RETHINKING NATURE AS A RESOURCE

© Thorsten Arendt, ECHTWALD
ECHTWALD IS A FOUNDATION, A TRADEMARK, AND AN ART PROJECT ALL ROLLED INTO ONE. ALL OUR INCOME – FROM DONATIONS, MEMBERSHIP FEES, AND FROM THE SALE OF ECHTWALD PRODUCTS AND EXCLUSIVE ARTWORKS – IS DESTINED FOR ONE PURPOSE ONLY: PURCHASING INDUSTRIAL FORESTS AND RENATURALISING THEM. WE CREATE NEW NATURAL FORESTS TO SERVE AS BIODIVERSE HABITATS FOR PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND PEOPLE, FOR ECHTWALD BELIEVES NATURE AS A RESOURCE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WOOD AS A COMMODITY. READ MORE

HEAVENLY HÖLLENTAL

ECHTWALD’S FIRST PROJECTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE HÖLLENTAL REGION OF THE BLACK FOREST. WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE FORESTS OF BURG WIESNECK AND FRAUENSTEIG AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF RENATURATING THEM. READ MORE

BRINGING ART THE WOODS

TEN WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TOOK TO THE WOODS FOR ECHTWALD AND CREATED WORKS THAT ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH ECHTWALD’S MISSION. LIMITED EDITIONS OF THESE WORKS CAN BE PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM US. READ MORE

THE TASTE OF ECHTWALD

VISIT THE ECHTWALD SHOP TO BROWSE SELECTED PRODUCTS YOU WON’T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. OUR EXCLUSIVE PRODUCTS MADE BY LOCAL PRODUCERS INCLUDE GOURMET FOODS, WINES, WOODEN PRODUCTS, TOOLS, DESIGNER OBJECTS, AND MUCH MORE. GO TO ECHTWALD SHOP

WE ARE ALL ECHTWALD

FROM TREE COLLECTOR TO FOREST COLLECTOR. BLACK FOREST RESIDENT THOMAS GRÄSSLIN, THE FOUNDER AND MOVING FORCE BEHIND ECHTWALD, TALKS ABOUT HOW IT ALL BEGAN, FUTURE PROJECTS, ART IN THE FOREST, AND HOW ANYONE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE ECHTWALD PROJECT.
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OWN A PIECE OF FOREST TODAY

IT TAKES MORE THAN A SINGLE PERSON TO CREATE A REAL FOREST. ECHTWALD NEEDS SUPPORTERS. AS A DONOR, CONTRIBUTOR, OR ASSOCIATE, EVERY NEW MEMBER WILL RECEIVE THEIR VERY OWN PIECE OF ECHTWALD FOREST. READ MORE

TWO SOURCES OF REAL PRIDE

ECHTWALD WAS AWARDED A PRIZE AS A “SELECTED LANDMARK IN GERMANY” IN 2011 AND ALSO RECEIVED THE “WERKSTATT N-PROJEKT 2011” SEAL OF QUALITY. READ MORE