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Sustainability is not a question of ideology or attitude. For us, sustainability is a question of common sense. Because ultimately, it means only one thing: think about tomorrow today and take only as much as you really need.
What is right at home must also apply on vacation. That is why we try to make these principles the basis of everything we do. Of course, this is not always easy—sometimes it is even impossible. But we are convinced that if we try to do it always and everywhere, it will work often enough to make a big difference in the end. Even if the individual measures seem very small and insignificant at first.
We all have a role to play in many aspects of climate protection. But as an operator of holiday accommodation and campsites, noordwind has a special responsibility—because our actions help determine how much energy and material a stay with us uses. That's why we'd rather tell you exactly what we do, and where.
HofGut Bockelkathen dates from the 19th century. When we fully renovated it in 2018, we restored and reused the timber framing, clinker bricks and solid wood floorboards instead of replacing them with new materials. That's how the farmstead kept its character.
Plastic is practical and cheap—but in many cases it can easily be replaced by other raw materials. We try to avoid plastic waste wherever possible. When plastic products are used, we prefer reusable ones made from recyclable plastic. After all, the waste problem on our planet is already big enough. Let's work together to ensure that it doesn't get any bigger.
As a rule, we try to make as much as possible from wood. One example: the heating pellets at noordwind camping galsklint are delivered loose by silo truck instead of in plastic bags.
Running campsites and holiday homes takes a lot of energy, even when we use it sparingly. At noordwind camping galsklint, electricity is billed by actual consumption, so everyone can see what they use. At our head office in Bendestorf, from where we run noordwind, a 12 kWp solar PV system generates electricity that we use on site.
Heat from wood pellets: At noordwind camping galsklint, a central wood pellet boiler heats the Komforthytte huts, the sanitary buildings, the kitchen wing, reception and shop. It also provides our hot water. We buy the pellets from suppliers in Denmark and have them blown loose straight into our store, with no plastic bags at all. That doesn't make it climate-neutral; burning wood causes emissions too. So the rule for heat is the same as for electricity: only as much as we really need.