Your contact persons are: incoming – Carlotta Schellschmidt

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group, but lunch will be provided

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: 15 km from Wurzburg, 120 km from Nuremberg and Frankfurt

FREE TIME: Rimpar is located on a bus line between the Forest Experience Center and Wurzburg, where you can take part in a variety of cultural offerings. Trips to Frankfurt, Nuremberg, and the picturesque city of Maintal are possible. You can also use the center’s grounds in your free time.

TERMINAL: Wurzburg

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

REMARKS: Knowledge of German or English is an advantage. The tasks may be physically challenging at times.

IJGD 75104 DO YOUR PART FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING II Location: Berlin

Dates: 01/08-23/08/15 Type: ARCH ,LANG , Age: 18 ans. 15 VOLS

SPECIAL FEE: 300.00 EUR

WORK: During the first week, your group will take part in an intensive German language course (2 x 90 minutes per day), which will teach you language used in everyday situations, as well as improve your general German skills. Your language instructors are native speakers and have experience in teaching German as a foreign language. During the first week, they are also part of your group. During the second and third weeks, your team will help maintain gravestones of war victims, in Reinickendorf, located on the north side of Berlin. The people buried here are German as well as non-German soldiers and civilians, for whom a special cemetery was built. Tasks will include renovating the lawns and mowing them, as well as cleaning the gravestones and other concrete structures.

ACCOMODATION: Accommodation: Your team will be staying in scouts’ wagons in Berlin-Steglitz

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Berlin-Reinickendorf

FREE TIME: Berlin offers plenty of activities for you to do in your free time, both day and night. In order to better experience the area, your team will be provided with a public transportation ticket, which you can use in the entire city.

TERMINAL: Berlin

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: A basic knowledge of German. REMARKS: There is a 300 Euro extra fee for the language course, including your public transportation ticket.

IJGD 75117 SPEND YOUR SUMMER “SANS SOUCI” Location: Potsdam

Dates: 01/08-23/08/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 12 VOLS

WORK: The Prussian Castle and Garden Organization maintains and administers the countless historic castles and parks in the Berlin-Brandenburg Region. Potsdam is the focus of this 300 year old cultural landscape, with its historic facilities, including the castle and park of Sans Souci. Your team will be involved with the diverse gardening tasks in the Sans Souci park and can therefore get a peek into this diverse work field. In the Charlottenhof Park, created in 1883 by P.J. Lenne, your group will help maintain paths, flower beds, and lawns, securing the maintenance of these gardens. With your various work site, your team will learn how diverse these gardens and parks really are!

ACCOMODATION: In a school. Showers are located in a bordering sports area.

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Brandenburg; on the southwest edge of Berlin

FREE TIME: Due to your location near the capitols of Potsdam and Berlin, you will have plenty of activities for your free time, including sightseeing, and discovering the area with its many lakes and forests. You will be provided with a public transportation ticket for Potsdam, good for the duration of your camp.

TERMINAL: Potsdam

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

IJGD 75113 YOUR PIECE IS MISSING IN THE HIKING NETWORK! Location: Rangsdorf

Dates: 01/08-23/08/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS

WORK: Rangsdorf is located 15 km south of Berlin, and is a small town with 11,000 residents and plenty of nature, located at the edge of Rangsdorf Lake. In order to make this landscape accessible to visitors, an interconnected hiking trail network has been under construction since 2005, and is constantly being expanded. Your tasks will mainly include maintenance, repair, and construction on various pieces of the trail, removing trash, and maintaining bordering wooded and field areas. Small tasks including building benches and observation points, signs, or bird houses may also need to be done. Most of the work will be done by hand. Partners such as the forester, nature preservation organization, and local workers will assist with difficult tasks. At the end, you will present your results to the community.

ACCOMODATION: In an elementary school. A grill and a volleyball court are located in the yard. You will bike the five kilometers to and from your work site.

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Brandnburg; 15 km south of Berlin

FREE TIME: At the edge of Rangsdorf, you will encounter a typical Brandenburg landscape, with fields, small bodies of water, and forests. Bikes will be provided to you for the entire duration of camp, so you can bike to the swimming area, 3 km, and the train station, 4 km away.

TERMINAL: Rangsdorf

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be able to ride a bike.

IJGD 25302 ON THE RIGHT PATH TO THE ALPS! Location: Freising

Dates: 01/08-30/08/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 10 VOLS

WORK: Your team is going to help the area mow large areas and receive hay. The fields are located on an angle at times and are difficult to reach with machines. In orchards, your team will also help improve fences and protect the trees from sheep. Additionally, you will maintain neglected grasslands in order to give endangered plant and animal species a habitat. Small trees need to be taken out so that they do not spread in this special biotope. This camp will teach your group plenty about nature preservation! For one week, your team will be at the ‘Freising Domberg’, where you will secure trails and protect them from erosion, and improve a sheep shelter and fences. An absolute highlight for nature lovers is a three day trip to the edge of the Alps, where you can go for plenty of hikes. Be sure to bring mountain/hiking boots!

