Welcome to fairlangen.org ... in English!

fairlangen.org provides tips and ideas for living in a fairer, more sustainable manner in and around Erlangen, Germany.

We want to make people aware of the poverty and environmental problems present in the world and to encourage people to make a difference. The aim of the site is to give you ideas about the changes to your lifestyle and purchasing habits that you can make each and every day, directly in Erlangen.

Website content

Below you can find a summary of the main content of fairlangen.org so that even if you don't speak German you can still partly use the site (or maybe ask a German friend or colleague to translate the relevant parts).

The site is divided into the following main sections:

About us
Describes the origins of fairlangen.org and our motivation for creating the website. It also contains facts about poverty and environmental destruction in the world and what the Bible says about them.

Lifestyle
Ideas about how to use fewer natural resources, links to ethical banks (for example those that don't invest in the arms industry, nuclear power, child labour, etc.), and how to ensure your mental wellbeing.

Shopping
Lists places selling food (fairtrade, organic, regional), clothing, flowers, etc from sustainable sources and a map showing the locations of each shop.

Get around
Lists of bike shops/repairers, links to the national railway website (Die Bahn) and the local transport network including the buses in and around Erlangen, and ideas for carsharing.

Get involved
Lists events and initiatives going on in or around Erlangen, how to get involved politically, and downloads for our flyers, banners, etc.

Get informed
Contains information about the various labels used to indicate fairtrade or organic produce, information about the Millennium goals to combat poverty, and links to other sites with a similar aim to fairlangen.

FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions, such as "isn't child labour OK as it helps provide income for poor families?" or "is it better to buy organic or fairtrade?".

Blog
Short articles about sustainability, fairtrade, events etc in the town as well as changes to the website, or pretty much anything else that we think might interest our readers.

Search
A simple search engine for fairlangen.