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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
Language: English [clear filter]
Monday, April 15
 

05:00 EDT

 
Tuesday, April 16
 

11:00 EDT

Sacred Nature: Forest therapy as an interfaith enrichment experience VirtualEdward W Wilson • Leila Quinlan • Susan Serafini • Mary Ann Young • Moain Abu Dabrh • Louise Driscoll Amy Slater • Carol Degustis • John Newman • Sally Ann Pantin From Manifesto to Action: Cultivating Sustainable Communities through Urban Community Gardens VirtualYolanda Gonzalez • Val Mitrovic • Giorgio Scavino • Gaia Pagano • Natalia Montoya • Micol Sonnino • Chiara Trotto Growing and harvesting: second beginnings after displacement. VirtualAnna Lena Hahn • Intekhab Alam • Titiane Haton • Amrita Kaur Slatch Soluções baseadas na Natureza no Sul Global VirtualCecília Herzog • Daniela Rizzi • Juliana Baladelli • Claudia Vizoni • Pierre Martin • Leila Teresinha Maranho • Hanna Nahon Casarini • Viviane Veiga de Almeida • Riciane Pombo • Viviane Japiassú Viana • Giuliana Velasco • ICLEI A Compendium of Participatory Methods for Nature-Based Solutions VirtualPablo Herreros Cantis • Maitreyi Koduganti • Lelani M Mannetti • Alannah Hofemeier • Loan Diep • Erich Wolff • Danielle MacCarthy • NATURA Community Garden Making as Transformative Urban Action VirtualIan McDermott • Andrea McArdle • Jennifer Vargas • Jennifer Rubinshteyn Creating A Lexicon of Change: A Guide for Change Makers VirtualKaron Shaiva • Deborah Leipziger • Tom Lytton-Dickie • and David Meshoulam Nature as a Catalyst for Liveable Communities and Local Economies VirtualIsobel Fletcher • Siobhan McQuaid Supporting & Enhancing Urban Biodiversity VirtualEdward Mayer
 
Wednesday, April 17
 

17:00 EDT

 
Thursday, April 18
 

11:00 EDT

23:00 EDT

 
Friday, April 19
 

05:00 EDT

 
Monday, April 22
 

09:00 EDT

11:00 EDT

 
Tuesday, April 23
 

17:00 EDT

 
Wednesday, April 24
 

09:00 EDT

11:00 EDT

 
Thursday, April 25
 

05:00 EDT

 
Friday, April 26
 

11:00 EDT

 
Monday, June 3
 

08:00 EDT

15:30 EDT

 
Tuesday, June 4
 

08:00 EDT

Exploring the Power of Stories and Art for Understanding Diverse Perspectives on Nature-based Solutions In-Person BerlinVanya Bisht • Mariana Hernández • Danielle MacCarthy Local Food Heroes In-Person BerlinAnna Bruen • Kassia Rudd • ICLEI Small Native Gardens . In-Person BerlinMariajesús Parada • Florencia Pérez • Sofia Schmidt Cartografias del agua In-Person BerlinCarolina Fiallo Co-creating Urban Biodiversity: Untapping the Potential of Citizens and Civil-Society Initiatives In-Person BerlinDörte Martens • Sandra Naumann • Michael Rollnik Governance of NbS forwards urban biodiversity: towards the triptych of collaborative, inclusive and integrative approaches In-Person BerlinNiki Frantzeskaki • Katharina Holsher • Israa Mahmoud • Emma Puerari • Daniela Rizzi How to imagine urban futures? Try to think laterally! In-Person BerlinSaša Poljak Istenič • Valentina Gulin Zrnić Putting justice in perspective: A collective reflection on experiences and new questions for justice in/for/with urban nature-based solutions In-Person BerlinAnnegret Haase • Clair Cooper • Charlotte Stijnen • Francesc Baró • Janneke den Dekker-Arlain • Loan Diep • Charlotte Stijnen A radical alternative to drop-down planning: the rivers and People approach centers people, ecology, culture and community action to reimagine low income riverine neighborhoods. In-Person BerlinFranklin Kirimi • Joe Mulligan • Mukanga Pascal • Linnea Nilsson Let's plan for climate resilience: a Berlin case study in Mierendorff-Insel In-Person BerlinUlrich Heink • Sebastian Horstkotte • Lisa Nieße • The Nature Conservancy

