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Gerichtstr. 23 VH EG / front house, ground floor

(weiter unten auf deutsch)

EN

At last, its time to begin the building phase for Baumhaus 2.0!

This is an open meeting for people who would like to join in building the Baumhaus space this summer and into the autumn. At this meeting you can:

– understand the building concept and timeline
– find out what projects are available to work on
– sign up for builders / designers / helpers mail lists
– ask lots of questions

(you can already sign up to help preparing the space the week of 15.06. – 18.06.):

p.s. we are having a closing celebration party after the meeting:

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Overview:

BUILDING, DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY We are renovating our storefront space and building the ‘indoor tree house’. We will use art, design and technology to create a unique and symbolic space. We want to

build in organic style, think Gaudi plus ‘Lord of the rings’ plus ‘Avatar’. A lot of stuff needs to get designed, developped and built:

– Furniture
– Lighting Fixtures
– technological designs for sentient lighting (arduino, LEDs, motion / proximity sensors)
– Projection Mapping
– Architectural Installations
– Vertical Gardens
– Kitchen
– Bathrooms
– Up-cycled and recycled Products
– Material Research (Wood, Clay, Metal, Glas, up- or recycable materials)
– General decoration & Painting

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Und endlich beginnt sie doch: die Bauphase für das Baumhaus 2.0!

Wir laden ein zu einem offenen Treffen für alle, die gerne beim Bauen diesen Sommer und Herbst mitmachen oder unterstützen wollen.

Es geht um das Baukonzept, den Zeitplan, an welchen Projekten wer wie arbeiten will… und natürlich um was auch immer ihr wissen oder besprechen wollt.

(für das Aufräumen und Ausräumen und Abreißen vom 15. – 18.6. könnt ihr euch jetzt schon eintragen)

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BAUEN, DESIGN & TECHNIK Wir renovieren unser Ladenlokal und bauen ein “Indoor Baumhaus”. Mit Kunst, Design und Technik schaffen wir einen einmaligen und symbolischen Raum. Wir bauen im organischen Designstyl, à la Gaudi plus ‘Herr der Ringe’ plus ‘Avatar’. Wir entwickeln und bauen:

– Möbel
– Beleuchtung
– Technisches Design für sentient lighting (arduino, LEDs, motion / proximity sensors)
– Projection Mapping
– Architektonische Installationen
– Hängende Gärten
– Küche
– Toiletten
– Up-cycled und recycled Produkte
– Materialsuche (Holz, Lehm, Metal, Glas, up- oder recycable Materialien)
– Mahlen

“Above and Beyond – Part 2”  :: Gerichtstr. 23, front house, ground floor (VH / EG)

19:30 – doors open, open greeting zone social time

20:00 – warm up and session begin

Here is a small sample of what we did during the first session with Ben Jeffries and the Berlin “Singing In The City” Meetup group: “Above and Beyond”

The mission this week is to continue creating the soundtrack for the upcoming Baumhaus crowd-funding video that will be launched this summer.

After we warm up and listen to a bit of the first session, we will continue to riff on an original song called “Above & Beyond” as a soulful gospel spiritual-esque jam out groove. Then we will also just open up the sound space to other fun improvisational compositions of the moment…

This promises to be another a highly engaging and fun evening! … And the last session in Baumhaus 1.0 before the renovations begin… No worries, we will meet in the great outdoors in some sessions this summer!

Info and details for how this workshop normally works ( EN / DE )

*Please try to come before 8 when we start warming up so you don’t interrupt the flow…

The challenge: Design compost toilets that comply to standards for public spaces

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Toiletten gehören zur essentiellen Hardware, die wir in Zukunft brauchen werden, um eine Lösung für Probleme wie peak-Phosphat zu finden, indem wir die Kreisläufe zwischen Landwirtschaft (Dünger) und Abwasser schließen. Ich möchte Eco-Toi u.ä. gewinnen, mit uns an einer Version ihrer Kompost-Toilette zu arbeiten, die öffentlich aufgestellt werden kann, z.B. auf beliebten Plätzen wie dem Mauerpark-Flohmarkt. Es müssen also Probleme wie Hygienestandards, Langlebigkeit, einfache und Wartung, und intuitive Nutzersteuerung (damit sie die Dinger richtig benutzen) gelöst werden.  mehr info…

