Satis Shroff
26. Juli 2020 um 21:27 · Antworten
BIODIVERSITY HEIMAT KAPPEL (Satis Shroff)
The above wooden sculpture by Thomas Rees is made out of oak-wood and stands 4m tall, weighs 3500kg and is located right before the bridge across the river Brugga.
This sculpture depicts the Biosphere Devil, a continuation of our series on Humans-Time- Earth in the Freiburg-Kappel environment. There are other sculptures along the Kappler-Valley educational theme-path.
Earth warming and the Biosphere Devil: The word devil has its origin in the old Greek word ‘diabolos’ which literally means: to throw things about chaotically in the sense of being insane, fact-manipulator, lying and denouncing. The Latin word for it is Diabolus.
In the figure of the Devil the uncanny, the strange reality of evil takes the form of a person, who has been held responsible for all evil, malicious intent and badness of the world. It is the thought that the Devil seduces humans to perform the most evil and base deeds in which, wherever possible, chaos and division is projected.
Today, in times of fake-news and alternative facts and conspiratory theories and anti-science movements and attitudes have reached their zenith, it has become difficult to understand and judge things rightly or to give it a face or Gestalt. The tragic of it is that the modern Devil has no hoofs and horns anymore.
Nevertheless, the old Devil would have enjoyed what is happening at the moment globally.
The sculpture by Rees with the title ‘Earth Warming’ shows the delight of the Devil, who bends below a pierced Earth. A fire burns below, which is made bigger with the Devil’s left foot on the blower. With the right hand he moves the handle to roast the Earth. And with the index finger of his left hand he shows a point on the Earth , where the Kappler Valley lies.
The job of keeping the earth warm seems to be successful.
However, in reality the warming of the Earth is not the work of the Devil—but a satanic work of humans.
We take our responsibilities as individuals of Homo sapiens through our own lifestyles and our behavior as consumers.
What’s up Kappel?
The environmental-conscious people of Kappel got together, despite the Corona Crisis, on the 16th of July 2020. The aim was to gather ideas, do brain-storming and to win interested people from the Kappler Valley. Well, 27 Kappler turned up and were informed about the themes that were dealt with earlier in January 2020. The themes were: Nature, Nutrition, Mobility, Energy and Public Relations. Christine Kramer informed us about the climate protection concept of Freiburg City since 1996., and about electro-mobility.
Which themes move the people? The most important theme was the ever-increasing garbage in the Black Forest and rivers with plastic throwaways. It was suggested that the plastic sacks should be stored properly because the ASF-concept isn’t good at the moment. Moreover, it was suggested that the youth should be connected with Kappel’s eco-projects, and the possibility of using reusuable energy, and also cleaning campaigns of the nearby forests. There’s a German word for it: Putzete (cleaning) in the woods and streams. Another Schlagwort in the German language is: Biodiversitätsdorf Kappel. That is, Kappel has become a biodiversity hamlet.
Other concrete suggestions were: climate gardening (Terra Preta), the implementation of resources such as the wind, water and sun. A suggestion for a Nutrition Day with locally grown seasonal products was made and a series of shows for e-mobility (e-bikes,load-bikes) cleaning up the mountain streams (Bachputzete).
When the youth are given the title of ‘Junior Forest Rangers’ they love to help clean the garbage in the streams around Freiburg-Kappel, well-knowing that their contribution towards Unweltverschmutzung, as environmental pollution is called in German. For instance, on Friday the 10th of July 2020 five Junior Rangers belonging to the Biosphere group carried out a clean-up action in the stream in Kappel, removing garbage. The enthusiastic Junior Rangers started with the big glass-container at the Sports Place right up to the stairs in the rivulet and ended their work in the forest area and the Stollen-hut. The garbage was handed over in sacks to the local Kappler administration for further recycling. And the kids enjoyed doing the work and had fun. They’d appreciate it if the streamlets and the forest area are kept clean.
According to my friend Jürgen Dreher, the next meeting will be held after three months. Are you also interested in biodiversity? Then contact us. We’ll be gladly interested in your ecological and climate change ideas and support:
http://www.ov-kappeltadt.freiburg.de