10:00 EDT

Textile Islands: Weaving Geopolitics and Social Narratives in African Port-Cities In-Person BerlinSeth Kriger • Vida Madighi-Oghu Warm Data Lab In-Person BerlinMajka Baur • Franziska Gaupp • Kathleen Grieger • Julia Karmo • Katharina Ulbing Scaffolding, Timber, and Tiles: Artist Talk with TNOC Resident Artist, Yumiko Ono In-Person BerlinCarmen Bouyer • Patrick Lydon • Yumiko Ono Comparative Experiences in Community Interactions with Living Schoolyards In-Person BerlinRocio Alonso • Veronica Fabio • Miguel Kanai • Riccardo Saraco Divided Generations - a short film on local ecological knowledge In-Person BerlinBaiba Prūse Envisioning Action for a Symbiotic Bogotá In-Person BerlinMateo Villegas Villegas How to empower cities to lead the path forward in bold biodiversity action - the Berlin Urban Nature Pact In-Person BerlinAletta Bonn • Jennifer Cote • Florian Freutel • Stefanie Hennecke • Sandra Naumann • Kassia Rudd • Philipp LaHaela Walter • ICLEI Livable or Resilient? How biophilia enhances our cities In-Person BerlinDeborah Lefosse Nature-based solutions in the Global South: Opportunities and limitations in Policy and Practice In-Person BerlinLoan Diep • Franklin Kirimi • Erich Wolff • Nanyang Technological University Developing policies *that work* for nature and for people: a co-creation approach In-Person BerlinNatalia Burgos Cuevas • McKenna Davis • Ewa Iwaszuk • Ecologic Institute Launch of the English and Global South Edition of the "Guide for integrating nature-based solutions in urban planning". In-Person BerlinMcKenna Davis • Carolina Figueroa • Nadia Sitas • Andrea Svensson URBES FUTURES – Lessons learned for Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services - 10 years after BiodivERsa’s URBES project (2011-2014) In-Person BerlinFrancesc Baró • Niki Frantzeskaki • Chantal van Ham • Nadja Kabisch
 
Wednesday, June 5
 

05:00 EDT

Alternative food imaginaries In-Person BerlinCarla Rangel • Chiara Sgaramella Theatre as Collective Imagination: the space between what "Is" and what "Could Be" In-Person BerlinTamara Lynne [Visual] Storytelling for NbS In-Person BerlinMarta Delas • David Maddox • Joanna Winograd 5D Mapping the Future Together In-Person BerlinUri Noy Meir • Marina Demchenko • Lev Gordon • Marilyn Hamilton • Uri Noy Meir • Ferial Puren • Living Cities Earth A NbS tour around Europe: Local experiences and lessons learnt from working together with and for nature In-Person BerlinAnna Bruen • Firdaous HALIM • Shreya Utkarsh Experiential Futures: Are darker nightscapes the path for multispecies cities? In-Person BerlinAlannah Hofemeier • Loan Diep • Mariana Hernández • Danielle MacCarthy • Melissa Ingaruca Moreno Feminist City-making (FEM. DESign Network) In-Person BerlinNourhan Bassam, Ph.D. Interrupting narratives of human-nature connections for NBS governance In-Person BerlinJanneke den Dekker-Arlain Let's play! Designing nature-based solutions in Minecraft In-Person BerlinJagger Biggs • Ivan Gajos • Natasha Jacob • Paul Mahony Next (re)generation SDGs: Pathways to wholeness & aliveness In-Person BerlinMario Yanez • Mario Yanez Visioning healthy cities through Photovoice In-Person BerlinVanya Bisht • Marthe Derkzen • Yuliya Dzyuban Women placing biophilia at the heart of 21st century urbanism In-Person BerlinMay East An agile approach for NBS, placing end-users at the heart In-Person BerlinSara Maestre Andrés • Julie Callebaut • Sander Jacobs • Johannes Langemeyer • Michael Leone • Isabel Melo • Dieter Mortelmans • Diana Ruiz • Nicolas Salmon Towards a global roadmap for urban nature-based solutions In-Person BerlinLoan Diep • Yeowon Kim • Timon McPhearson • Natalie Pierson • Erich Wolff • NATURA

