TNOC Festival 2024: Full Schedule

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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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VENUE ADDRESS:
Oberlandstraße 26-35, 12099 Berlin

08:00 EDT

Berries, roses, lizards and dogs: feral fieldwork at the ‘Nasse Dreieck’

N.B.: Starting time > 2 p.m. Berlin time (CET)*
What are the berries dreaming about? Walking together in the "Nasse Dreieck", a protected wild green area in Berlin Pankow, our fieldwork explores its dense ecological, sociopolitical and toxic history. Storytelling, mapping and role-playing help us cultivate close encounters with its multispecies life. Opening our senses, we engage curiously and critically with the more-than-urban ecology.
Feral Fieldwork is an applied transdisciplinary exploration of urgent social and ecological issues from an ecofeminist perspective. Initiated by Alice Cannavà, Chiara Garbellotto and Sina Ribak, it explores and tells stories about and with the urban nature of Berlin.

Meeting point:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/G1qdCdtJetveigdi6
Brehmestraße 24, 13187 Berlin, Germany

Time:
2-5 p.m. Berlin time (CET)
* if you see a different timing in the TNOC website or email messages this is due to the time zone settings of your account. You can change those settings at https://tnocfestival2024.sched.com/ in the collapse menu on the right sidebar.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Alice Cannavà

Publisher, Occulto

Alice Cannavà is an independent cultural worker. She studied visual arts in Milan and Vienna and currently attends courses in the historyof science and technology at the TU Berlin. She edits and publishes Occulto – an independent magazine that brings together sciences, humanities... Read More →

Chiara Garbellotto

(she/her) I am a Berlin-based social anthropologist and cultural worker in the fields of informal education and Urbane Praxis. I previously researched diversity politics and practices and education/mediation in museums (natural history museums especially), Berlin urban natures and... Read More →

Sina Ribak

Sina Ribak / Kiosko

While we cannot change planetary boundaries, I believe in research that embraces symbiotic worldviews and worldmaking, to collectively create knowledges for climate justice.My work focuses on the natureculture paradigm and attempts to recontextualise narratives from science, policy... Read More →

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany, Italy.
Language English, German, Italian
Affiliation Team members have various affiliations, such as independent initiatives: Occulto Magazine; Between Us and Nature - A Reading Club; and master student at the TU Berlin.

08:00 EDT

Building Place to Inspire and Nurture People

Join us for a dinner & tour at moos| for engaging conversation around our learning and our vision of building a place that inspires and nourishes people.

Meeting point:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/izvbC5r8pzvnBNY18

Moosdorfstraße 7-9, 12435 Berlin, Germany

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Jacob Hühn

Community catalyst/Facilitation &strategy, UBI on The Blockchain/ International Refugee Centre

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation independent culture centre

08:00 EDT

Ecological urban development at the former Tegel Airport

Explore the previously inaccessible grounds of the former Tegel Airport by bike - the Tegeler Stadtheide!

At special stations such as the old airport gardening with the sheep barns or the western taxiway with the heather vegetation, the Tegeler Stadtheide is examined in detail. You will discover botanical features such as spontaneous vegetation, pioneer plants as well as wild herbs and protected plants. You will also get an overview of the future landscape and nature reserve, its objectives and development processes. You will learn about the urban ecological significance of large undeveloped open spaces and their ecological interrelationships.

You are cordially invited to this exciting nature experience!

Instructions:
Please take , Bus no 109 "Urban Tech Republic", to location.

Meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9C6PLwJ4E7kBeVrNA

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Campus Stadt Natur

GRÜN BERLIN GmbH Campus Stadt Natur

Daniela Pasdzierny

Susanne Schmitt

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation An event organized by Campus Stadt Natur, in collaboration with Detlev Dahlmann

08:00 EDT

Field Trip to Spreepark Art Space

Katja Aßmann, artistic director of Spreepark Art Space, will introduce the programme of Spreepark Art Space and give insights into the process of combining art and planning. On the tour you will learn more about the RE.USE.UM by artist Stefan Shankland – an open-air studio at Spreepark.

The RE.USE.UM is a production site and space for discourse and community at the same time. How do we manage to use fewer new resources, preserve the value of existing materials and create cycles - material as well as social? These questions are discussed and practically tested at RE.USE.UM.

For the future Spreepark, Stefan Shankland will realise with STRATAPARK two landscape sculptures and forty smaller artificial erratic blocks, which consist of mineral waste materials, won from demolition material of the park. As seating and orientation points, the waste materials are given new functions and in this way flow back into a recycling cycle. In addition to the recycling aspect, the focus is on the transformation of the material: a process in which nothing is lost, but rather each element can be charged with new meaning in a different form or put to new use. This process is central to Shankland's work and serves as a starting point for participation and educational formats on topics such as the history of the site, its geological features, or the recycling possibilities of minerals.