Note for the project: We look forward to having you if you truly enjoy spending your time in nature, hiking, and riding a bike! A bit of weather resistance is needed for the tasks outside. If you enjoy cooking, that is an advantage since your team will prepare its own meals and grocery shop. You may even get some free groceries from the Freising shops. The tasks will be led by experts who will teach you plent about nature and the effect of your work. You will work from 8:00-15:00.

ACCOMODATION: In a cozy house run by the Nature Friends, 7 km outside of Frising on a beautiful cliff.

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Munich 35 km, Regensburg 90 km

FREE TIME: You can reach Freising by bike along the Isar River. From there, you can take the train to Munich, where you will have plenty of opportunities to visit the English Garden and the famous Munich Hofbrauhaus. Due to its location, the largest hops growing area in the world, there are plenty of typical German beer gardens in the area! You will be provided with bikes, but they may be in need of some repair first. Hikes with the expert leaders in the area make it quick and easy to explore the area!

TERMINAL: Freising

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be able to ride a bike and it is absolutely necessary to bring ankle high mountain shoes/hiking boots and rainproof, warm clothing. You will need them for the project as well as hiking in the area.

REMARKS: The tasks may be physically challenging at times. This camp is 4 weeks long.

IJGD 25300 SUMMER CAMP ACTION 2015 Location: Deggendorf

Dates: 05/08-23/08/15 Type: SOCI ,KIDS , Age: 18 ans. 12 VOLS

WORK: Deggendorf will host a summer camp for children ages 7-14 from August 10-21. On a field, children will build their own wooden huts and look forward to the games, sports, and creative activities you will have ready for them. Please bring lots of ideas from home! The camp will take place outside no matter the weather, so please bring appropriate clothing. On August 7, there will be a preparatory meeting with the camp leaders. Your work times will be 8:30-17:30. After discussion, the team may divide into small groups. The days before the children arrive will serve as preparation time together.

ACCOMODATION: On cots in the 4You Youth Center

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Bayern; Passau 55 km, Regensburg 75

FREE TIME: The 4You Youth Center has an internet café, billiards, foosball, and air hockey that your group may use. There are also museums, bars, many shops, and a pool nearby. Trips to the Bavarian forests, or to Regensburg Passau, Munich, and the Czech Republic are possible.

TERMINAL: Deggendorf

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

REMARKS: This workcamp begins on a Wednesday and ends on a Sunday. The camp will take place no matter the weather, so please bring appropriate clothes. www.4you-deggendorf.de.

IJGD 25331 IN THE LAND OF FORTRESSES, CLIFFS, AND VINEYARDS Location: Bad Bergzabern

Dates: 06/08-26/08/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 16 ans. 13 VOLS

WORK: caring for trees, removing small trees along a small pond so that other trees have more space to grow, as well as building protective fences around new trees. Your group will work with hand saws, hammers, nails, shovels, hoes, and spades. Your team will also remove invasive species to preserve the natural habitat of the area. Shovels and hoes will be useful to dig drainage areas along ponds and paths. Tree stands will also be built.

ACCOMODATION: Your accommodation is located in the Pfaelzer Wald Biosphere Reserve. Surrounded by fortresses and a beautiful forest landscape, you will be picked up each morning by the forester. In the forest, your group will do forestry and nature preservation. Accommodation will be in shared rooms in a reserve.

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Rhineland Palatinate; Karlsruhe 50 km, Strasbourg 85 km

FREE TIME: In this camp, you will mostly have the chance to be in nature, hike, and visit the nearby fortresses. Bikes will be provided so you have the chance to better get to know the area. The Dahn cliffs provide an excellent climbing area, and in the Biosphere house you can learn about the forest ecosystem. A field is located next to your accommodation where you can play games, and includes a fire pit. In Bad Bergzabern and in Dahn there are pools and cafes. On the weekends, you can take trips to France (Strasbourg), or Karlsruhe, Speyer, and Mannheim. These trips are only possible on the weekends!

TERMINAL: Bad Bergzabern

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

REMARKS: Your accommodation is located in the middle of the forest. The nearest city is 10 km away. This camp is only for participants who enjoy living in nature. This camp is made possible by the generous support of Johnson Controls.