08:00 EDT

10:00 EDT

12:00 EDT

 
Thursday, June 6
 

03:00 EDT

Envisioning the City of 2100 - AI Future Booth In-Person BerlinEmma Defty • Brady Kuehl • Sebastian Plate Extending Ecology: An Oika Project for Personal and Planetary Prosperity In-Person BerlinRich Blundell • Rita Leduc Seeding Bad Seeds In-Person BerlinGabino Carballo Pérez • Gabino Carballo Pérez Bridging Worlds: Counteracting the extinction of nature experiences through digital engagement In-Person BerlinJohannes Langemeyer • Fulvia Calcagni • Fulvia Calcagni • Johannes Langemeyer Ethical Storytelling + Community Gardens In-Person BerlinTamara Becerra Valdez • Yaritza Guillen • Yaritza Guillen • Tamara Becerra Valdez Global to Local Workshop: Jumpstart the Creation of a Frameworks Guide for Practitioners In-Person BerlinLaura Costadone • Jennifer Rae Pierce Intervening in the urban metabolism - exploring tensions between efficiency, equity and liveability In-Person BerlinFunmi Adeniyi • Paul Currie • Jokudu Guya • Funmi Adeniyi • Paul Currie • Jokudu Guya • ICLEI River connectivity and pathways to nature-based transformations In-Person BerlinMandy Kuhn • Nancy Grimm • Nancy Grimm • Mandy Kuhn • NATURA Wild Spaces in Cities: worries, weeds, or welcome? In-Person BerlinMarcus Collier Developing your GID lens - Gender, Inclusion and Diversity in action! In-Person BerlinAdriana Duarte • Julia Gäckle • Kassia Rudd • Shreya Utkarsh • ICLEI Greenprints for resilient, biodiverse & healthy communities - Nature, People, Art and Science In-Person BerlinRob McDonald • Kierstyn Cox • Liz O'Donoghue • Christianah Oyenuga, Ph.D. • Carrie Schloss • The Nature Conservancy

05:00 EDT

Natural vs. Oppressive Systems thru Resilient Design In-Person BerlinToni Anderson • Toni Anderson Becoming ready for a future within the climate crisis In-Person BerlinRicardo Silva • Ricardo Silva Bridging Perspectives: Co-creating Nature-Based Futures Across Disciplines In-Person BerlinFrancesca Ferrara • Fine Frateur • Magdalena Janzic • Anne Loeckx • Alice Reil • Prospex Institute Building community through participatory action research In-Person BerlinJosefina Cortés • Lotte Dijkstra • Amber Grant • Daniel Sax Itree Eco adapted to Guatemala In-Person BerlinLucrecia Masaya Myers • Lucrecia Masaya Myers People-centered approach for nature-sensitive placemaking in African cities: leading from ground up In-Person BerlinFranklin Kirimi • Joe Mulligan • Linnea Nilsson Rewilding cities to remember we are one with nature In-Person BerlinTahia Devisscher • Damien Norris Roots grow in Silence In-Person BerlinValerie Voggenreiter • Valerie Voggenreiter Sharing Experiences about Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Small and Medium Islands In-Person BerlinMario Balzan • Mario Balzan Transforming Car Culture In-Person BerlinLinda M Wysong • Linda M Wysong Demystifying Systems Thinking for Complex Urban Challenges In-Person BerlinLuciana Maia • Purvisha Sutaria • Birte Dohlen • Anya Low • Anya Low Evaluating nature in cities: a beginner’s guide to ecosystem service modelling In-Person BerlinLeanne Tan • Emma Ramsay • Emma Ramsay • Nanyang Technological University Urban Green Infrastructure Walk Shop In-Person BerlinSean Vrielink • Sean Vrielink

09:30 EDT

11:30 EDT

 
Friday, June 7
 

03:00 EDT

04:00 EDT

 


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