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During the OSCE Days 2015 in Berlin, we want to work on the challenges we face on the way to an open source prototype for a public nutrient-recycling toilet. Feel free to join and share your ideas!  Creating an economy for the nutrient cycle is one of the most urgent and underestimated issues in the coming years. Especially peak-phosphate is a phenomenon that is as overlooked as it is pressing. Phosphate is a mineral all living things on earth need in a far greater quantity than is available in the untreated earth’s crust. This means that we need to either recycle it or, as it is currently and very unsustainably done, add it artificially from mining sources that deplete rapidly and are located in unstable or dictatorial countries, most of it in China.  more info…

Come by, get more information and help on the spot to collaboratively organize our grassroot summer festival for local changemakers in Berlin!

After two public planning meetings, we have lots of wonderful ideas and concepts, the date is fixed (first weekend of september), enough spaces are found and the structure is set (short presentations, workshops, welcome & meeting space, music, food…).

Now it’s time to start the real work. We will:

• start forming working groups for different program areas of the festival, planning in detail what needs to get done and creating framworks and work packages for volunteers

• start setting up the website, go through last years texts and images and write new texts and calls for participation

• start creating hand-made posters. we’ll have some stuff here, but you’re very welcome to bring your own paint and tools and materials

Feel free to come by our open office day and join with whatever you would love to work on…

Wednesday, 10th of June, 18:00 – 21:00

Adress: Gerichtstr. 23, front building 3rd floor – doorbell “Wohlert / Bolden”

This week and next week we will combine forces with Singing In The City, a proper choir project led by Ben Jeffries!

This time the mission is to create the soundtrack for the upcoming Baumhaus crowd-funding video that will be launched this summer.

Ben will lead us in developing an original song called “Above & Beyond” that will start out in a classical march style and evolve into a soulful gospel spiritual-esque jam out groove. In return, we will share some of our improvisational groove vibes with members of Ben’s choir…

This promises to be a highly engaging and fun evening!

Address and details for how this workshop normally works ( EN / DE )

(weiter unten auf deutsch) (full meeting schedule in english)

This year we are moving the Emergent Berlin Festival of sustainable initiatives to Wedding! This is an open invitation for people participate from the early planning stages of this event. Here is a link to the event from the past 2 years

+ A promotional video developed by our friends at aoamor.com :

This time around, we would like to have the festival run over 2 days; a full weekend of emergent behavior catalyzed by sustainable ideas!

So far, the choice is between the 3rd or 4th weekend in July or the 1st weekend in August…

* come for the meeting, stay for the party after…

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Sustainability also means ‘the ability to maintain balance’, keeping in mind that balance is a dynamic activity.

The festival looks to bring together sustainable organizations, individuals, investors, supporters, businesses and curious citizens who want to learn more or even get involved and start their own initiatives. What new ideas, collaborations, initiatives and actions can EMERGE from gathering people together catalyzed by the idea of living sustainably?

The festival focusses on 6 dimensions of sustainability (P.E.A.C.E.S. framework):
(these are just broad & flexible working descriptions)

• Personal – who am I, where am I at in my life, where do I want to be and how do I get there? How do we find balance in our personal lives?

• Ecological – Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility, how can we live in balance with the ecosystem that supports life on the planet?

• Aesthetic – understanding and being in touch with the many ways it’s possible to sense the world (seeing, touching, smelling, hearing, tasting, intuition +)

• Cultural – how do we appreciate and learn from our differences but also focus on what we have in common?

• Economic – how can we create more balanced systems of organizing ourselves to live humanely together?

• Social – how can we learn to communicate with each other so that we can truly understand each other and work collaboratively to support each other?

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Dieses Jahr ziehen wir mit dem Emergent Berlin Fest für nachhaltige lokale Initiativen in den Wedding! Wir laden alle ein, schon bei den ersten Planungen der Veranstaltung mitzumachen. Hier ein Link zu den Festivals der letzten 2 Jahre

+ Promovideo by Aoamor:

Wir denken, dieses Jahr sollte das Festival über zwei Tage gehen (bisher war es nur ein Tag) – ein ganzes Wochenende voll mit guten Leuten und nachhaltigen Ideen.

