CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 🌞 RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION 🛟 SOCIAL EQUITY AND A CITY FOR ALL 💕
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION 🌞 RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION 🛟 SOCIAL EQUITY AND A CITY FOR ALL 💕
BERLIN 🐻 AN EMERGING 🐝 GLOBAL 🌍 IMPACT CAPITAL 🌳
BERLIN 🐻 AN EMERGING 🐝 GLOBAL 🌍 IMPACT CAPITAL 🌳
How is Berlin’s impact ecosystem contributing to tackling sustainability challenges and building solutions that ease the consequences of climate change, while pioneering equitable initiatives?
A collection of impact stories that showcase how Berlin is emerging as a global impact capital.
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Story No. 1
Berlin and the ocean.
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Landlocked 😭
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but saving the oceans.
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Berlin, known more for history and hedonism than humpback whales, has become an unexpected advocate for ocean conservation. The city's innovative startups are making a global impact, showing that saving the seas isn't confined to coastal areas.
Story No. 2
A grassroots movement for greener cities.
Schrebergärten
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the environment hubs.
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Learn about these truly green hubs and how communities can be activated to transform the landscape and climate of a city, one garden at a time.
Story No. 3
Innovation on the plate.
👋🤤 Guten Appetit.
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Changing dietary habits or how we source and produce food is instrumental if we want to reduce CO2 emissions and be ready to face disruptions in supply chains or extinction of crops.
There is more than Döner
and Currywurst going on.
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A hub for food innovation, Berlin is at the forefront of the movement towards sustainable and healthier food options, with numerous startups dedicated to pioneering the future of food such as Project Eaden and BettaF!sh. These visionary companies are focused on developing innovative meat, dairy, and egg alternatives and other cutting-edge food technologies that prioritize environmental sustainability while promoting better health.
OK 👍 TO TAKEAWAY 🍽️ ZU MIT NEHMEN 🍲
OK 👍 TO TAKEAWAY 🍽️ ZU MIT NEHMEN 🍲
Story No. 4
Ideas taking off.
We have 3 airports
that are not bad for
the environment. 💺
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Discover how Berlin is transforming old airport infrastructure into innovative urban spaces, green parks, vibrant cultural hubs, and sustainable community centers—showing how it’s done for other cities grappling with unused aviation facilities.
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TEMPLEHOFER FELD
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TXL URBAN TECH REPUBLIC
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SCHÖNEFELD
(Just nothing to see there yet)
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Story No. 5
Impact happens at the intersection.
Berlin is one of the best places in the world for people looking to join or start an impact business. But that depends on who you talk to.
Does the Impact Paradise fame hold its own when the startup ecosystem and other businesses are still far from being truly inclusive? How can Berlin address its biases and social injustices to nurture the best talent?
Story No. 6
Spätis — Coming Soon.
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Microhubs?
Introducing: Spätis
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A wealth of microhubs is ready for an update. Berlin has a network of hundreds of loved neighborhood shops that can be used as a force for cohesion and digitalization.
⏱️ COMING SOON
‘Anmeldung’ at the Späti.
DECENTRALIZED SERVICES
‘Anmeldung’ is a process new Berliners need to go through to register in the city. Currently, it can be hard to get an appointment but there are some workarounds. What if that could be done in one of the hundreds of convenience stores throughout the city, along with other citizen services?
Story No. 7
Tackling emissions— Coming soon.
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The most common policy in Berlin is:
'Heute, leider nicht.'😢
One of the most famous clubs in the world is known for its strict door policy. ‘Heute, leider nicht’ is a commonly used sentence by bouncers to party people. The city that is home to Berghain might be soon known for its equally strict CO2 emissions policy.
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