The RE.USE.UM as installation is a cooperation between Stefan Shankland and raumlaborberlin. Since 2023, visitors can observe the process of (re)use of mineral waste and the transformation of the material into art on site. Together with archaeologists, geologists and artists, workshops, artistic interventions and discourse formats are offered. Shankland and raumlaborberlin invite visitors to participate in the creation of STRATAPARK and to engage with the associated questions.

Instructions:
The entrance is free but participants on this field-trip will need to pay for public transit.
This session may finish early, as the tour itself only takes 1.5 hours.

Meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/y5ZgeVTpFchhtUc36

Spreepark Art Space
Kiehnwerderallee 2, 12437 Berlin, Germany

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Jenny Sréter

Katja Aßmann

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Spreepark Art Space, Spreepark, Grün Berlin GmbH

08:00 EDT

Nature Experience Areas for independent play in Berlin – "Wild World" at Kienbergpark

The field trip will take place at the location Kienbergpark in the Berlin district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf.

Meeting point: Umweltbildungszentrum (Educational Centre) Kienbergpark, appr. 50 min travel time via train and subway from Tempelhofer Feld. Participants are kindly asked to consider this time in advance to session start at 2 p.m.

Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ageX1j4CPyUp2Ucd6

Instructions to explain how to get to the field-trip meeting point:

Best access is from the U5 subway station “Kienberg/Garten der Welt”: cross Hellersdorfer Straße and go straight ahead along Gottfried-Funeck-Weg into the park.
Continue via the Wuhlesteg to the terrace by the pond to reach the education centre (approx. 600 m from the train station).

Virtual Speakers

Maria Schoenen

Nature Experience Areas, Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin

How can we provide enough possibilities for children to play and experience in nature? I'am working at the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation. Here I promote the Berlin Nature Experience Areas, which are sites for children to play. I support Berlin stakeholders in planning, setting... Read More →

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Katja Czerwinski

ESD Education Manager, Grün Berlin

Environment Education in Berlin

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin, NYC
Country Germany, USA
Language English, German
Affiliation Grün Berlin, Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin

08:00 EDT

Organisms Democracy Berlin Osloer Straße

What if all living beings had the same political rights? If power was shared equally among all the creatures cohabiting on Earth? For an overgrown urban forest in Berlin Wedding this utopian prerogative has become the blueprint of interaction. The artists group Club Real is using the freedom of the arts to declare the overgrown forest the territory of Organisms Democracy. Democratic processes are being reenacted - with one big difference - here all living beings from soil bacteria to maple trees have the same political rights. What might this mean? How is it done? Come and find out!

We take you on a field trip into the heart of one of the most densely populated areas of Berlin. The wild overgrown forest between Osloer Street No 107 and No 108 is the location of a real time political experiment involving all species present.

Meeting point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/oMjWaFvecZbk68uj9
Osloer Str. 107, 13359 Berlin, Germany

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Georg Reinhardt

Marianna Sonneck

artis group member, Club Real

Paz Ponce

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Club Real, Organismendemokratie e.V.

08:00 EDT

Tracing the rain: Sponge City neighborhood Rummelsburger Bucht

What was created at Rummelsburger Bucht is now blueprint for the entire city: Berlin is to become sponge city. This refers to a city's blue-green infrastructure to store, evaporate, infiltrate or use rainwater. We will explore how nature-based solutions can be designed, combined and what con-tribution they make to climate adaptation, water pollution control, and biodiversity of the urban environment.

The tour will take about 1.5-2 hours. As we will be outside, please remember to wear weatherproof clothing and/or sun protection. There are no public restrooms along the way

Language: German

Meeting point: Hauptstraße 4B. 10317 Berlin (near to S-Bahn Rummelsburg)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/kCT6GpQaux34Tv3U7

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Louis Kott

Berliner Regenwasseragentur

Monday June 3, 2024 08:00 - 11:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language German
Affiliation Berliner Regenwasseragentur

15:30 EDT

The secret Berlin nightlife - nocturnal wildlife in cemeteries

Cemeteries are usually associated with grief but they are hotspots of urban biodiversity. At night they become dark playgrounds for nocturnal critters such as bats, hedgehogs, foxes and nightingales. With a fireplace reading and guided excursion we will embark into the ambience of the nocturnal life in Berlin’s cemetery and explore together the secret nightlife of one of these sacred places.