Bisher ist die Wahl zwischen dem dritten oder vierten Juli-Wochenende oder dem ersten August-Wochenende…

*Komm zum Treffen, und bleibe dann zur Party…

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Nachhaltigkeit bedeutet ‘die Fähigkeit, Balance zu bewahren’, wobei Balance eine dynamische Aktivität ist…

Mit dem Emergent Berlin Fest wollen wir nachhaltige Projekte, Personen, und Organisationen und interessierte Berlinerinnen und Berliner zusammenbringen, die mehr erfahren, sich engagieren oder eigene Initiativen starten wollen.
Welche neuen Ideen, Kooperationen, Initiativen und Aktionen können entstehen (“emerge”), wenn Menschen zum Thema nachhaltiges Leben zusammenkommen?

Unter dem Begriff Nachhaltigkeit bringen wir Ideen und Projekte aus einem breiten Spektrum zusammen. Wir fokussieren auf 6 Dimensionen, die nachhaltige Entwicklung vorantreiben. Unsere Definitionen, mit denen wir arbeiten (nur als vorläufige und flexible Beschreibungen):

• Persönlich – Wer bin ich? Wo bin ich in meinem Leben? Wo will ich sein und wie komme ich dahin? Wie finden wir Balance in unserem persönlichen Leben?

• Ökologisch – “Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Responsibility” (Überdenken, Reduzieren, Wiederverwenden, Verantwortung) – Wie können wir in Balance mit dem Ökosystem leben, das Leben auf diesem Planeten ermöglicht?

• Ästhetisch – Wie wir die vielen Möglichkeiten, die Welt wahrzunehmen, verstehen und mit ihnen in Verbindung sein können (sehen, fühlen, riechen, hören…).

• Kulturell – Wie können wir unsere Differenzen wertschätzen und von ihnen lernen, aber auch: wie können wir auf unsere Gemeinsamkeiten fokussieren?

• Ökonomisch – Wie können wir zusammen bessere Strukturen organisieren, so dass wir gemeinsam gut leben können?

• Sozial – Wir könne wir lernen, miteinander gut zu kommunizieren, so dass wir uns wirklich verstehen und zusammenarbeiten können, um uns gegenseitig zu unterstützen?

MakeSense social entrepreneurs are excited to invite our friends from OuiShare and Food Surplus Entrepreneurs Network to join this very special SenseDrink.
After a fantastic #Refugeemonth, throughout which MakeSense Berlin mobilized 600+ people together with its partners, we thought:
LETS DO IT AGAIN – AND EVEN MORE!

With both OuiShare and FSE Network, we’ll share with you our next Cause Month focusing on sustainable consumption and Food Surplus reduction. The European scene is vibrant at the moment – perhaps it’s time for a big bang in Berlin?!

Programme:
7:00pm – Doors open
8:00pm – Welcome word
8:15pm – Introducing MakeSense, OuiShare and FSE
8:30pm – Recap of the Refugee Month and its impact
9:00pm – Presenting the Food (Surplus) Month
9:15pm – Open Mic for Foodwaste entrepreneurs
9:30pm – Drinks and networking

Come along if you’d like to help with a cause and/or learn more on the participanting organisations.

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Sensedrinks are informal gatherings of the local MakeSense Community to meet fellow changemakers, learn about social entrepreneurship and social innovation in Berlin. AND to have one or more beers with super cool people.
Happening every second Wednesday of the month.
www.berlin.makesense.org

>>> FULL INFO <<<

This functional movement class, similar to the previous, shall continue with new material presented in a structured format interweaving into a guided open jam.

In Contact Impro* – its about the positions and the transitions. . . .

Making sensible movement with body puzzles, finding fresh perspectives with patterns, and navigating continuity in pathways.

There are biomechanical exercises and movement patterns for challenging our bodymind, they can reveal habits and indicate interesting alternatives. In this class we’ll engage these physical rudiments in solo and duet.

Standup presentation of the Open Civic Society Project.

How you can be part of it.

Discussion about the need and importance of transparency and it’s impacts on privacy.

http://opencivicsociety.org/

http://www.meetup.com/Berlin-open-civic/events/221673325/