UN YEAR OF COOPERATIVES (Daily Life and Environment 2013, by Nadia Schärli) - Swiss Press Award

Nadia Schärli
Luernerzeitung
Photo / Daily Life and Environment
2013
Nadia Schärli
Martin Brun checks on the Zwäcken Alp in the Ibergeregg region. The Schwyzer people have the cooperative spirit in their genes. Since time immemorial, Schwyzer farmers have used the higher alpine pastures surrounding the valley basin to graze their cattle at high altitude. For this purpose, they use land belonging to the Oberallmeind.