Note: Currently we are looking for schools that want to test the new wilderness running concept with us this fall 2023. Digital and independent thanks to Fundoo.
Are you in? Then get in touch quickly with us!
The first five schools to sign up will receive a live lecture from us and have the exclusive opportunity to ask expedition biologist and wildlife photographer Fabian Mühlberger questions.
Our fundraising run is an opportunity for students to get active in sports and to get involved ecologically: for the protection of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, a healthy climate and a greener school at home.
You want to participate with your school? Write us a message!
In our previous wilderness runs, the participating students:inside have already protected 1,350,125m2 of rainforest forever!
As participating students, you will choose one or more sponsors before the run. These can be private individuals or companies. Together, you determine a sum of money that will be donated for each lap run. The sponsors then donate the amount to us, Wilderness International. In this way, we protect valuable rainforest together.
we organized at 68 schools in Germany from 2012 to 2020.
have participated in our lectures and runs.
we were able to put under protection forever through the donations we received.
Only 2.8% of the Earth's land surface is still intact habitat.
They still exist in Canada and Peru: thousand-year-old giant trees, salmon-fishing grizzly bears and howling wolves in the temperate rainforest of the north; liana-clad jungle giants, mysterious jaguars and playful monkeys in the tropical rainforest of the south.
The rainforests are not only the most species-rich ecosystems in the world, but also the lungs of our earth: they bind huge amounts ofCO2 in their biomass.
With the wilderness run we can protect them with combined forces!
In lectures we talk about the peculiarities and threats to these unique ecosystems.
The SV of the Gymnasium Bad Essen independently organized a wilderness run with their fellow students and thus protected 20,000m2 of rainforest in Peru forever!
The registration is done by your teachers. They register your class as a running team at fundoo and send you the class link. There you can create your profile and enter your sponsors.
Anyone can participate - regardless of whether you are in primary or secondary school, regardless of the type of school and regardless of where you are in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
For teachers: Please email us for all registration info. You should plan at least four weeks in advance.
Decide on a date and a suitable location for the run, inform the whole school, organize helpers and, if you wish, music and photographers.
You should plan at least 3 weeks for the preparation.
We will provide you with detailed instructions for the fundraising run so that you don't forget anything.
We explain how wilderness running works and why and what we are working together for: the protection of valuable ecosystems
Start looking for people who will support you with a donation for every lap you run. Fundoo will send you a printable form for this purpose. After that, you can register your supporters online via the donation page. Or you send them a link and they enter their donation themselves.
After a welcome and warm-up, you will have one hour to run as many laps as possible.
In total, the run will take about 2 hours, plus arrival and departure if necessary.
Now tell your sponsors the number of laps you have run via your teachers or directly on fundoo. Now they have a few weeks to transfer their donation to us via fundoo. You may have to remind them again.
All participants receive a certificate of their protected forest, and the most dedicated runners even receive prizes. Sponsors receive a donation certificate.
85% for international wildlife conservation
15% for green projects at your own school
15% of the collected money can be used for your own environmental project, e.g. for a green classroom, a biotope, indoor greening, or an insect hotel.
As a school, you organize a classic charity run. For this purpose, we have written instructions on how the Wilderness Run works.
To introduce the topic, we provide an informational lecture on the rainforest ecosystem and the importance of conservation and personal involvement.
The search for sponsors and donations will be handled via the Fundoo platform. If you raise funds for Wilderness International with your run, the use of Fundoo is free of charge for you.
The participating schools take care of the organization and implementation of the wilderness runs themselves. We take care of presentations within the framework of our foundation's goal of environmental education. Prizes for particularly successful pupils and school classes are provided to us free of charge by our partners.
All participants should arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes before the start of the race. 15 minutes before the run is time for a welcome and joint warm-up. The actual wilderness run lasts one hour. Afterwards, snacks can be provided and the best lap results shared. A total of at least two hours should be planned for the wilderness run. In addition, there is the arrival and departure.
You want to participate in the wilderness run? Brilliant! We are looking forward to you. Just send us an e-mail and write us the names of all classes that will participate.
We will create your school on Fundoo and then send you the participation links for each class. With this, the students can register in their class team and create a profile. With this they can collect sponsors.
In addition, you will receive a guide from us to help you organize the run. For questions and exchange of experiences we are always available!
You will receive a link from your teachers. With this link, you can register your class team on Fundoo and create a profile. You can then collect sponsors by sending them a message directly via Fundoo or by copying the link to your profile and contacting potential sponsors via WhatsApp or offline.
Anyone can be a sponsor. It doesn't matter if it's your parents, the bakery on your street, doctors, music teachers, trainers from the sports club or big companies.
Talk about what you learned at the lecture about the rainforest and its importance, and why you want to get involved. Ask if they would like to support you.
The search for sponsors can be tedious, because you will certainly not be successful with your request with everyone. Therefore, the motto is: Don't be discouraged, because every euro counts!
As soon as you have found enough supporters, you have to register them online via your donation page. They will then receive a donation link, which they can use to transfer the money directly to Wilderness International after the run.
Since 2008, we have already conducted more than 50 wilderness runs with over 40,000 students! Here you can find results, pictures and more info.
