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Water: Gorge Chälengraben, Hofstetten, Switzerland

“Learning to understand water means protecting life” >>> World Food Day 2023: ‘Water is life. Water is food’

The earth’s water balance is out of joint. Extreme weather conditions lead to droughts in some instances and to flooding in others. Water itself is not to blame for this situation, rather it is an expression of outer conditions for which human beings are responsible. Jasmin Peschke, head of nutrition at the Goetheanum, points this out on the occasion of World Food Day 2023.
‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum: Artistic leadership team with Klaus Suppan, Stefan Hasler, Alexander von Glenck (production), Jasmin Solfaghari and Walter Schütze (Photo: François Croissant)

Pamy Mediaproductions and Goetheanum Stage >>> Richard Wagner‘s ‘Parsifal’ at the Goetheanum – with eurythmy

With its production of ‘Parsifal’, the opera referred to by its composer as a ‘sacred stage festival’, the team around Jasmin Solfaghari (general and opera director) and Stefan Hasler (eurythmy director) have created something special: many scenes are shaped by singers and eurythmists together.

Specialist Dr Marion Debus, Head of Oncology at Klinik Arlesheim, Switzerland, and team (Symbolic picture; photo: Medical Section at the Goetheanum)

Efficacy of Anthroposophic Medicine > Mistletoe therapy clinically verified

Scientific studies are available on the efficacy of Anthroposophic Medicine, for example on mistletoe therapy for cancer.

Vital Speisehaus: hand-made croissants (Photo: Nik ThomI)

250,000 croissants per year > The Vital Speisehaus AG now also owns the second biggest Demeter bakery in Switzerland

The Vital Speisehaus organic bakery has extended its premises to 750 square metres. What started as a small bakery catering for the company‘s own needs has grown into an enterprise employing eleven bakers who produce a million items a year of a range of 230 products. Sourdough bread baked in a wood-fired oven is a the latest addition to this range.

Cucumbers (Photo: Bruno Neurath Wilson / Unsplash)

Curved cucumbers also taste good > For Jasmin Peschke appreciating food is an important step towards the avoidance of waste

Around 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown away globally every year – a third of the entire annual food production. Each food item has a history and each item that is thrown away although there is nothing wrong with it could help those who are starving.

Biodiversity in a cereal field (Photo: Lin Bautze)

Resilient agriculture in a changing climate > The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum points out the potential of a biodynamic farm organism

Climate change causes droughts, flooding and crop failures. The Section for Agriculture at the Goetheanum sees a possible option for action in the idea of Rudolf Steiner‘s biodynamic farm organism. One feature of this is starting from the individual conditions of a region.

Clowns Vanilli and Topolino (Courtesy photo)

Clowns at the Goetheanum > The Section for Performing Arts offers a home to clowns

Clowns as developing human beings have moved into the Goetheanum. This sum-mer the two clowns Vanilli und Topolino will offer a course for adults in June and activities for the entire family in August.

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