Category: News

Aug 12
More recognition and quality of the Nature Guide training in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

After a successful kick-off meeting in June 2021 in Wolgast/Germany, with representatives from the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian (MWP) State Environment Agency, from the MWP adult education center association and from various protected area administrations in MWP, a lot has happened in case of the certified nature and landscape guides/ZNL training in MWP. The intention of this […]

Dec 21
Four years full of successes and difficulties

After 4 years of both international and local cooperation and further the establishment of a partnership network for nature guides in Poland, Lithuania and Germany, the Nature Guide Network (NGN) project is coming to an end – but the work to support these guides and a related sustainable regional development through nature tourism offers will […]

Oct 20
Special certification of Lithuanian Nature Guides has started

In Curonian Spit National Park we are stepping into the last activity of the Nature Guide Network project – certification of nature guides. In Lithuania there is a specific certification label, called the „Bird label“, for services and products that are produced or provided in protected areas. The label intends to support local people of […]

Jun 30
Working Hand in Hand (3): Gutshof Liepen

Working hand in hand – The success of a vibrant network Working hand in hand is the key to success, especially for single-acting entrepreneurs like most Nature Guides are. Therefore, we decided to set up a website-series of possible partnerships and hands-on cooperation between Nature Guides and network partners to show opportunities for enlarging the […]

Jun 10
Nature Guide Training in Poland successfully completed

After some inconveniences and difficulties due to Corona regulations in the past months, finally, the Nature Guide pilot training in Poland could be successfully completed now at the end of May. In the last module of the quadripartite pilot training – a mix of e-learning and practical parts – 16 participants were able to enjoy […]

May 31
Working hand in hand (2): Kayak rental FAMILYday in Cewice, Poland

Working hand in hand – The success of a vibrant network Working hand in hand is the key to success, especially for single-acting entrepreneurs like most Nature Guides are. Therefore, we decided to set up a website-series of possible partnerships and hands-on cooperation between Nature Guides and network partners to show opportunities for enlarging the […]

May 22
International Day for Biological Diversity

Protecting and experiencing biodiversity with Nature Guides Have you ever heard about the “International Day for Biological Diversity”? Introduced by the United Nations in 2000, this international theme day takes place annually on 22 May to raise awareness for the fading biodiversity on our planet. It aims at highlighting the urgent need to preserve all […]

Apr 29
How to become a Nature Guide

How do you become a successful Nature Guide? How do you start? Last Friday, the Nature Guides Frauke Bennett from Germany, Boris Belchev from Lithuania and Iwona Krepic from Poland came together in an international exchange webinar to answer those questions and to share their success stories. Even though, the three Guides have different backgrounds […]

Apr 15
Nature Guides on TV: The passion in Nature Guiding

“Doing what we truly love and finding a work, which is our passion, is the best thing that could happen to us” …says Iwona Krepic, Nature Guide in northwestern Poland, with a satisfied smile into the camera. Recently the Polish morning show Dzien Dobry broadcasted a special TV report about Nature Guiding and the passionate […]

Apr 01
Tips of a Nature Guide: How to make people reconnect with nature

It has been a while since the last meeting with Randy Gunnar Bohmann-Lange from Norway: In October 2018, the Nature Guide took us on a memorable tour as part of a network meeting to show the beautiful nature around Oslo. Now it was time to reunite digitally and welcome Randy as a guest speaker at […]