Where?: The meeting point is Kolonnenstraße 24-25, at the entrance of 'Zwölf-Apostel Friedhof'.

When?: 9:30pm. Please note that the meeting time has been postponed by 30 minutes to start at dusk.
The event will be in German, in case of the participation of internationals, translation to English is offered (except for the reading).

Meeting point: Kolonnenstraße 24-25, 10829 Berlin, Germany
Google link: https://g.co/kgs/b8hX6VK

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Sarah Kiefer

Sophia Kimmig

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 →

Monday June 3, 2024 15:30 - 16:15 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation IGB Berlin, FU Berlin

08:00 EDT

Local Food Heroes

Feast, a Horizon Europe project, is working one on one with cities to reinvision food systems that are just and sustainable. One tool for creating a common vision is the food hero. This tool facilitates cocreation by asking residents and other stakeholders to illustrate-literally- the change they want to see, and the skills they think they need to get there. Participants will be introduced to food heroes from FEAST and FoodCLIC, and will then have time to draw and share their own. What heroes do you need in your community to create your dream food system?

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Anna Bruen

Kassia Rudd

Sponsors and Partners

ICLEI

Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Art-centered seed and skills session

City Freiburg
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation ICLEI ES
Room Number The Nightingale House - Room 5

08:00 EDT

Co-creating Urban Biodiversity: Untapping the Potential of Citizens and Civil-Society Initiatives

What kind of support and frameworks do citizens and civil-society actors need to co-create urban biodiversity measures? How can we develop local capabilities while ensuring the necessary quality to contribute to both local and global biodiversity goals? This seed session is dedicated to jointly exploring these questions with practitioners, local decision-makers, researchers and planners. Our goal is to inspire local nature conservation authorities.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Dörte Martens

Michael Rollnik

research assistant, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment

Sandra Naumann

Biodiversity officer, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment

Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Senate Department for Urban Mobility
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 1

08:00 EDT

Let's plan for climate resilience: a Berlin case study in Mierendorff-Insel

Berlin's first neighborhood-scale comprehensive climate adaptation plan is an iterative, year-long process that involved multiple levels of stakeholder input. Neighbors, community groups, public authorities and experts engaged in the development of Mierendorff-Insel's adaptation plan, culminating in 66 different interventions recommended for implementation across timescales. We will share our process, findings and lessons learned in this session and invite participants to exchange on their ideas and experiences.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Lisa Nieße

Urban planner from www.plan-zwei.com

Sebastian Horstkotte

Urban Conservation Strategy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy in Europe gGmbH

Ulrich Heink

Nature Conservation Office Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf

Sponsors and Partners

The Nature Conservancy

Tuesday June 4, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Skills session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation The Nature Conservancy in Europe
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 3

10:00 EDT

Scaffolding, Timber, and Tiles: Artist Talk with TNOC Resident Artist, Yumiko Ono

How does an installation artist problem solve, and how might that process relate to your own field of work? Join with one of our resident artists to discover the meaning and process behind "COMPOSITION V" her installation work for TNOC Festival. Yumiko Ono takes us through her otherworldly installation of scaffolding, timber, and handmade ceramic tiles. This session takes place in the Cloud House, within the artwork itself, and includes a talk, Q&A session, and time to relax and take in the work at your own pace.

Born in Kobe, Japan, the theme of Ono's work is utopia. She combines various concepts from the built and natural world to create a new fictive architecture, often using somewhat anti-architectural methods and materials such as drawings on tracing paper, slip cast porcelain and textiles. Ono earned her BA in Kyoto Seika University, and an MA in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague and the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. She also studied in Hungary and Israel.

Artists

Carmen Bouyer

Arts Co-Director, The Nature of Cities

Hello, I am an artist based in Paris and art curator at The Nature of Cities. I am passionate by all the cultural ways that strengthen our relationships with each other as humans across variety of cultures and practices, as well as with wide diversity of non-human life forms, especially... Read More →

Patrick Lydon

Arts Co-Director, The Nature of Cities

An ecological artist and urbanist based in Korea, Patrick helps re-discover our role as ecological beings through story, film, illustration, and community-centered landscape interventions. Together with Suhee Kang, he founded the creative urban ecology studio called City as Natu... Read More →

Yumiko Ono

Artist

After completing BA in Kyoto Seika University, Ono completed her MA in the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, as well as Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, and also studied in Hungary and Israel with the government scholarship in each country... Read More →

Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Arts & Film Festival

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Room Number Cloud House

10:00 EDT

How to empower cities to lead the path forward in bold biodiversity action - the Berlin Urban Nature Pact

The alarming loss of biodiversity poses an imminent threat to the urban environment as well as the health and well-being of its communities. Spurring the necessary transformational change globally requires immediate action on the local level. The ‘Berlin Urban Nature Pact’, led by and for cities, translates the global nature goals into a set of ambitious SMART targets. This workshop highlights how the Pact supports cities in taking this transformative action and will inspire more cities to lead in the path forward.

