Clowning: Hearing humour in music, listening to children’s concerns
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Stress-tolerant cucumbers, relaxed cows with horns >>> Research shows contributions of biodynamic farming to food quality, animal wellbeing and soil fertility
Post-Covid syndrome >>> Possible positive effects of whole-body hyperthermia
“On the Earth we want to live” >>> Anthroposophy: pioneer of sustainability
Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil >>> Jürgen Fritz‘ model explains statistically significant results
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Clowning: Hearing humour in music, listening to children’s concerns
Stress-tolerant cucumbers, relaxed cows with horns >>> Research shows contributions of biodynamic farming to food quality, animal wellbeing and soil fertility
Post-Covid syndrome >>> Possible positive effects of whole-body hyperthermia
“On the Earth we want to live” >>> Anthroposophy: pioneer of sustainability
Biodynamic preparations promote microorganisms in the soil >>> Jürgen Fritz‘ model explains statistically significant results
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Meeting challenges together >>> Cultivating relationships is part of biodynamic farming
Farming is facing multiple challenges – economic, ecological and social. One approach to meeting them applied in biodynamic farming is to cultivate communities both in the soil and in the operations.
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Light horses dancing on the screen >>> The New Pegasus Project makes creative events appear on screen
Many people spend their time more or less passively in front of a screen. In the New Pegasus Project young people use colour, form and sound to choreograph movements. They also look for repair-friendly alternatives to the throw-away products of entertainment electronics.
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Encounters with Rudolf Steiner today >>> ‘Stil’ Magazine asked twenty-seven people where they find Rudolf Steiner today
Even a hundred years after his death on 30 March 1925 Rudolf Steiner is seen as interesting, or irritating. Many continue to be inspired by him. Experiences differ widely as the magazine ‘Stil’ shows in its edition ‘Twenty-seven perspectives. How do I find Rudolf Steiner’.
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Architectural awards >>> Preparation Pavilion and Bee Sculpture in the Goetheanum Park
There are two new buildings worthy of awards in the Goetheanum Park: the expressive Preparation Pavilion (designed by Yaike Dunselman) received the 2025 Iconic Award and the 2026 German Design Award; the Bee Sculpture (designed by Barbara Schnetzler) an ‘Honourable Mentions’ award from the architecture and design platform March and an appreciation award from the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Creative effect of the thinking ‘I’ >>> A book presents Rudolf Steiner‘s original contributions to philosophy
Rudolf Steiner is known as the originator of Waldorf Education, biodynamic agriculture and Anthroposophic Medicine. In his dissertation and other written works he also developed a philosophy based on the reality and spiritual activity of the human ‘I’.
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Diversity strengthens the earth and human beings >>> On the occasion of World Food Day 2025 nutritionist Jasmin Peschke emphasizes the importance of healthy food systems
Fertile soils with a diverse microbiome are an essential prerequisite for providing people with healthy and nurturing food. In promoting and enabling sustainable food systems, biodynamic farming supports the cause of World Food Day on 16 October 2025 which has the theme ‘Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future.’
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From deserts to living landscapes >>> Sustainable farming projects in desert regions present best practice examples at the Goetheanum
The spreading of deserts worldwide constitutes a challenge for the earth’s climate and therefore also for plants, animals and humans. Biodynamic initiatives in the Sahara region prove that even deserts can be transformed into living spaces.
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