{"id":83372,"date":"2022-02-01T11:37:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mounthagen.de\/?p=83372"},"modified":"2024-06-07T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:37:06","slug":"the-soil-belongs-to-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/blog\/coffee-with\/the-soil-belongs-to-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe soil belongs to everyone.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"83372\" class=\"elementor elementor-83372 elementor-81452\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783c06ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"783c06ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c4127a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"41c4127a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ef3426 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36ef3426\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-342abf39 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"342abf39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Coffee with<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c3ce37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60c3ce37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cThe soil belongs to everyone.\u201d<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5cd379 elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-author-box--align-center elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--biography-yes elementor-widget 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elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5e8b86fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4443ade elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-hashtag\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M440.667 182.109l7.143-40c1.313-7.355-4.342-14.109-11.813-14.109h-74.81l14.623-81.891C377.123 38.754 371.468 32 363.997 32h-40.632a12 12 0 0 0-11.813 9.891L296.175 128H197.54l14.623-81.891C213.477 38.754 207.822 32 200.35 32h-40.632a12 12 0 0 0-11.813 9.891L132.528 128H53.432a12 12 0 0 0-11.813 9.891l-7.143 40C33.163 185.246 38.818 192 46.289 192h74.81L98.242 320H19.146a12 12 0 0 0-11.813 9.891l-7.143 40C-1.123 377.246 4.532 384 12.003 384h74.81L72.19 465.891C70.877 473.246 76.532 480 84.003 480h40.632a12 12 0 0 0 11.813-9.891L151.826 384h98.634l-14.623 81.891C234.523 473.246 240.178 480 247.65 480h40.632a12 12 0 0 0 11.813-9.891L315.472 384h79.096a12 12 0 0 0 11.813-9.891l7.143-40c1.313-7.355-4.342-14.109-11.813-14.109h-74.81l22.857-128h79.096a12 12 0 0 0 11.813-9.891zM261.889 320h-98.634l22.857-128h98.634l-22.857 128z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/tags\/courage\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Courage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/tags\/courage-hero\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Courage-Hero<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/en\/tags\/dourness\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Dourness<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479441a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"479441a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tphoto: annie spratt on unsplash\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a247f29 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a247f29\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51c561ed\" data-id=\"51c561ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-498e974f\" data-id=\"498e974f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfbb6e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dfbb6e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Coffee is a wondrous catalyst for conversations. It inspires. Opens the mind, the heart (and the mouth), and bridges differences.<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Of course, I know all that. And yet, I am amazed once more, by how personal, intimate, and close a \u201ccoffee with\u2026\u201dsometimes gets.<\/em> Like last year, when I had the pleasure<em> (and I really mean that)<\/em> to speak with Maritta Stille, the founder of the Aktion Kulturland foundation.<\/p><p><em>This resolute, smart, and gentle woman does not like to be centered, even though she is initiator of the foundation and used to be its engine and driving force for years.<\/em> But of course, I keep my promise to not share those parts of the interview here, that were rather private. That\u2019s why for once, we are not publishing the complete interview \u2013 with this brave lady, who already in the late 80s, managed to combine ecological agriculture, nature conservation, and social, cultural development.<\/p><p><em><strong>But let\u2019s start from the beginning:<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>We are sitting in a small, idyllic shed somewhere in the countryside near Angeln, close to the Baltic Sea. The rain is pattering on the glass roof \u2013 very typical conditions f\u00fcr northern Germany \u2013 <em>and I am trying to understand the principle behind the Aktion Kulturland foundation:<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54ed335e\" data-id=\"54ed335e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-916ea23 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"916ea23\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b02fa5b\" data-id=\"b02fa5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-321786e\" data-id=\"321786e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9bc706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9bc706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The basis are Rudolf Steiner\u2019s theses:<\/h4><p><em><strong>Soil, labor, and production capital are excluded from the market development and distributed and used by self-managed entities, in order to free the social system from its disastrous tensions.* (translated freely)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31fd0f6\" data-id=\"31fd0f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b2d06a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b2d06a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c3efff\" data-id=\"3c3efff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15140a2\" data-id=\"15140a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a2ec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98a2ec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>What is meant by that?<\/h4><p><strong>\u2022 The soil belongs to everyone.<\/strong> Each human being is entitled to the same share of ground surface. In a quite striking, 3-minute-video called <em>\u201cDas pers\u00f6nliche Feld\u201d (Freely translated: The personal field)**<\/em>, Eckart von Hirschhausen expresses a similar thought, including its consequences.<\/p><p><strong>\u2022 The exploitation of soil should be of public utility.<\/strong> Meaning, the focus is on ecological agriculture, nature conservation, and community collaboration. And not on individual economic interests like <em>\u201cOrganic is hip, so let\u2019s just switch to organic farming\u201d.<\/em><\/p><p><strong>\u2022 The result:<\/strong> Farms need to be <em>\u201cransomed\u201d<\/em> to free them from the familial inheritance <em>(it still works like that)<\/em>. In order to convert the pure economical purpose into a social one.