Gijs Könings is the Assistant Project Manager for the Circular Economy at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Berlin and the organizer of “Circular Design Sprint”, an online workshop for new material use in the fashion industry. Through the Circular Design Sprint, Dutch...
Circular Berlin bereitet die Serie von Interviews in englischer und deutscher Sprache mit den Praktikern des Themas Circular Economy im Bausektor vor, um mit ihnen die Erkenntnisse der Circular Economy zu erkunden. restado schafft einen Markt für übrige und wiedergewonnene Baustoffe. Das Green Impact Startup gehört zu den Top 100...
Flexible packaging? Rigid packaging? Transportation packaging? Food-contact related packaging? - It is not easy to bring this topic under one term, even though we call all it “packaging.” On February 26th, Circular Berlin together with RawParadise and Project Together hosted our first event in 2020, where we shared our knowledge...
In the beginning of February we got together for our team retreat to discuss the work focus of our year. As a non profit organisation we have big plans ahead, but it also means without your help and support it will not be possible to move forward. 2019 was exciting,...
Last year Circular Berlin took part in a big project run together with EIT Climate-KIC, building a circular construction ecosystem in Berlin. Of course building the ecosystem is not a one year task, it is a long way to go, but we are glad to keep the ball rolling. During...
Cities are major centres of the human population, economic capital, natural resource use, and waste generation. In Circular Berlin we strongly believe that the Circular City is the future approach to address the pressing topic of resources. Here is how we define it for our work: Resources are sourced locally, if possible, used only if truly needed, and their value is maintained as part of a continuous...
Circular Berlin (Germany), Leuven2030 (Belgium) and the City of Lousada (Portugal) were announced as the finalists of the 2019 Transformative Action Award. The European sustainability award is organised by ICLEI, the Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark) and supported by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the European Investment Bank (EIB)....
Together with the Urban Ideation Lab at B-Part Am Gleisdreieck on August 22, 2019, Circular Berlin discussed the topic of spaces and how the use of space in the building can underpin circular construction. To accelerate the transformation from linear to circular economy in the construction sector, there is an...
Transformation towards the circular city or circular society is a long process, which is hardly explored. It is a process where the outcomes are not fully predictable. Despite the fact that a lot of research was already initiated in the last years to assess the outcomes, to make a step...
On the 9th of April, we had the honor to host our first community meet-up. It was an extraordinary event meeting so many enthusiasts, organizations and experts in this field under one roof. The event was jointly organized with other Berlin active projects and organizations, pushing the topic Circular Economy and...