The current introduction phase, January 2024 – July 2024, will establish a guidance documentation to accompany and supplement the final Pact document. A roadmap for events as well as means to inform interested stakeholders and administrations will be established, and a coordination office will be set-up by the City of Berlin in September 2024. The next phase will start from July 2024 onwards, to eventually culminate in an official signing event at the CBD COP-16 and a follow-up period in which cities can join the Pact to become official signatories.

Please find more information here:
https://citieswithnature.org/berlin-urban-nature-pact/

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Aletta Bonn

Florian Freutel

Senior Expert - Biodiversity & Nature-based Solutions, ICLEI Europe

Jennifer Cote

Kassia Rudd

Philipp LaHaela Walter

Head of Biodiversity & NbS, ICLEI Europe

Philipp leads the Biodiversity and Nature-based Solutions Team at ICLEI’s European Secretariat. Through an extensive portfolio of cutting-edge research and innovation and other projects such as NetworkNature, GoNaturePositive or the Berlin Urban Nature Pact, the Team supports local... Read More →

Sandra Naumann

Biodiversity officer, Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment

Stefanie Hennecke

Sponsors and Partners

ICLEI

Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Freiburg im Breisgau
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation ICLEI Europe
Room Number Coworking 1

10:00 EDT

Developing policies *that work* for nature and for people: a co-creation approach

Protecting urban nature while delivering societal benefits requires appropriate policy frameworks that account for different actors’ needs and perspectives. But how can this happen in practice? Our session will explore concrete strategies for co-creating inclusive policies to govern urban nature. We will share insights from the 250 good practice policies featured in the Urban Governance Atlas and explore participants’ own experiences.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Ewa Iwaszuk

Fellow, Ecologic Institute

I am an urban nature-based solutions nerd and a podcaster. I have produced and co-hosted podcasts on urban NBS (Creating Green Cities: https://naturvation.eu/learn/podcast.html) and the European Green Deal (Green Deal - Big Deal: https://www.greendealbigdeal.eu/ )I would love to speak... Read More →

McKenna Davis

Senior Fellow, Coordinator Nature-based Solutions, Ecologic Institute

Natalia Burgos Cuevas

Sponsors and Partners

Ecologic Institute

Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Skills session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Ecologic Institute
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 2

10:00 EDT

URBES FUTURES – Lessons learned for Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - 10 years after BiodivERsa’s URBES project (2011-2014)

During the URBES Futures skills session for The Nature of Cities Festival in Berlin we aim at reflecting on the impact of the BiodivERsA URBES project (2011-2014) for planning for urban biodiversity and ecosystem services and what we have learned over the past 10 years.
We will invite stakeholders (urban planners, NGOs, etc.) from the cities (Barcelona, Berlin and Rotterdam) we made our URBES video’s of for their reflections on the developments over the past years and to look forward to what the future will hold for nature in our cities.
We would like to create a very interactive session that introduces briefly the URBES project as a scene-setting talk, show the videos and provides follow-up discussions as dialogues with the city stakeholders and the URBES researchers who led the stakeholder engagement processes in the cities (Berlin; Rotterdam; Barcelona). This will then lead into a joint panel discussion to exchange what we/the stakeholders have learned in the last 10 years in the cities, how progress was made and what the future of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services could be under global change. The session would be moderated by Chantal van Ham.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Chantal van Ham

Francesc Baró

Asst. Prof. of Urban Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB)

I am an (urban) environmental scientist. My research is motivated by making cities inclusive, healthy, resilient and sustainable. In order to understand the complexity of urban social-ecological systems, I conduct applied research at the interface of urban ecology, urban geography... Read More →

Nadja Kabisch

Professor in Digital Landscape Ecology, Leibniz-Universität Hannover

Niki Frantzeskaki

Tuesday June 4, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Skills session

City Hannover
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Leibniz Universität Hannover
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 4

05:00 EDT

Experiential Futures: Are darker nightscapes the path for multispecies cities?

Join this workshop to experience the futures of cities (New York & Berlin) that have become darker to meet the needs of more-than-human species. Learn how humans not only overcame their colonization of the nights with artificial light, but also formed designerly alliances with nature to thrive together in darkness. From bioluminescent ecologies to rituals of healings find awe in darker worlds. You will be also invited to keep expanding these worlds taking multispecies thinking paradigms as seeds for your imagination.

