About the Program
Field Trip to Germany
Student envoys from each country will join counterparts from around the world for a one-week trip to Germany. The field trip to Germany provides young people with a unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience of best environmental protection practices. The program has a focus on the interplay of industry, households and governments in the achievement of sustainable development goals.
The program starts at Bayer's headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany, where envoys will visit Bayer's state-of-the-art facilities to manage waste from its various production processes. The envoys also observe how a former landfill is being converted into a public park as part of a land remediation project. Students also visit Bayer's agricultural research center to view how products are continually being developed or refined to minimize the impact of the product on the environment.
The envoys will have the opportunity to learn from the speakers of the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) about the broad range of environmental protection measures that have been standard practice in Germany for many years. They will also visit the municipal waste management office of Leverkusen to learn about citizen education programs on waste management and see for themselves firsthand the municipality's recycling center.
Finally, the envoys are given opportunities to discuss face-to-face as well with Bayer experts as with Bayer Board members, high-ranking representatives of UNEP and external experts for Sustainable Development.
Sustainability
The Envoys keep in contact after returning to their home countries and pass their new experiences on to their communities and organizations.
Many Bayer Young Environmental Envoys are active in environment-related events, such as World Environment Day, Earth Day, Ozone Day, as well as in environmental projects in their local communities.