Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt

Pfadfinder-Treffen

Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt

03.08.2010, 06:00 Uhr • Lesezeit: 1 Minute

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: Scout Raoul plays his guitar at the camp on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: Singers perform on stage during a sing contest on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: Scout Raoul (R) and friend play their guitars inside a tent at the camp on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: Scouts having dinner at the camp on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: Hundreds of scouts listen during a sing contest in a tent on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: Scouts hiking through a woodland on August 1, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp on August 1, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

ALMKE, GERMANY - JULY 31: A scout splits wood at the camp on July 31, 2010 in Almke near Wolfsburg, Germany. About 5000 young scouts from Germany, Russia, Belgium, Suisse, USA and Italy aged 12 to 20 participate in a camp. Since 1973, the German VCP-Christian Guides and Pathfinders organisation, offers an International historic boys and girls scout meeting during the summer holidays. On a 25 hectare field include 1370 tens, a tent church and a tent theater. The Federal camp is held every four years. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) © Getty Images/Getty | Getty Images

1/10

Rund 5000 Kinder und Jugendliche zelten derzeit beim Bundeslager Christlicher Pfadfinder. Gemeinsam wollen sie der Umwelt helfen.

Almke. "Wir müssen überlegen, wie wir die Energien aus Wind und Sonne stärker nutzen können!" Mit diesen Worten, ausgestrahlt in einer Video-Botschaft, eröffnete Klaus Töpfer (CDU), der ehemalige Exekutivdirektor des Umweltprogramms der Vereinten Nationen, das Bundeslager des Verbandes Christlicher Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (VCP) in Almke bei Wolfsburg. In rund 1400 Zelten verbringen dort zurzeit etwa 5000 Kinder und Jugendliche das erste nachhaltig organisierte VCP-Bundeslager überhaupt. Themenschwerpunkt ist der Umwelt- und Klimaschutz.

"Momentan leben gut sieben Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde. Im Jahr 2050 werden es wohl neun Milliarden sein, die alle in Würde leben wollen", sagte Töpfer, der auch Schirmherr des Zeltlagers ist. In Anlehnung an diese Sätze wollen die Pfadfinder der Menschheit nun mögliche Wege zu einer für alle lebenswerten Welt aufzeigen: "Einen großen Teil der Lebensmittel beziehen die Pfadfinder von Bauern aus der Region", erklärte Gunnar Czimczik, der Generalsekretär des VCP. Das Umweltthema, so Czimczik weiter, werde für die Pfadfinder in einem mehrtägigen Spiel konkret erlebbar: "In die Rolle von Menschen versetzt, die durch Monopolwirtschaft und Raubbau einen ökologischen Kollaps herbeigeführt haben, ist es an den Jungen und Mädchen, durch neue Formen der Gemeinschaft einen Ausweg aus der Krise zu finden." Dabei seien die Pfadfinder bemüht, den Müll und den Energieverbrauch so gering wie möglich zu halten. Das zentrale Motto der Pfadfinder in aller Welt laute: "Verlasse die Welt etwas besser, als du sie vorgefunden hast!"

Das VCP-Bundeslager hat am vergangenen Donnerstag begonnen und dauert noch bis kommenden Sonnabend.

(epd/cb)