Discovery Packages

1 Day in Steinbach an der Steyr

• Sustainability Resource Center
• »The Steinbach Way« exhibition
• »Local-regional-global« exhibition
• the magnificent late baroque Old Rectory
• fruit preservation plant
• knife making museum
• revitalized buildings and factories
• new commercial enterprises
• biomass heating plants
• marketing facilities,…
• village tour.

2 or 3 Days in der Nationalpark Region

Day 1 :
• Like Steinbach an der Steyr (see previous column) Overnight stay in the Klausner Country Inn in Molln or in SPES Eco-Hotel in Schlierbach.

Day 2 :
• Molln National Park Center
• Jews Harp maker
• biogas plant
• afternoon: select from a) Wurbauerkogel panorama tower, Alpincoaster b) Schlierbach c) Tour of the Steyr »iron town«.
• Overnight stay in the Klausner Country Inn in Molln or SPES Eco-Hotel in Schlierbach.

3. Tag:
• Schlierbach (see next column).

1 Day in Schlierbach

• Tour of monastery, cheese factory and stained glass painting gallery
• Genusszentrum with cheese and wine tastings
• Farmer’s market
• eco-holiday village
• The »function room« cooperative project
• Lunch in the monastery cellar, Schröcker Inn or SPES Eco-Hotel.

1 Day in der SPES-Akademie in Schlierbach

• Learn about the SPES Eco-Hotel and the SPES Academy
• Impulse lecture: »Life Quality through Proximity«
• Learning by successful projects: tour of farming and commercial co-operatives
• moderated concluding discussion