finden neue Motivation für den Klimaschutz und vernetzen sich mit Gleichgesinnten. Von 2. bis 6. September 2023 radelt eine Klimakarawane vom Bodensee bis zum Ochsentaler Gletscher/A. Meldet Euch jetzt für das Alpine Kick Camp oder die Klimakarawane an! Mehr Infos dazu findet ihr hier: www.cipra.org/de/alpine-climate-camps (de, fr, it, sl, en)

Dieser Podcast entstand im Rahmen des Projekts «Alpine Climate Camps» und wird gefördert durch das Jugendprogramm Erasmus+ der Europäischen Union.

Redaktion: Michael Gams und Andreas Radin
Foto (c) dmncwndrlch, pixabay

Über eine Woche lang am Gletscher übernachten, Gipfel besteigen, Experimente durchführen: Das Projekt «Girls* on Ice» bietet Mädchen ein beeindruckendes Erlebnis in den Schulferien. Die nächste Expedition zum Findelengletscher/CH findet vom 15.-25.07.2023 auf Deutsch und vom 25.07.-04.08.2023 auf Französisch statt. Noch bis zum 24.02.2023 können sich Interessierte bewerben. Mehr über den Ablauf und ihre persönliche Motivation erfahrt ihr im Podcast-Gespräch mit der Geographin und Workshop-Koordinatorin Dr. Lena Hellman.

Mehr dazu lest ihr hier: www.cipra.org/de/news/expedition-fuer-angehende-gletscherforscherinnen
Weiterführende Informationen und Anmeldung für die Gletscher-Camps: www.inspiringgirls.org/switzerland (en, de, fr)

Foto: © Girls* on Ice

From the alpine plateau to the wild river in the mountains: How can visitor flows be managed in a meaningful way? What are the problems involved? How and by whom could they be solved? Four pilot regions sought answers to these questions in the speciAlps 2 project. The current CIPRA podcast reports.

Where a few decades ago there were still lonely valleys with mystical waterfalls and crystal-clear mountain lakes, today cars are jammed on access roads and visitors get in each other's way looking for the next insider tip. In some areas of the Alps, pictures like these are unfortunately part of everyday life. Four pilot regions in the Alps have set themselves the goal of changing this: The Tiroler Lech Nature Park/A, the Kamnik and Savinja Alps/SL, the mountaineering village of Balme/I and Bad Reichenhall/D. They developed measures to manage the growing number of visitors. In the CIPRA podcast the coordinators of the pilot regions talk about problems and approaches to solving them. They talk about what politics, tourism, regional development and other decision-makers can do to ensure that nature and visitors benefit equally. This current episode of the CIPRA podcast was produced by the Alliance in the Alps network of municipalities.

What can visitors themselves do to protect sensitive natural areas? This was the subject of the CIPRA podcast episode "How to protect the Alps with your behaviour": https://soundcloud.com/cipra_international/specialps2-code-of-conduct

Both podcasts were produced as part of the speciAlps 2 project on visitor management. CIPRA International coordinated the project together with the Alliance in the Alps network of municipalities with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV).

Further information on the project: www.cipra.org/de/specialps2 (de, fr, it, sl, en)

Photo credit: pixelteufel, flickr.com

What are my resources and what are yours? Which ones are in danger and which ones are our lives dependent on? What resources does it take to make a change towards sustainable development in the Alps? The CIPRA-project Re.sources was tackling these questions by bringing people from different Alpine countries to work together. Meanwhile, “job shadowing” gave 24 participants the opportunity to work for one of the partner organisations in the Alps for three to seven days. In this way, the project strengthened exchanges and learning between the organisations. Young people gained an insight into the working world of an NGO and expanded their professional network.

One of these young people is Polona Zakrajšek. Polona is 24 years old and from Slovenia. She did a bachelor in geography in Ljubljana, but is currently staying in Prague in Czech Republic for one more year, doing her master's degree in Forestry, water and landscape management. During the summer, she was doing field work in forest ecology and mountain forests. Maya Mathias interviewed Polona about her experiences within the Re.sources project and job shadowing at CIPRA international.

If you are interested to learn more about job shadowing and our current projects, please visit our website:
https://www.cipra.org/en/re.sources