1. North German tree school day 2009 - „ green concerns us all! “

05.15.09

So Claus Dieter Stoldt, chairman of the BdB regional organization Schleswig-Holstein, several federal state parliament and citizenry delegates made of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg could welcome. Bernhard von Ehren, chairmen of the BdB regional organization Hamburg, described the motive of the organizers for the 1st north Germans tree school day: „ the positive and monetary values social and individual subsequent effects of the plant use within the public and private sector are unfortunately often surveyed. For this reason it is importantly, the value of green stronger into the consciousness of the general public to move in addition, relevant decision maker. This can succeed only by a good information exchange effectively and effectively. The 1st north Germans this goal supports tree school day 2009. Dr. Frank Schoppa, managing director of the BdB regional organization Schleswig-Holstein moderated an exciting Vortragsreigen. The secretary of the environment of the country Schleswig-Holstein, Dr. Christian von Boetticher, showed the chances of the building of gardens with „ the flowering life in city and country \ " as „ win win situation \ " for economics and population in the north up. Knowledge, about what one speaks: but Professor Dr. Hartmut Balder ensures, in which it described the welfare effects of plants within the urban range qualifying and quantifying. At the end Balder gave the signal to its speech: „ at the beginning 21, century should a modern society not without the many positive functions of vital green areas in the town do. \ " The positive connection between „ green areas \ " , Quality of life and the Werthaltigkeit of housing complexes pointed Rainer out Mueller of the federation of north German housing enterprise. By the example of the international horticultural show (IGS) 2013 the green expert Heiner Baumgarten the fundamental meaning of plants made Hamburg clear in the context of a lasting urban openspace planning. One „ … green center as intercultural meeting place is &quot the center of the quarter Wilhelm castle to be and thus the quality of life effectively improve \; , so the IGS managing director. Peter Menke presented finally the forum & quot; The Green Stadt& quot; , which uses itself for an interdisciplinary discourse over the social use of public and private green. Menke quoted from the communist manifesto of the forum „ the Green city \ ": - Green is life! - Green recovers from stress and overstressing! - Green increases the value of a municipality for its inhabitants, in addition, for tourists! - Green revalues an economic situation! & nbsp; - The Greens of jobs improve the climate, increase the work and the productivity of the coworkers! & nbsp; - Green promotes the environmental awareness and the care of the environment! & nbsp; - Green causes a strong personal identification with an enterprise, in addition, with the apartment and work surrounding field! & nbsp; - Green creates recovery and peace and lets even patient faster again genesen! & nbsp; - Green reduces aggressions, promotes the social matters and reduces Vandalismus! & nbsp; - Green increases the quality of life of humans, it feels better and healthier! The private and public green gains under economic, health and social aspects ever more significance: Whether increase in value of real estate, protection from fine dust and noise or the social identification with the green living environment. Green affects itself everywhere positively on the environment of humans, in the apartment and work area inside, over private gardens and the exterior installations of residential buildings and offices up to the public green of the municipalities and cities. Many of these welfare effects are unfortunately still insufficiently quantitatively investigated. Publicly available information to the up-to-date knowledge conditions with the use of green is particularly of great importance for decision-making processes of the policy and administration. A good example for this is the information brochure „ TREES and plants. Emphasis – fine dust \ ". The German tree school economy has with an assortment comprehensive over 200.000 different articles an offer variety. For this stand approximately 3,000 specialized enterprises with 30.000 persons employed, who produce and marked wood out - from the seedling to several decades the old park or avenue tree -. A gross income of 1,3 becomes billion EUR per year by production and trade with wood erwirtschaftet.&amp in Germany; nbsp; Baumschuler have authority in green: Of the leaves wood with making a fuss and bloom wood (for gardens, parks and public plants and as hedge plants), over game wood (for edge of forest, to the Renaturierung and to the Begrünung of river courses, edges of road), roses, bolting and climbers, park, Alleeund of road-side trees, needle wood/evergreen wood, fruit wood up to the forest wood for a lasting forestry. Stoldt and of honours combined the realizations into the end of the meeting: „ we exert ourselves for the fact that the social use is noticed of public and private green in public consciousness more strongly than so far. Investments in green - of municipalities as of private people and also enterprises – may not be regarded longer mainly than cost factor. We must a consciousness for „ green \ " create, a condition are for a broadly carried commitment for more green in cities and municipalities. For this idea we ask you for your active support. Life is green! \ "