IJGD 15222 MY OWN FILM! FILM WORKSHOP IN BREMEN Location: Bremen hauptbahnhof

Dates: 08/08-22/08/15 Type: STUD ,ART , Age: 16 ans. 12 VOLS

SPECIAL FEE: 310.00 EUR

WORK: Make your own film! This you can do in this international media camp. Learning by doing is the idea, and so you will work in small groups to brainstorm and experiment. After an introduction to the technology, you will develop a story line and then you will already grab the camera! Doesn’t matter if you want to make a short film with you as the star or create a documentary—you can bring in your own ideas and stories! Your imagination has no boundaries here! Along with the camera work, your team will also learn various software types as well as how to edit your films on the computer and add sound. Your team will be supported by two experienced media educators from the organization “Blickwechsel e.V.”. The results will be in a blog on the internet.

ACCOMODATION: In a simple, cozy youth center, where you will sleep on air mattresses

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: 20 km west of Hamburg

FREE TIME: Your accommodation is centrally located in Bremen. From there, you can walk through the 1,200 year old Hanseatic City (www.bremen.de) with its various sights, cultural offerings, night life scene, and many shopping opportunities. On the weekends, you can take trips to the North Sea Coast, Hamburg, and other nearby cities.

TERMINAL: Bremen Hauptbahnhof

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Interest in film, as well as the technology and editing REMARKS: There is a 310 Euro extra fee (please transfer this 2 weeks before camp starts)

IJGD 15225 FILM IN HAMBURG Location: Hamburg

Dates: 08/08-22/08/15 Type: SOCI ,STUD ,ART Age:16 ans. 12 VOLS

SPECIAL FEE: 380.00 EUR

WORK: Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg is the largest river island in Europe and is a multicultural district in change. Various small land large projects and events such as IBA, IGS, and Dockwille have had a major impact on various locations, people, and topics in the district. Additonally, the currently increasing number of refugees staying here keeps the residents busy. Your team will work in this media workshop to depict what is special about Wilhelmsburg and how the residents and workers in the district deal with these sociocultural and social changes and challenges on film. You will be led by experienced media educators, where you will develop interview ideas, learn how to use the camera, and to cut/edit scenes. At the end of the project, you will show your results in a show, created by you, on the Hamburg public television channel TIDE TV. In contrast to other media workshops IJGD provides, we are providing the topic for you. Look at the websites listed below and think about what you would like to depict on film, whether it be projects, events, sociocultural and community changes, etc, that can influence the district. It is our hope that you capture many different voices and pictures, that you believe in giving others a voice that would seldom otherwise be heard.

http://english.hamburg.de/neighbourhoods/1759332/mitte.html http://www.hamburg.de/wilhelmsburg/

http://www.iba-hamburg.de/en/iba-in-english.html

http://www.hamburg.de/igs-2013/

http://msdockville.de/

http://www.wilhelmsburgonline.de/

ACCOMODATION: In a modern youth center on air mattresses. The media education center is five minutes away. Please note that alcohol and smoking are forbidden in both locations.

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group.

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Hamburg

FREE TIME: You will live in the youth center and work in a media education center in the Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg. From here, you can easily reach the second largest city in Germany with its many tourist attractions. On the weekends, a trip to the North or Baltic Sea coasts are worth the trip.

TERMINAL: Hamburg

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: A good knowledge of English.

REMARKS: There is a 380 Euro extra fee please transfer this two weeks before camp starts. Alcohol and smoking are forbidden in both centers!

IJGD 15221 MODERN DEPENDENCIES-A CRITICAL DEBATE Location: Goehrde

Dates: 08/08-29/08/15 Type: ENVI ,STUD , Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS

WORK: “iDevices”, such as iphones, ipads, etc, dominate our lives more and more. The global computer networks have become our cyber spines. Are we somehow addicted to these devices and the internet? We have already lost control over our data, but can we still control our behavior? On the other hand, the “agricultural industry 2.0” controls our food production. Here, the internet is also the spine. What will happen when the networks break down, or an environmental catastrophe decimate our harvests and infrastructure? Are we, after monocultures, extinction of plants and animals, and global warming still in a position to return to a subsistent lifestyle? In the study part of this camp, we will explore the dimensions of our ‘iDevices’ and discuss the topic critically. During the work part of the camp, we will work to maintain the infrastructure of the educational center. The wonderful grounds of the “Bildungsstaette Bahnhof Goehrde”, the educational center, is a learning center for socially critical and ecological thinking and behavior. All in all, we will try to rid ourselves of modern, technical controlling structures, try alternative ways of living, and work on the utopia of a subsistent, independent social room.

ACCOMODATION: In an educational center, a restored, protected former train station building

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Luneburg 40 km, Hamburg 80 km

FREE TIME: The beautiful landscape of the area and in Goehrde offers wonderful travel opportunities.