Organizers: Melissa Ingaruca, Alannah Hofemeier, Mariana Hernandez, Danielle McCharty / NATURA, Steve Williams.

Virtual Speakers

Alannah Hofemeier

Adaptation Researcher, PlanAdapt

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Danielle MacCarthy

Loan Diep

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NATURA

Mariana Hernández

Melissa Ingaruca Moreno

Wednesday June 5, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Mycohackers, Urban System Lab, NATURA
Room Number The Nightingale House - Recording Studio

08:00 EDT

Crafty and Creative Communication

NetworkNature and UGP+ will explore how cities and nature-based solutions advocates can use non-traditional/multi-media forms of communication to foster public engagement and socio-ecological transformation. Participants will leave with a crowdsourced mini creative comms toolkit, inspired by the NbS Comics initiative. Ideas dreamed up in this session will inform preliminary plans for a NetworkNature communications tool box.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Anna Bruen

Kassia Rudd

Sponsors and Partners

ICLEI

Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Freiburg
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation ICLEI ES
Room Number Coworking 1

08:00 EDT

Untangling the Interconnectedness of Biodiversity and Human Health in Urban Areas via Social-Ecological Networks

Urban areas are rich in biodiversity, but this diversity has both positive and negative impacts. In this session, experts and decision-makers will delve into the complex relationship between biodiversity and human health in urban areas through social-ecological networks. Through presentations and discussions, we aim to gain fresh insights into these complex relationships.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Aletta Bonn

Florian Ruhland

Joanna Coleman

Jonathan Jeschke

Monika Egerer

Professor, Technische Universität München

Solène Guenat

Tanja Straka

Guest Professor of Urban Ecology, Freie Universität Berlin

Wednesday June 5, 2024 08:00 - 09:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Skills session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Technische Universität Berlin
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 4

10:00 EDT

DIY with DYE plants

Of course, anyone can buy paint full of heavy metals and other synthetic dyes in plastic packaging, but you can also learn to take care of the environment and make your own colours from organic materials. Learn an ancestral process that you'll use for the rest of your life, every colours are at your disposal, and if you're missing one, just plant it!

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Anne-Charlotte Viriot

Head of educational offerings, Flouq

https://www.unesco.de/bildung/bne-akteure/viriot-kunst-und-naturpaedagogin-la-ferme-aux-sept-couleurs-sevengardens

Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Art-centered seed and skills session

City berlin
Country Germany
Language English, French, German, Multilingual
Affiliation Urbaner wald garten
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 4

10:00 EDT

"Radical Collaboration to Foster Transformation Towards Climate Neutrality”

This interactive seed session aims to explore and catalyze radical collaboration among diverse stakeholders towards achieving climate neutrality in local context. Fueled by the urgency to address the climate crisis and inspired by the lessons from recent setbacks like the 2023 referendum for Berlin to become climate neutral by 2030, this session seeks to instigate transformative actions through collaboration.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Inna Chilik

Sensemaking & Strategic Learning Co-Lead, EIT Climate-KIC

Inna Chilik is a systems innovator and cross-organizational collaboration facilitator with over 15 years of experience in strategic management consulting and a dual Masters’ degree in Finance and Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. Born in Moldova with a strong connection... Read More →

Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation EIT Climate-KIC
Room Number The Nightingale House - Room 4

10:00 EDT

Take a walk on the wild side: Tools to explore animals' perspectives in the urban space

For free-living animals, cities are habitats full of resources and dangers. Do you like to take their perspectives and to develop ideas for a more-than-human cohabitation - even with pest species? Where are your limits? Can you, can we meet the animals' needs? In our workshop, we are using two playful tools (Animal Perspectives and Installation for Interconnected Thinking) that invite you to switch perspectives and explore the role of urban animals, and your own, in the socio-ecological transformation. The tools are from our own "Toolbox for Xtopias" that you can explore here: https://xtopien.org/en-toolbox. See you at the wild side!

