Dr. Micha­el Alt­moos is a bio­lo­gist and con­ser­va­tio­nist with a focus on eco­lo­gy. Tog­e­ther with his wife, he has been run­ning a hands-on muse­um for natu­re con­ser­va­ti­on with a lar­ge but­ter­fly and moss gar­den in Stau­dern­heim/R­hi­ne­land-Pala­ti­na­te as a fami­ly busi­ness sin­ce 2012. The ‚Nahe der Natur — Mit­mach-Muse­um für Natur­schutz‘ has been reco­gni­zed as a UN Deca­de Pro­ject on Bio­di­ver­si­ty. Its radio sta­ti­on Natur Ver­bun­den is inte­res­t­ing. Its free web radio ‚Natu­ra­dio‘ from the muse­um broad­casts around the clock and can be recei­ved world­wi­de via the Inter­net: A wide varie­ty of music and songs on natu­re topics, plus cle­ver pro­test and peace songs. Lis­tening, enjoy­ing, dis­co­ve­ring, inspi­ring — very clo­se to natu­re. He has writ­ten gre­at books, always published by Pala-Ver­lag, who­se topics we tal­ked about at the con­gress: „Espe­ci­al­ly: But­ter­flies: Crea­ti­ve but­ter­fly pro­tec­tion for land­scape and gar­den“, „My moss gar­den“ and „Dare more wil­der­ness! Reco­gni­ze, expe­ri­ence and pro­mo­te natu­ral dyna­mics“. A book on mini-wil­der­ness will soon be published by Ulmer Ver­lag.

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In a key­note speech, Dr. Micha­el Alt­moos pres­ents the major pro­blem of light pol­lu­ti­on (actual­ly dark pol­lu­ti­on) and shows prac­ti­cal pos­si­bi­li­ties. Dark Gar­dens and bal­co­nies come ali­ve. Dark gar­dens and bal­co­nies are par­ti­cu­lar­ly important.