Neuigkeiten, Updates & Meinungen
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...
We need to engage our whole community in the topic of circular economy for Berlin to become a circular city, which means teaching circular principles to small children and seasoned professionals alike. But how? What are the practical ways we can inspire kindergarteners to think about waste and material loops?...
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...
Transitioning to a circular economy requires a lot: business innovation, consumer behavior change, new policy frameworks, community engagement. But one thing has to happen before any of those changes can take place: people need to learn what the circular economy is, and how to make it happen. Behind every business...
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...
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...