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21 December 2023 17:48

Cows as carers of land and climate >>> Depending on how cows are kept they can have a positive effect on climate

Cows emit methane, a gas that affects climate. This effect does not have to be harmful. From the point of view of biodynamic agriculture, what cows eat, how they are kept and the facilitating of natural cycles can make them carers of land and climate.

Biodynamic Steiner school garden in Mbagathi, Kenya (Photo: Lin Bautze)

19 December 2023 14:59

More than agriculture >>> Biodynamic farming creates healthy agricultural and social environments

Biodynamic agriculture was initiated a hundred years ago, in 1924, pioneering the eco-movement. Today, its dedication to healthy soil and food also provides impulses for a healthy social life. The method is implemented by both smallholders and large biodynamic enterprises.

Leadership of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum from the autumn of 2023: Marion Debus, Karin Michael and Adam Blanning

2 October 2023 15:25

Trust in one‘s own life forces >>> New leadership team in the Medical Section at the Goetheanum

Marion Debus, Karin Michael and Adam Blanning have taken on the leadership of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum. As representatives of general practice, internal medicine, oncology, paediatrics and nursing they cover a broad range in medicine. They advocate active healthcare and the promotion of qualifications in all medical professions.

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

1 December 2022 10:05

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.

Motif of the cover of the book ‘Biodynamics!’ (detail; published by the Goetheanum)

4 March 2024 15:23

Agriculture as cultural impulse >>> 100 Years biodynamic agriculture – overview and introduction

Agriculture nurtures human beings, fosters the earth and creates culture. Rudi Bind and Ueli Hurter explore this theme in their book ‘Biodynamic!’ on the ‘birth of biodynamic farming at the beginning of the ecological movement.’

Goetheanum Garden Park: New location for the beds of 'Dyer Plants' and 'Cut Flowers' (Photo: Sebastian Jüngel)

31 October 2023 15:53

Goetheanum Garden Park >>> New beds for dye plants and cut flowers

The Goetheanum Garden Park is being continually developed. Most recently, the dye plant and cut flower gardens were relocated and a pond was created. Benches invite visitors to rest and enjoy the views across to Basel and France.

Selection of works by Ferose: Untitled (Photo: René Lamb), Stephane Zwahlen: Nous; Ferose: Untitled (Photo: René Lamb)

27 October 2023 15:30

Dialogue between colour and light >>> Exhibition ‘Light Leaf and Fire Form’ with works by Ferose (sculpture) and Stephane Zwahlen (painting)

The exhibition ‘Light Leaf and Fire Form’ is a first encounter between Ferose’s iron sculptures and Stephane Zwahlen’s colour studies and ‘word works’. The Visual Arts Section at the Goetheanum has brought the two polar approaches together in a way that makes tangible what lives in the in-between in the works of both artists.

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Sebastian Jüngel

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