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Annette Voigt

researcher, lecturer, University of Kassel

I have a background in landscape planning and architecture, philosophy and history of ecology and urban ecology. I am interested in wild animals in urban regions, human-animal-relations, conflicts with animals in urban nature and how to integrate animals in architecture & urban... Read More →

Jasmin Jossin

Academic staff member at the Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

I aim to support others in developing new, radical, utopian/ambivalent future visions in order to initiate dialogues on how we (do not) want to live in a future city, and to facilitate transformative learning and future literacy (see xtopien.org). Since April 2024, I am doing this... Read More →

Richard Beecroft

Managing Director of the KIT-Center Humans and Technology, KIT - Karlsruhe Insitute for Technology

I am a sustainability scientist interested the transition of socio-ecological-technical systems towards sustainability. I take part in TNOC because I am interested in the role that arts, design and creativity can play in such processes. You can also chat to me about real-world lab... Read More →

Tanja Godlewsky

Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Unterföhring
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation University of Kassel, Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 5

10:00 EDT

Walks in the Garden

(WIP) Walks in the Garden is an invitation to wander. Berlin based artist Andrew Amondson will share a walking practice he developed walking with Studio Olafur Eliasson, Forest of Imagination, Berlinale, Netflix, and others. Wandering together, we will connect with the urban landscape, emergent ideas and one another.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Andrew Amondson

Artist and Filmmaker walking with Studio Olafur Eliasson, Netflix, Berlin International Film Festival, Forest of Imagination

Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Studio Olafur Eliasson, Forest of Imagination, independent
Room Number Coworking -1

03:00 EDT

Envisioning the City of 2100 - AI Future Booth

The AI Future Booth is a participatory exploration of your visions and desires about urban futures. Ellery Studio facilitates a discussion, surfacing present-day assumptions. The results from this discussion are immediately generated into a visual snapshot of YOUR desirable future with the help of AI. You can take your own snapshot of your desirable future home as a polaroid.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Brady Kuehl

Emma Defty

Strategic Designer, Ellery Studio

As a member of the ‘Foresight and Participation’ team Emma Defty contributes her expertise and skills in speculative design, futures thinking and participation to Ellery Studio. She believes whole heartedly the potential of the intersection between design and foresight. When... Read More →

Sebastian Plate

Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Art-centered seed and skills session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Ellery Studio
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 3

03:00 EDT

Developing your GID lens - Gender, Inclusion and Diversity in action!

Explore GoGreenRoutes project's innovative approach to promoting just Nature-based Solutions (NbS)in urban environments. Discover how "seedbeds," early place-based interventions using various creative techniques such as photovoice methods, strengthen community ownership and inclusivity, with a special focus on gender, inclusion, and diversity. Join us to learn about the lessons from this project, which can guide other cities and researchers in applying an environmental justice lens to NbS and public health and ensuring equitable benefits for all. Together, let's tackle societal challenges while emphasizing the role of gender, inclusion, and diversity in NbS mainstreaming.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Adriana Duarte

Julia Gäckle

RWTH Aachen

Kassia Rudd

Shreya Utkarsh

Sponsors and Partners

ICLEI

Thursday June 6, 2024 03:00 - 04:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Skills session

City Freiburg
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation ICLEI Europe
Room Number The Nightingale House - Room 4

05:00 EDT

Becoming ready for a future within the climate crisis

Action-oriented workshop where we will identify multiple elements that we will have to deal with the future - from empty supermarkets, sudden job loss or extreme migration - and come up with short, medium and long term strategies on how to handle it individually and in community

Virtual Speakers

Ricardo Silva

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Ricardo Silva

Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Camp Collapse
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 3

05:00 EDT

Bridging Perspectives: Co-creating Nature-Based Futures Across Disciplines

We will facilitate a dynamic exchange between participants from diverse backgrounds such as artists, researchers, and municipal urban planners to explore how we can benefit from working with each other and in turn make nature-based interventions the best they can be for as many citizens as possible.

Participants will identify potential hurdles to consider before developing a possible co-creation process in a given urban setting and with certain set of objectives. They will enrich developing this process by contributing their diverse expertise and skills from their work and cultural backgrounds.

The session will also showcase real-life approaches of co-creating nature-based interventions from the cities of Munich and Leuven, who are partners in the EU-funded projects VARCITIES and JUSTNature.

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Alice Reil

Project Manager/ Green Space Planning Unit, City of Munich

Alice Reil (she/her) is an urban geographer who strives to bring more biodiverse, urban nature into public spaces. She led the biodiversity and nature-based solutions team at ICLEI Europe, a global city network, and now works at the City of Munich’s green space planning unit.

Anne Loeckx

Fine Frateur

Francesca Ferrara

Consultant, Prospex Institute

Magdalena Janzic

Sponsors and Partners

Prospex Institute

Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Prospex Institute
Room Number The Plane Tree House - Room 4

05:00 EDT

Roots grow in Silence

A collaboration of the SilenceSpace Collective and the MIYA forest e.V. association. Silence Spaces call for inner transformation processes that enable social change processes from within. While SilenceSpaces focus on inner change, MIYA transforms degraded urban landscapes into biodiversity hotspots by planting Tiny Forests. Together they address transdisciplinarity by merging social- and ecosystems through contemplation and action for a thriving world.

