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Welcome to the Nature of Cities Festival 2024! A gathering to get inspired, to learn, to present, collaborate, or to meet hundreds of new best friends and urban nature co-conspirators. The Berlin segment is an all-inclusive multi-day experience featuring field-trips, in person talks, workshops, art interventions, a film festival, Farm-to-Table dinners, various opportunities for socializing, and much more. All of it takes place at the Atelier Gardens venue, and various other locations around Berlin.

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Friday, June 7 • 03:00 - 06:00
Art, Insight, Action: Exploring nature-themed murals in the heart of Berlin

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We explore nature-themed murals during an interactive and informative tour in one of Berlin's alternative neighborhoods. During the tour, you will spot impressive elephants, birds, dart frogs, mountain and underwater landscapes. Berlin is is one of Europe's capitals of street art and graffiti, and we picked some of the most thought-provoking for you, ranging from tourist favourites to hidden gems. Together, we ask what insights street art can give us into human-environment relationships, and when art inspires us to take action!

The meeting point (09:00am) is in front of the “Hoodie Birds” mural by Don John at the “Mehringplatz”/ corner “Friedrichstrasse”, just at one of the exits of the subway station “Hallesches Tor”:

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What to expect? Together we walk from Kreuzberg through Gleisdreieck Park to Schöneberg. On the way we stop and spot numerous murals and graffiti, find out interesting background information and discuss and exchange ideas with each other. You don't need a ticket for public transport, but you need good shoes :-) and a desire to see Berlin, nature and art. We will take a short refreshment break in the park; the tour ends near the “Urban Nation” street art museum.

Session contributors: Anna Stolyarova, Arne Kinds, Baiba Pruse, Embla Ekstrom, Geertje Tijsma, Ignacio Gianelli, Katina Roumbedakis, Ludovica Montecchio, Marien Helmus, Marta Dievina, Milena Arias-Schreiber, Natali Lazzari, Rihards Brazinskis, Sebastian Villasante, Sophia Kochalski, Svea Rogge, Tanja Straka
Berlin (in person) Speakers
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Baiba Prūse

Research Associate, Athena Institute Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Key areas: local community knowledge (plants, fish, farmers), citizen science, sustainable resource management, science communication with the collaboration of artists.Baiba's work is linked to local ecological knowledge regarding wild plant uses, citizen engagement in environmental... Read More →
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Marta Dieviņa

Aquatic biologist, Latvian Academy of Culture
I am an aquatic biologist and science communicator from Latvia, Europe. I am interested in finding how through art and storytelling we can do more diverse and collaborative water ecosystem research and protection. A few words about my background - I am a member of research team who... Read More →
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Sophia Kochalski

Postdoctoral researcher, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) / Kiel University
I'm an interdisciplinary fisheries scientists and believe that arts and science should be connected more closely. I'm particularly excited to talk about street art, rivers, coasts, the ocean, fisheries, citizen science, human-nature interaction, human dimensions research, and where... Read More →
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Tanja Straka

Guest Professor of Urban Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin
I am an interdisciplinary urban ecologist interested in finding solutions for ‘shared urban landscapes’ in which wildlife and people can coexist and thrive. When it comes to wildlife, my major passion are bats. When it comes to human-nature interactions in urban areas, I am interested... Read More →


Friday June 7, 2024 03:00 - 06:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Berlin field-trip session
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