Sustainability rocks: How to save the world in everyday life!

Sustainability rocks in the Neflental

The sun is shining particularly warmly in the Neflental valley today. The golden rays fall on a clearing where many small mirrors hover between the ferns. Here lies the time mirror glade. If you look inside, you can see spring, summer, autumn and winter side by side. The colours glow: Emerald from the ferns, gold from the flowers, vermilion from the berries and blue-grey from the clouds above the mountains.

Rosa Periwinkle runs through the grass. She's looking for the Bernblütenhain. Hundreds of golden-yellow flowers grow there, smelling sweet and fresh, like a mixture of honey and summer rain. The flowers sway gently in the wind. Bees buzz and collect nectar. Right next to it is a small stream from which the water gushes clear and cool.

On this day, Rosa Immergrün has a plan. She wants to show the residents of Neflental that sustainability really rocks. Because many animals and plants live together in the Neflental, it is particularly important to look after nature there. But what does sustainability actually mean? It means that everyone can protect the world, every day. Then life is easier and everyone enjoys healthy air, clear water and colourful meadows.

A day full of ideas in the Bernblütenhain

Rosa Periwinkle meets her friends. They are sitting on a large stone in the middle of the amber blossom grove. There are already collected berries, a jug of spring water and a pile of colourful leaves. "I have an idea and I need your help," calls Rosa. "Let's do little things together so that the Neflental remains full of life!" The friends are immediately enthusiastic.

Rosa suggests using collected branches and leaves to build small shelters for the forest bees that collect honey from the Bern flowers. This gives the bees a safe place - and pollinates even more flowers!

She also shows how to make bird food for the winter from old cones and seeds. Her friends join her in scattering it around the time mirror clearing. Colourful birds soon flutter in from everywhere.

Afterwards, Rosa wants to save water and suggests cleaning the stream for a game. Everyone collects leaves and sticks that have fallen into the stream. This keeps the water clean and the fish can swim well. The surface of the water now shimmers emerald green and blue-grey.

Sustainability in everyday life in the Neflental

"If we only pick as many flowers as we really need, there will be enough for the animals," says Rosa to her friends. She shows them how to make colourful craft masks from old fern fronds instead of buying something new. The friends get colours from berries and paint funny patterns on the masks.

"Sustainability sounds difficult, but you can start right away!" exclaims Rosa. "Everyone can separate waste, save water and reuse things in everyday life. If you work together with others, sustainability is actually really fun."

The friends decide to organise a swap meet at the Zeitenspiegelgellichtung at the weekend. Everyone brings things they no longer need and swaps them for other nice things. This gives everything a second life.

What do we learn from this?

In Neflental, Rosa Immergrün shows that every day gives you a new chance to save the world. It is often the small deeds that make the difference. If you treat nature well, you help yourself and all living creatures in the valley. Together you can achieve a lot - sustainability simply rocks!

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