Andreas Beckmann

Stewardship is a way of relating to the environment that is as old as human consciousness. Caring for the earth is not new to Central Europe, where much of the landscape and its natural treasures have been shaped by centuries of human settlement. Only relatively recently has the long symbiosis...

This report traces the development of a promising initiative to help -citizens of the countries of Central Europe deal with profound envi-v ronmental challenges and in the process, strengthen the transition to democratic societies after decades of Communist rule. Originally established as a...