The environment for a sustainability-oriented university could hardly be better: Modern and medieval Freiburg, in the sunny southwest, at the foot of the Black Forest, is an ESD model municipality and received the National ESD Prize in 2022!

Citizen participation has long been a top priority in Freiburg and ecological urban district planning has been practiced since the 1990s. Freiburg has an extremely high cycling mode share and very well-developed public transport, which is very affordable for students. 

Forst BW, Caritas & Diakonie, state centres for political education, Geounion - Alfred Wegner Foundation, foundations, farmers in the region, projects in the field of solidarity agriculture, various companies in horticulture, Taifun Tofu, Schwarzwaldmilch, Carbonfuture and many more.

Ökostation, Waldhaus, Naturpark Südschwarzwald, Nationalpark Nordschwarzwald, Biosphärengebiet Schwarzwald, Museum Mensch-Natur Freiburg, Kunzenhof, Freiburger Kleeblatt, Öko-Institut, Eine Welt Forum, KonTiki Mundenhof.

Schools in the Freiburg area and the region (including nature park schools, biosphere schools, FREI DAY schools and schools awarded the German School Prize).

ReCCE (Research Centre for Climate Change Education and Education for Sustainable Development). Here, an interdisciplinary group of researchers is investigating how effective education for sustainable development and successful climate education can be organised. The ReCCE is part of the international consortium (ICCE), in which 10 universities and research institutions are represented.

University of Freiburg, FACE

Research institutions in and around Freiburg, leading international universities/research groups in the field of ESD via ERASMUS+ projects.