TERMINAL: Goehrde

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will need good English skills and be interested in socially critical topics, politics, and the environment

REMARKS: This camp is for participants from Estonia, South Korea, and Germany

IJGD 25317 CREATE NEW SPACE FOR ANIMALS Location: Amberg

Dates: 08/08-30/08/15 Type: ENVI ,CONS , Age: 16 ans. 15 VOLS

WORK: In Urensollen, your help is needed to turn an old transformer station into an animal protection tower. Together, you will work on renovating the transformer station so that it can be the crown jewel of the city. At the same time, it will serve as a new home for various animals such as barn owls, house martins, swifts, bats, bees, and insects, since the nest areas will be protected. Your team will also plant trees and bushes to beautify the area. As a special challenge, an old basement is in need of your ideas and help.

ACCOMODATION: On cots in a school in Urensollen

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: 60 km from Nuremberg

FREE TIME: In the Urensollen school, you can play basketball and use the soccer field. You can take part in local festivals and get to know the local youth. Together, we will take a trip to Regensburg and organize a grill festival.

TERMINAL: Amberg

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

REMARKS: A talent for craftsman tasks is handy, but not a requirement

IJGD 75114 GARDENING IN GAHLEN! Location: Calau

Dates: 10/08-30/08/15 Type: ENVI , Age: 18 ans. 12 VOLS

WORK: The integrative organization “Umweltbildung Interforum e.V.”, located in Gahlen’s “Alte Ziegelei”, is a meeting place and event space for various groups. As participants of this international workcamp, your group will be involved in the following projects: ecological planting of vegetables and herbs in a permaculture, composting organic waste such as foliage, cut trees, harvesting, securing seeds for planting later, as well as offering harvested products at the meetings and other projects.

ACCOMODATION: In tents or wagons

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Brandenburg; Cottbus 32 km

FREE TIME: Your group will spend your workcamp in the middle of nature on the grounds, which you can help develop. You are invited to try everything you can do outside, including swimming in the lake, bike riding, playing soccer, and sitting around a bonfire, gazing at the stars. You can reach a swimming area easily by bike. Of course, you can also visit the nearby city of Calau or Gahlen by bike, or visit Berlin or Dresden on the weekends.

TERMINAL: Calau

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: -

IJGD 15234 MAKE YOUR OWN TV! Location: Flensburg

Dates: 15/08-29/08/15 Type: STUD ,ART , Age: 16 ans. 12 VOLS

SPECIAL FEE: 280.00 EUR

WORK: Make your own TV! You can do just that in this international media camp. After an introduction to the technology, you will develop your own story line and then already begin with the camera! In the studio you can then edit the material. At the end of the camp, the film will be presented live to the public. The technology and space for this project is supplied by the “Offene Kanal Flensburg”, a public, local TV station (www.okflensburg.de). You will be led by expert media educators and can learn plenty about the media work with video and TV. Previous knowledge is not required, but can be useful. The Flensburg Youth Organization (Flensburger Jugendring) is a sponsor of the DIE EXXE Youth Center, your host. Several local youth from Flensburg are invited to take part in the project. www.flensburger-jugendring.de.

ACCOMODATION: In a simple, cozy youth center on air mattresses

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Directly near the Baltic Sea; 10 km to Denmark

FREE TIME: Flensburg is the northernmost city in Germany and offers plenty of sights to see, shopping, cultural offerings, and of course, plenty of water. On the weekends you can take trips to the North and Baltic Sea coasts, to several islands, and Denmark. www.flensburg-tourismus.de.

TERMINAL: Flensburg

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be fit enough for the 2.4 km (30 minute) walk to and from the TV studio.

REMARKS: There is a 280 Euro extra fee (please transfer this 2 weeks before camp starts)

IJGD 15229 GAMES, FUN, AND EXCITEMENT Location: Oldenburg

Dates: 15/08-29/08/15 Type: CONS ,KIDS , Age: 16 ans. 16 VOLS

WORK: If you are interested in making this summer unforgettable for the local children with adventure, while also challenging yourself, you’re in the right spot! Your team will create, plan, and run various activities for children to do during their summer camp. Additionally, various craftsman tasks need to be done and your creativity is needed! Your group will also work in the summer camp with children ages 6 and over.

ACCOMODATION: On cots in a school in Edewecht

Catering: Meals will be prepared as a group

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

LOCATION: Lower Saxony; 20 km west of Oldenburg, Bremen 70 km

FREE TIME: Edewecht is a community located in the Ammerland region, an area with a beautiful landscape. You can discover the area by bike using its extensive bike trails. The university town of Oldenburg is 20 km away and easily reached with public transportation. On the weekends you can take trips to Bremen, Hamburg, or the North Sea. For more information please see www.edewecht.de, www.ammerland.de, www.oldenburg.de.

TERMINAL: Oldenburg

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You must be able to ride a bike.

REMARKS: You should be interested in craftsman tasks, and enjoy working with children.