<\/p><p><em><strong>Phew. So far so good.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Steiner\u2019s theories are about 100 years old, are highly polarizing and often ground for discussion, not least because of accusations of racism and anti-Semitism against Steiner<em> (it would go beyond the scope of this article to elaborate on this).<\/em> <em><strong>But one thing is certain: His thoughts on agriculture are not at all outdated.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77eb27c\" data-id=\"77eb27c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f705eca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f705eca\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48fc45b\" data-id=\"48fc45b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cd3544\" data-id=\"1cd3544\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f456c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f456c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>This is exactly the foundation\u2019s approach:<\/h4><p>The foundation doesn\u2019t buy farms \u2013 its assets are not sufficient for that. But it operates as the legal body when farms are donated, to ensure that they receive the non-profit status and are made available to tenants for the ecological, social, and cultural development. The whole process is supported by the foundation. Moreover, the foundation buys land to hand it over to farms for them to use it for nature conserving agriculture.<\/p><p><em><strong>All clear?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5c85e2\" data-id=\"b5c85e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de5114b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de5114b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8d9225\" data-id=\"e8d9225\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-522eec0\" data-id=\"522eec0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a949ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a949ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>But how did the idea to establish the foundation develop?<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4092c9b\" data-id=\"4092c9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33636b1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33636b1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1252aeb9\" data-id=\"1252aeb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26e81c38\" data-id=\"26e81c38\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e86a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27e86a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cMoney is something onerous, money is something, that can ruin a character\u201d:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28c7ec79\" data-id=\"28c7ec79\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b94e05c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b94e05c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c85bdd\" data-id=\"3c85bdd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f8c380\" data-id=\"9f8c380\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7398dff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7398dff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>With emphasis on \u201ccan\u201c.<\/strong> It definitely did not happen to Maritta Stille.<\/em> A family heritage in the mid-80s did not fit into her life at all. Let alone into her philosophy. So, then what? The <em>\u201ccoincidence\u201d<\/em> in form of a tax consultant connected her \u2013 and all of her resentments, doubts, and ideas \u2013 with the GLS Bank, or better, the associated trust.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0af47a4\" data-id=\"0af47a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-070be58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"070be58\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca0a88\" data-id=\"7ca0a88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc8e3ff\" data-id=\"fc8e3ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68923a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68923a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>A coffee and a cookie later Maritta Stille explains:<\/h4><p><em><strong>It took us three years to get the concept and the foundation model off the ground,<\/strong> together with leading members of the GLS Bank and some important luminaries***. Working together with these people was a great success for me already&#8230;<\/em> We are a collective foundation, which means that there are no initial assets. All assets must be generated from scratch. There are other, famous foundations that receive regular financial contributions from their founders. I can\u2019t do that, I gave away all my assets.<\/p><p><em>We have mainly been working voluntarily since 1987,<\/em> which is becoming more and more of a problem when trying to find and inspire young people, because they all have families, children, and their main job and do not have the time to do anything on top of that.<\/p><p><em>But we are very lucky,<\/em> that here in Schleswig-Holstein, we have been cooperating partners with the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, with the Ministry of Environment, and with the other parties, that are active in nature and landscape conservation \u2013 for I don\u2019t know how many years. <em>We receive so much support, it is incredible.<\/em><\/p><p>In the beginning, we had to come up with 10% equity capital when we received funding for purchasing land for nature conservation. That was a lot of money. We used donations and our own funds for that. Today, the funding is at 100%, even if only for external costs. The administration, planning, and management is done by our board. Without this political will of government, it would have been impossible for us to carry on \u2013 but this is Schleswig-Holstein. We also have some farms in Lower Saxony. But there, we have only made a few land purchases. We just can\u2019t buy them on the market.<\/p><p><em>Unless there is a donor.<\/em> It is mostly older women who think a bit ahead. Sometimes also married couples, but I know that the women are probably the driving force.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-787fda3\" data-id=\"787fda3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ac52561 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ac52561\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65a1ca2a\" data-id=\"65a1ca2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5132949\" data-id=\"5132949\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-222200a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"222200a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.mounthagen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Der-Boden-gehoert-allen-0202b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-109347\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32633b6f\" data-id=\"32633b6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e51a34f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e51a34f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c129530\" data-id=\"c129530\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e3f1f9\" data-id=\"5e3f1f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfc119e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfc119e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Why is that?