Neuigkeiten, Updates & Meinungen
For the first time, Circular Berlin in collaboration with TU Berlin organised an Online Summer School. Seven Students with diverse backgrounds from Europe, the UK, Switzerland, and Hong Kong as well as two professionals took part in the three-week long programme. The central question of the Summer School was: how...
Im Rahmen des laufenden Projekts über Circular Economy in der Bauindustrie, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem EIT Climate-KIC, sprach Circular Berlin Circular Berlin mit Stefan Schautes von HOWOGE über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Kreislaufwirtschaft für den nachhaltigen Wohnungsbau. Foto: Harry Schnitger Stefan Schautes ist zuständig für den Bereich Neubau und...
Despite the challenging circumstances modern society faces today, Circular Berlin continues to invest energy in reshaping the systems in which our society depends upon. In relation to the food system, It is urgent that we align with environmental practices in the way that we produce food; reconciling ourselves with the...
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. ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for global markets and their manufacturing. The crisis has exposed the lack of resiliency specifically within the fashion industry supply chain, while simultaneously highlighting positive opportunities rising from the crisis. Circular Berlin wanted to explore the role of circularity in creating a more...
Architecture, engineering and the construction industry face an unprecedented and urgent need to be at the forefront of systematic change towards a circular economy. Accelerating the transition to a circular built environment, together with EIT Climate-KIC, Circular Berlin spoke to Andrea Klinge to obtain key insights on the circular economy...