Dr. Heike  Molitor

Heike Molitor, Professor of environmental education/education for sustainable development at the University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde. Since 2021, member of the German National Committee of the MAB programme; In this function, she visited and evaluated some German biosphere reserves.

For 15 years Heike has been teaching 'ESD in non-formal and informal settings', including in protected areas or educational institutions in protected areas. Since 2021, she has also been a lecturer in the BIOM Master's programme (Biosphere Reserve Management) for education for sustainable development at HNEE.

At HNEE, Heike is the technical director of the Coordination Office for Sustainability at Brandenburg's universities. This is a networking office for the eight state universities in Brandenburg. The topics are: Sustainability (SDGs) in teaching, research, transfer.

Heike has done research on nature experience areas over a long period of time. With her staff she observed children doing what they do in nature experience areas in the city, or what they play there without the direct influence of adults. As a result, children have many different experiences.  They discover natural phenomena, they climb, they run, they hide, they develop their own games, they overcome fears.