Nature friends

International gültiges Logo der Naturfreunde
international valid Logo of the nature friends

the nature friends (NFD) are an association and a “international environmental, culture, a leisure and a tourism organization”, with roots in the workers' movement. They understand themselves as “federation for environmental protection, gentle tourism, sport and culture”. The nature friends admit themselves in their statuteto democratic socialism and was one of the establishment organizations of the Ostermarschbewegung. It is thus to define in relation to predominantly civil mountain and moving associations or the short time juvenile moving birds developed later. Admits is it in this country v.a. by their network of nature friend houses, low-priced, nature near lain overnight accomodation places for singleand Gruppenwanderer.

The nature friends were called in September 1895 by the socialist teacher George Schmiedl in Vienna in the life. The idea developed with a migration Gleichgesinnter at the Anninger in the Viennese forest.

While the fascist rule was the organization forbidden, which became members pursued, the nature friend housesseized. Nowadays the nature friends under the roof federation of nature friends international one (NFI) count, 500,000 members in 21 countries, under it nearly 100,000 in Germany.

The federation uses itself since its establishment for fair work and living conditions - against the exploitation of humans and nature. On the internationalCongress of nature friend 1972 in Geneva is called it in the guiding principles to environmental protection: „All economic measures are to be subordinated ecological necessities. “The nature friends had early recognized that „the ecological system of the planet “threatens to turn out from „the natural equilibrium “. These Red-Greens Ur-ideas dipped for example in the UN-example of the lastingDevelopment .

The nature friends of Germany remained for their establishment ideals in particular faithfully, call themselves today „federation for lastingness “and engage themselves as Nichtregierungsorganisation for an environmental and climatic protection politics, which link social and ecological questions.

The youth organization is called nature friend youth of Germany and is likewise country wide and international(IYNF: Internationally Young Naturefriends) organizes. The regional organizations are quite different in their work. The nature friend youth Berlin for example works about anti-racingism, sex relationship and anti-militarism. On federal level the topics political participation of children and young people, (intercultural) lasting child and youth journeys are current.

The Signetthe nature friends is a hand impact including three alpine roses. Sketched of Karl racer, the later Federal Chancellor and Federal President Österreichs. The member book of the nature friends in Germany is bilingual: German and Esperanto

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important members of the nature friends

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full members of the nature friends international ones - Web on the left of


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