Regional guided tours
We offer excursion for interressed Planet diversity participants:
On friday, 16.05.08, three tours for biodiversity in Bonn:
Dune Tannenbusch,
Gravel pit Dransdorf,
Wiesengut
On sunday, 18.05.08, a tour at Rodderberg.
Gravel pit Dransdorf
Tour on 16.05.08 (Friday) to Dune Tannenbusch.
Topic: "The smallest natural reserve in Bonn - the most significant dune in Nordrhein-Westfalen"
Description: 'small but oho' is true for the dune Tannenbusch at least as much as for the gravel pit Alfterer Street. Because the small rest of a once giant dune is the living space of many endangered animal species, that can only be found there.
Meeting point: Paulusplatz stop/station at 10:00 h
Duration: approximately 2 Hours
journey:
Starting from the GSI:
at 9:15 from 'Langer Grabenweg' with the 623 direction Bonn, until the stop 'Robert-Schumann-Straße' (at 9:17), there change to the U 66 (at 9:22) until Hauptbahnhof (at 9:33), there change to the U 63 (at 9:36) direction Tannebusch, until 'Tannenbusch Mitte' (at 9:43), there change to th 620 (from: 9:50) direction Bonn Nervenklinik, until Paulusplatz (at 9:56).
Starting from Hauptbahnhof:
9:40 from Hauptbahnhof with the 620 direction Tannenbusch; arrival 9:58
Guide: Diethelm Schneider (0228-6204601), 
diethelms@web.de, More Infos
Language: Englisch
Entrance: 5 €, reduced 3 €
Please wear solid shoes, do not forget to take a hat for the sun!
Gravel pit Dransdorf
Guided tour on 16.05.08 (Friday) to the gravel pit Dransdorf.
Topic: "Gravel pits as a refuge for beneficial animals"
Description: Small but oho - why this natural reserve is special.
Located in between crop fields, this small natural reserve offers protection to a diversity of different structures, especially wild bees food and nesting possibilities.
We will look at what can be encountered and which purposes this region also has for surrounding agricultural areas.
Meeting point: 'Dransdorf Kirche' stop at 14:00 h
Duration: approximately 2 hours.
Travel route:
From Paulusplatz: 13:18 with the 620 from 'Paulusplatz' direction Agnetendorfer Straße, until Riesengebirgsstraße (13:23); there change to the 630 direction Fritz-Erler-Str. (at 13:40) until Dransdorf stop (at 13:49), from there walk a few meters to the stop 'Dransdorf Kirche'.
From Hauptbahnhof: 13:49 with the U 18 direction Köln, until Bonn, Dransdorf (at 13:55)
From GSI: 13:24 with the 623 from Langer Grabenweg direction Lessenich Sport-Platz, until Hochkreuz (13:27); there change to the U 16 direction Köln (at 13:33), bis Bonn Hauptbahnhof (an: 13:46); dort umsteigen in die U 18 Richtung Köln (ab:13:49), until Bonn Dransdorf (at 13:55); from there walk a few meters to the stop 'Dransdorf Kirche'.
Guide: Diethelm Schneider (0228-6204601), diethelms@web.de
More Infos
Language: Englisch
Entrance: 5 €, reduced 3 €
Please wear solid shoes, do not forget to take a hat for the sun!
Wiesengut
Excursion on 16.05.08 (Friday) to Wiesengut, leaded by Prof. Dr. U. Köpke
Topic: A testing farm for organic cultivation.
Travel route: The farm can be reached with ÖPNV and Kongressticket.
Here you will find the route description to the Wiesengut im German and English
Description: learning and research station: A testing farm for organic cultivation.
The testing farm for organic cultivation "Wiesengut” was provided by the agricultural faculty of the Bonn University in 1985. Since, the farm has been consistently adapted for organic cultivations, and according to the organizational principle of agriculture.
The farm has been assigned in 1991 to the Institue for organic agriculture (IOL). He is a member of the Anbauverband association "Naturland" " and the learning and research focus "environment-safe and well located agriculture" (USL) of the agriculture faculty of the Bonn University was integrated as the projekt area Wiesengut.
This Institute of Organic Agriculture shows the way to harmonize natural resources, biodiversity and mixed farming in a manner that high productivity and high quality of output can be maintained in perpetuity. By integrating animals, birds and plants into an integrated web of life, this Institute stands as the flagship of the sustainable agriculture movement. I hope the methods and messages we see in this farm will spread worldwide, …. making sustainable food security for all a reality.
Guestbook entry Prof. M. S. Swaminathan 12.09.2003, (Swaminathan Foundation, Chennai, India)
Meeting point: Wiesengut at 10:00 h
Duration: 3-4 hours
Guide: Urlich Köpke, ukiol@uni-bonn.de
Rodderberg
Guide tour on 18.05.08 (sunday) at the Rodderberg
Topic: "Out of the tresure chest of nature -Particularities at the Rodderberg".
Description: At the Rodderberg by Bonn-Mehlem not only the plants have particularities. Also the insect world has something to offer.
We are especially going to occupy ourselves with the connection of those: Which habitat do the existing species need? How do they interact with other species? What are the possible causes of danger?
Meeting point: at 11:00 at the stop "Hagenstraße" in Mehlem,
Travel route:
From Bonn Hauptbahnhof with the train RB 26 at 10:27 until Bad Godesberg Stadthalle, then take the 612 until "Hagenstraße".
Guide: Diethelm Schneider (0228-6204601), diethelms@web.de, Mehr Infos
Language: Englisch or German
Entrance: 5 €, reduced 3 €
Please wear solid shoes, do not forget to take a hat for the sun!