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> They have a different awareness, that is quite obvious.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Do women think more into the future?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> Yes. Also regarding inheritance and passing things on. Maybe, that is because of the male structure. Men were raised to be hunter-gatherers and taught, that they need their assets as security.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>But you established and promoted the foundation together with your husband?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> I have always been rebellious, and I was very lucky that I found my husband. We were unbeatable. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2019. Even the pastor said that we were a symbiosis. <em>(In the meantime, their daughter Paula has taken over the management.)<\/em><\/p><p>All the work, struggling for decisions, people, topics, and financing is quite challenging. But seeing the developments on the farms, in the communities, and in the nature conservation projects makes us happy and feels like a gift.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>I believe, you are a great inspiration. What would you tell the Fridays for Future generation, how they can drive change apart from the demonstrations?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> Actually, I do not want to motivate or invite anyone to do anything anymore. We did that throughout our whole lives and paved many ways. At the age of 80 you don\u2019t want to do that anymore and I don\u2019t give advises anymore, not even to my children.<\/p><p><strong>B:<\/strong> <em><strong>Yes\u2026?<\/strong><\/em><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> <em>(grins)<\/em> That has something to do with wisdom. You don\u2019t interfere anymore, you watch and you hold your tongue. That has nothing to do with being passive, because at the age of 80 your mind becomes more agile, it is incredible. Your body becomes more fragile, but your mind\u2026 But I would not tell that to any of these young people \u2013 and there are incredibly amazing people at those demonstrations \u2013 unless they would ask me directly.<\/p><p><em>These young people are on their toes and have all possibilities to get information. All possibilities.<\/em> We did not have that. And they are smart and diligent. How they avoid falling into traps. I saw some interviews filled with subliminal hate and pitfalls \u2013 it is amazing how they don\u2019t allow others to fluster them. They all walk upright. They have an attitude.<\/p><p><strong>B:<em> I can see the same in you\u2026<\/em><\/strong><br \/><strong>M:<\/strong> Well, we have a unique feature. We have the combination of land, soil, and farms \u2013 no one has had the courage to do the same. It is still unique in Germany.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcbdd54\" data-id=\"fcbdd54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fccd5b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fccd5b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f779411\" data-id=\"f779411\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26f1b6f\" data-id=\"26f1b6f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03a361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c03a361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the past 30 years, the foundation Kulturland has successfully shown how the concept of \u201csoil as a common good\u201d works.<\/p><p><em>Not only because it gives ambitious poeple access to agriculture and allows them to realize their ideas and different ways of life.<\/em> Versatile organic farms with different focuses were established <em>(and are still being established)<\/em>, that can concentrate on the implementation of organic farming <em>(without the \u201cpressure of proprietorship\u201d)<\/em> and conserving nature, without the excessive exploitation of its resources. <em>Not to mention the countless nature conservation projects of the foundation.<\/em> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aktion-kulturland.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.aktion-kulturland.de<\/a><\/em>)<\/p><p>I asked myself, if the idea of the public benefit could not also be applicable to other industries \u2013 not to say: The economy.<\/p><p><em><strong>The answer is:<\/strong><\/em> <em>Yes, of course.<\/em><\/p><p><em>For example, with the balance sheet according to the standards of the Economy for the Common Good****.<\/em> It measures success not only in terms of money, but also in figures for the social and ecological contribution. Everyone would profit from that. Reduced CO2 emissions, biodiversity, overcoming resource scarcity \u2013 all of that cannot work without support and a change in thinking within <em>\u201cthe economy\u201d<\/em>. There are several instruments for that.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7d29bb\" data-id=\"d7d29bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d152d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d152d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9f2314\" data-id=\"b9f2314\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ed8529\" data-id=\"9ed8529\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc57579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc57579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">But it is a question of attitude<br>and courage to use them.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9057a5\" data-id=\"f9057a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6c6baf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6c6baf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da4459f\" data-id=\"da4459f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-401688b\" data-id=\"401688b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6536c12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6536c12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>* From: Rudolf Steiner: Dreigliederung des sozialen Organismus, 1919<\/em><\/p><p><em>** Eckhart von Hirschhausen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daserste.de\/information\/wissen-kultur\/wissen-vor-acht-erde\/videos\/wissen-vor-acht-erde-video-108.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Das pers\u00f6nliche Feld<\/a><\/em><\/p><p><em>*** Meant by that are Joachim Bauck und Wilhelm E. Barkhoff<\/em><\/p><p><em>**** Economy for the common good:<\/em><em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecogood.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">www.ecogood.org<\/a><\/em><\/p><p><em>And there is also a very vivid film on the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/de\/videos\/100300-074-A\/re-geld-ist-nicht-alles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201cmoney is not everything\u201d<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00aaa41\" data-id=\"00aaa41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the courage to think differently. And to put economical interests last. 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