Virtual Speakers

Valerie Voggenreiter

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Valerie Voggenreiter

Thursday June 6, 2024 05:00 - 06:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Seed session

City Eberswalde
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Silence Space and MIYA forest e.V.
Room Number Picnic B - plaza Big

03:00 EDT

"Fluss Lauf" - A guided walk alongside the Spree Canal & through the Fluss Bad Berlin project area

During this tour, we will stroll through the project area of Fluss Bad Berlin alongside the Spree Canal in the heart of Berlin. Get to know more about the history, objectives and current challenges of this urban development project which aims on (1) preserving and extending public space(s) in the heart of Berlin (2) protecting and improving the city’s natural ressources, especially water bodies (3) and last but not least: transforming the Spree Canal into a natural swimming zone.

Meeting point: Südliche Monbijoubrücke, Am Kupfergraben 3, 10117 Berlin (https://maps.app.goo.gl/pLmX5o6gSBteLKbA6)

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Bianca Ringwald

Jan Edler

Tim Edler

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language German, English
Affiliation Flussbad Berlin e.V.

03:00 EDT

Following historical tracks to new urban wilderness

Walk overgrown railroad tracks from Südgelände to Tempelhofer feld and greet novel, thriving post-industrial wilderness. While visiting some of my research sites, where plants evolve and invade from all over the world, you will hear tales of how post-war Berlin gave birth to new urban ecology research and how citizen grassroots movements are fighting to keep the city wild.

Meeting point:

We will meet on Friday at 9:00 at the Priesterweg S-bahn station (S2, S25, S26), by the entrance to the Naturpark Südgelände. Please bring change to purchase a 1 euro entrance ticket to the park (the ticket machine accept only coins). In my experience, it is likely that patrolling park rangers will want to check your tickets ;)

We will start walking around 9:20, so try to join us before that!We will first visit the Naturpark Südgelände for about an hour, and then take a break and see who wants to continue to the second part of the trip in Tempelhofer Feld, which will take another hour at least. For this we will need to take the S-bahn for a Kurzstrecke (short trip ticket) to Tempelhof S-bahn station.

Alternatively, those who do not wish to continue can also enjoy the Südgelände park café which is really nice and opens at 11:00!

The weather looks great for Friday, but of course we are in Berlin, so prepare for some rain just in case...
See you there! Maud

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Maud Bernard-Verdier

Postdoctoral researcher, Freie Universitaet Berlin

I am an ecologist, interested in the functioning and evolution of urban socio-ecosystems. A field ecologist at the core, I study plants and insects in cities and the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Recently, I started working with citizens to monitor butterfly... Read More →

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Freie Universität Berlin

03:00 EDT

Gardens tour

Give the opportunity to the people to get a garden tour in our community-learning gardens in Berlin-Wedding, himmelbeet with around 200 raised-beds and Elisabeet with his field and greenhouse in a cemetery in Soldiner Kiez.

Meeting Point: Berlin, Gartenstraße/ Ecke, Grenzstraße, 13355 Berlin
https://maps.app.goo.gl/gK3frcsyGUiht5Ub8

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Val Koščak Mitrović

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language German, English
Affiliation Geimeinnützige GmbH

03:00 EDT

Pollinator Pathmaker: Tour of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg Gardens

Tour a Polinator Garden at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin!

LAS Art Foundation planted the first international edition of Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's 'Pollinator Pathmaker' in front of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. The artist’s living artwork for pollinating insects marks an urgent shift away from human-centred thinking. In the context of TNOC, LAS offers a guided tour of this sculpture made of plants.

Each sculpture in the 'Pollinator Pathmaker' series is designed using a custom-build algorithm, which computes garden schemes that support the maximum number of pollinator species possible. The LAS curators will present this impactful initiative in interspecies art that was created in responds to the alarming decline in pollinating insects, which are vital for many plants to reproduce and ecosystems to survive. The tour invites audiences to reflect on what art can be, who it is for, and on the urgency of moving beyond anthropocentric approaches and aesthetics in the face of the climate and biodiversity crises.

MEETING POINT:
Address: Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Agnessa Schmudke

Dr. Kim Mortega

Kim Mortega

Scientist, Museum of Natural History, Berlin

Dr Kim Mortega is a scientist at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Her interdisciplinary work focusses on research, environmental education and science communication for biodiversity. The current project ‘Understanding biodiversity – explore and experience nature’ (Vielfalt... Read More →

Sophie Korschildgen

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Affiliation LAS Foundation

03:00 EDT

Prinzessinnengarten Kollektiv - a community garden meets a cemetery

Prinzessinnengarten is a 15 year old community garden. A few years ago it relocated on a cemetery. We will talk about why and what it is like to be located on a cemetery and the many activities and spaces that make up our garden.

