Alpine Changemaker Basecamp

Creative ideas, fresh impulses and innovative projects for sustainable development in the Alpine region: at the “Alpine Changemaker Basecamp” young, motivated people are given the opportunity to develop new future perspectives for a good life in the Alps with like-minded people.

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(c) Katharina Söldner

The “Alpine Changemaker Basecamp” offers committed people between the ages of 18 and 30 the opportunity to advance their own ideas and projects for social change and sustainable development in the Alpine region. During the camp, coached phases alternate with inputs, self-organized work, peer-to-peer units, reflection and feedback loops, events and community tasks.

An international team of coaches from science (architecture, anthropology and environmental sciences), entrepreneurship, crafts, regional development, philosophy and art accompanies the participants in the implementation of their ideas. The experts provide them with various tools and offer different ways of thinking and new perspectives to facilitate the implementation of the projects.

After the Basecamp, a mentoring programme supports participants for a year in the implementation of their projects. They also get the opportunity to present their projects in an international forum and to act as mentors for further generations of “Alpine Changemakers”.

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Project partners and mentors

CIPRA International, Schaan/LI
creativeALPS, Berchtesgaden/D
Bern University of Applied Sciences/CH, represented by the Alpine Master’s Life Sciences - Regional Management in Mountain Areas
University of Liechtenstein, represented by the Institute for Architecture and Spatial Development
Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management/D, educational and research institution for modern nature conservation and innovative environmental education
Polo Poschiavo, competence centre for further education and the monitoring of development projects
Zurich University of the Arts/CH, represented by the Department of Cultural Analysis and the MA in Transdisciplinary Studies
Scuola per il Governo del Territorio e del Paesaggio step – Trentino School of Management tsm, Trento/I
BASIS, Social Activation Hub focused on regional and social development in the areas of economy, culture, education & social affairs, Silandro/I
MonViso Institute, Ostana/I, Centre for Sustainability and Systemic Design
Werkraum Bregenzerwald, Andelsbuch/A

Reflection Group

European Academy Bolzano/I Eurac
Educ'alpes, Gap/F
Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention, Innsbruck/A
Regional Development Vorarlberg Regio-V, Dornbirn/A
Uri Institute of Alpine Cultures at the University of Lucerne/CH
Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Research Unit Tourism and Sustainable Development, Wergenstein/CH
Kamnik Library/SI