Organization Vision

1.3 Organization Vision

The overreaching message Solare Zukunft wants to spread is the fair distribution of knowledge and sustainable energy for everyone in a just world. (Solare Zukunft, 2022) In the context of educational offerings, Solare Zukunft has developed a concept of energy education, where young kids and students, as well as adults, can develop skills and acquire knowledge about how to deal with energy in a world confronted with climate change through different workshops proposed. The workshops are mostly given in schools, where the teaching of knowledge is addressed in different ways, always according to the needs of the group of participants taking part in the program. Solar panel construction, energy usage, and solar food processing are the main topics covered by the NGO. With regard to the current energy crisis, Solare Zukunft provides information and presentations on how anyone can save energy and actively participate in the development of sustainable energy management. For example, they provide information on how solar energy can be implemented on balconies, on house roofs, and in general how energy can be used in a more sustainable way. To share this knowledge with all interested parties and to provide people with energy competencies is the primary goal of the NGO. Furthermore, different projects are running, all connected to sustainable energy development and the propagation of knowledge, for example a bike cinema or cooking workshops. On top of the workshops and training proposals, Solare Zukunft has a development collaboration with different, sunny countries to build up the idea of Solar Food Processing in those countries. The goal is to give the opportunity to people to make money out of food processing by using solar energy. At the same time knowledge is spread out to these countries. Following UNESCO principles (Smyth, 1987) within Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (United Nations, 2015) Solare Zukunft wants to address the interconnected global challenges we are facing, including climate change, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, poverty and inequality.