Meeting point: Hermannstr. 99-105 12051 Berlin

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Prinzessinnengarten Kollektiv

03:00 EDT

Tracing back Grass Snakes

Among the various species introduced to Berlin by humans, there are indications that Grass Snakes (Natrix natrix) from Southern Europe might have been released into the area. Although this species is native to Berlin, the introduced individuals exhibit distinct morphological and genetic differences. To investigate the current Grass Snake population, we aim to collect samples from as many specimens as possible.

We invite scientists and wildlife enthusiasts alike to join us on this exciting field trip! Learn about our research project, witness real-time scientific investigations in the field, and explore the beautiful and unique habitat of amphibians and reptiles in north-western Berlin. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with nature and experience important ecological research!

Join us!

Host Institution: www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin

Fieltrip location: The Spandau Forest is a highly diverse protected nature area at the very border of Berlin. With several wetlands and various forest types, it is also home to hundreds of different animal species.

Meeting point:
At 9:00 at the bus stop „Bürgerablage“.
Google map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/W78G83HUMssn9vFP8

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Frederic Griesbaum

Scientist, Museum für Naturkunde

Korbinian Pacher

Sponsors and Partners

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

03:00 EDT

Urban ecological guided tour at Tempelhofer Feld

During the two-hour guided tour at the Tempelhofer Feld, different topics are communicated in dialogue, which refer to the special features of the area and its ecology. Special attention is paid to the grazing of the area by sheep. Interactions between farm animals, wild animals and the vegetation are presented.

On the base of special animal and plant species such as skylark and sand lizard, not only the importance of the Tempelhofer Field as a habitat is explained, but also basic biological concepts of different habitats and their inhabitants are explained.

The meeting point for the tour is the Info Pavilion on Tempelhofer Feld
https://maps.app.goo.gl/k4w8vgDhbotcRqCDA.

Please allow sufficient walking time - the Info Pavilion is about a 10-15 minute walk from the nearest bus stop (Bus stop Friedhoefe Columbiadamm).

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Detlev Dahlmann

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation Grun Berlin

03:00 EDT

What if…? a Transdisciplinary Discourse on the future of healthy, green cities

From February to May, four artists collaborated with biodiversity scientists in collaboration with Berlin state representative on conservation and Freie Universität Berlin, exploring urban biodiversity. Inspired by this, they envision potential futures for Berlin's urban landscape through an exhibition at the Haus der Statistik at Alexanderplatz. Join us for a guided tour through the exhibition with follow-up discussions at the intersection of art and science.

Location:
Haus der Statistik
Otto-Braun-Straße 70-72, 10178 Berlin

Photo Credits: Maximilian Koppernock

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Aletta Bonn

Lucy Norris

Robert Köpke

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

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English, German
Affiliation Robert Köpke - NFDI4Biodiversity, IfL – Aletta Bonn - UFZ, FSU Jena, iDiv, NFDI4Biodiversity; Landesbeauftragte für Naturschutz und Landespflege Berlin – Lucy Norris - weißensee kunsthochschule berlin

04:00 EDT

Grazing for Better Grasslands...in a Stadium

A site visit to the publicly accessible Wilmersdorf stadium to view the sheep grazing pilot project launched in 2021. Sheep are brought into the stadium twice a year to graze at its former grandstands which have been taken over by plants and shrubs for the past 20 years. The sheep help push back woody growth to make room for more species to thrive and to promote biodiversity. The juxtaposition of sheep in the stands and people exercising on the field is an unexpected sight to behold! Bring your running shoes or yoga mat for an (individual) outdoor workout afterwards.

Meeting point:
Fritz-Wildung-Straße 914199 Berlin

Google link: https://g.co/kgs/aRb9xSt

Berlin (in person) Speakers

Jamie Chan

Director Europe Urban Greening, The Nature Conservancy in Europe

Jamie Chan is the director of The Nature Conservancy's Europe Urban Greening program. She leads the TNC team in partnering with German local governments and organizations to accelerate climate adaptation and biodiversity improvement through nature-based solutions. She focuses on strategies... Read More →

Sponsors and Partners

The Nature Conservancy

Friday June 7, 2024 04:00 - 05:00 EDT
In-Person Berlin

Berlin field-trip session

City Berlin
Country Germany
Language English
Affiliation The Nature Conservancy in Europe