The project circular school (“Kreislaufschule”) is a creative project format for schools. Through a series of creative and activist projects, students transform their school bit by bit, resource by resource, into a sustainable closed loop school. At the end the school is awarded the “Circular School Certificate". At the end...
It has been strange times with lots of opportunities since March. For circular Berlin we faced the same challenge, many of us had to face: „How might we bring our work into an online world, in order not to pause it?” Circular Economy or not, as facilitators the idea of...
Haus der Materialisierung is Berlin’s new lab for secondary materials. As Circular Berlin, we are taking part in building it and can report from the front lines. This is a sneak peak on what it’s about, where we stand, and what to expect in the near future. Secondary, used materials...
In 2020 Circular Berlin is part of the project City Loops, with such partners as Provadis Hochschule (Germany), Wuppertal Institute (Germany), CleanTech Bulgaria (Bulgaria), Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (United Kingdom). The core of the project is to bring circular economy thinking for the practitioners using advanced circular economy tools such...
Firstly, circularity practices are not part of Berlin schools' regular syllabus. It is however important to raise awareness on this topic among young students as they represent our future. Secondly, most schools in Berlin are not run taking circular or sustainable practices into account. The Kreativitätsgrundschule Karlshorst is trying to...
As we grew to 20+ people over the past years, we have always thought of bringing more people together, to work on Berlin's circular economy. Today we are excited to introduce the Community Membership: a place to collaborate, learn, and develop your skills amongst other circular economy professionals. ...
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,...
Circular Berlin, together with BUND Berlin and GRÜNE LIGA Landesverband Berlin, has developed a zero waste concept for public spaces and events in the district of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The four month project collaboration was successfully completed in December 2019, with a final press conference in early January. By commissioning the...
Much has changed since the beginning of 2019 - from incorporating our organization and growing our team, to getting engaged in industry and municipal projects. Grab a cup of coffee and dive into the little insights of our activities this year! Developing Circular Berlin into a true entity We have...
Project "Kreislaufschule" (Circular School) has started! Together with the initiatives Zero Waste Your Life and Mifactori Circular Berlin has been granted the funding from the Berliner Projektfonds kulturelle Bildung to run a yearlong pilot program on circular practices with an elementary school in Berlin-Karlshorst. So far, we have conducted workshops exploring how to close...
