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  • [:en]Volunteers needed on 18th and 19th![:]

    [:en]Volunteers needed on 18th and 19th![:]

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    Volunteers needed on 18th and 19th!
    First the Good News…
    acTVism just released a video of Scott giving an improv interview during a busy Community Networking Night about some of the ideas behind the project.
    Speaking of Community Networking Night, we are back in action Jan 17 and every Thursday until Summer…

    And now the Unfolding Drama…

    2019 Begins With Some De-Constructive Re-Creation

    Episode 1 – A Baumhaus Under Siege

    A last minute invasion has

    created a real crap situation…

    Our Hausverwaltung said “All pipes must go!”

    The ones up above, and the ones down below…

    More helping hands are needed for healing and growing,
    So come by this week to keep the Baumhaus flow going…
    In the middle of December 2018, short before the holiday break we found out from our Hausverwaltung that we would have to endure some pretty major renovations to replace ALL the pipes in the entire building (inside and outside the walls) for legal purposes.   So, since the 7th of January we have had a full invasion of Handwerkers making massive holes in the walls, ceilings and floors of not only the Baumhaus but our WG above, plus no running water or toilets during the days last week…
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    With the holes came lots of loud noise and plenty of dust which could not have come at a worse time because we had 2 big events planned for months.  We have been working full time all week last week and this week so far building tents and protection to keep the dust isolated to some small work areas as well as helping to manage the de-/construction efforts.
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    Now there is still some work to be done before a big event with the Wuppertal Institut on Monday the 21st.
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    • We are seeking volunteers for Jan 18 and 19 to come by and help us clean up, set and put the space back together plus continue working on a few other special projects.  We could also use some volunteer help cooking, serving and cleaning on Jan 20 and 21, the details of each date are below.
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    • If you would like to help out, please send an email to info@baumhausberlin.de to let us know what day and time we you you can come to help with.
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    To show our appreciation for volunteers, we would like to offer a free participation at any of our upcoming Active Art Salon workshops where we help participants take their interests, goals, passions, skills and talents and create some solid realistic and personally engaging concepts for making the world a better place right here and now!
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    This is what can get done:
    – planning and working on the new hydroponic vertical garden “Green Wall” installation
    – sanding modular table legs for new henna artwork by Linda Mey
    – painting over damaged and repaired areas from building
    – processing typical waste materials into functional building and design materials
    – re-potting existing plants
    – arranging graphic displays/installations
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    17 Jan (Th/Do) • 18:00 – 23:00 Community Networking Night
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    18 Jan (Fr) • 9:00 – 18:00 Cleaning and Building
    18 Jan • 19:00 – Vertical Garden Installation Planning Meeting
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    19 Jan (Sa) • 10:00 – 15:00 Cleaning and Building
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    20 Jan (Su/So) • 12 – 19:00 Cleaning and Cooking for big event on 21st
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    21 Jan (Mo) • 11:00 – 17:00 Setting Up, Cooking and Cleaning
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    Thanks!
    Scott and Karen

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  • Faces – Looking Back and Forward to the rest of April 2018

    Faces – Looking Back and Forward to the rest of April 2018

    A bit of everything coming up these next 2 weeks including: Tech Team Night (nerds unite!), Thursday Community Networking nights, Beer Brewing, Plants and Party, Panke Flea Market Dj gig, Active Building Sessions, Organic Jam Sessions, Poetry Workshop, Super Social Sunday + Open Calls for participation…

    18.04. – Open Tech Team Meeting
    https://www.facebook.com/events/968962506598214/

    19.04. – Community Night, Buffet, Quick Pitches, Vocal Jam Session
    https://www.facebook.com/events/161215307902316/

    21.04. – Beer Brewing Workshop
    https://www.facebook.com/events/1700299613400284/

    21.04. – Plant & Party
    https://www.facebook.com/events/201570863907547/

    22.04. – Panke Flea Market (Baumhaus will have a table there)
    https://www.facebook.com/Pankeufer/

    23.-25.04. – Active Building Sessions
    https://www.facebook.com/events/215274089230865/

    25.04. – FLOW musical meditation and Jam Session
    https://www.facebook.com/events/907227522768230/

    26.04. – Poetry Workshop (DE)
    https://www.facebook.com/events/1969716526689990/

    26.04. – Community Night, Buffet, Quick Pitches, Vocal Jam Session
    https://www.facebook.com/events/1697191727041753/

    29.04. – Super Social Soli Sunday Brunch
    https://www.facebook.com/events/193727881245210/

    + OPEN CALL for Collaborations
    https://www.facebook.com/events/178569769423750/

  • Sights & Sounds From People, Projects, Events :: March 13 – 31

    Sights & Sounds From People, Projects, Events :: March 13 – 31

    More progress on all fronts the last half of March including collaborative building and design sessions, some really great community networking nights, some great sound recordings from our I.G.O. vocal improv meditative jam sessions, workshops, presentations and general good vibes… More on the Horizon:
     
    Thursday Community Networking Night
    • Apr 5 – https://www.facebook.com/events/405978876492386/
    • Apr 12 – https://www.facebook.com/events/1467561576687805/
     
    Latest I.G.O. Sound recordings
    https://soundcloud.com/das-baumhaus/tracks
     
    • Sunday, Apr 15
    Super Social Soli Sunday Brunch – inspiring and supporting each other to make some of the basic changes in our lives actually happen by doing them together!
    https://www.facebook.com/events/187314108725124/
     
    • Entire Month of April – Collaborative Building Sessions :: Check out our open call for participation doing the stuff you love to do, write us a note and we will find some time to meet!
    https://www.facebook.com/events/178569769423750/
     
    **Special thanks to Reda Youssef for helping to take some great photos during our community nights and to Charles at The Forsberg for the nice community bar tending workshop!

  • Busy Hosting Some Great Organizations

    We have been pretty busy since Nov 2017 until now hosting all sorts of great events. A big thanks to our patrons including Brot für die Welt​, COB1​, Oikocredit Deutschland​, Journey 2 Creation​, Slow Food Youth Deutschland​, UN Climate German Youth Delgation, BUNDjugend​, Europa-Universität Flensberg, Gemeinwohl-Ökonomie​ and the several other smaller but important gatherings of good people doing great work.

    Our regular Spring schedule in between space rentals and project work:

    • Every Thursday – Community Networking Night: 16:00 – 22:00

    • On going – Open call for participation in collaborative projects

    • Last Weds of every month – FLOW meditative jam session

    + ask about joining our regular KlimaKollektiv gatherings and workshops on Tuesdays starting March 27…

    272 Images from events, mid Nov – mid Feb

    Also available on Facebook

  • Collaborative Sustainable Design In Action – Join In!

    Collaborative Sustainable Design In Action – Join In!

    In January of 2018 Baumhaus was commissioned by BUNDjugend to build a large “witches kettle” to be used as a theatrical prop during the Wir haben es satt demonstration for sustainable agriculture. Since the prop was only going to be used for 1 day, we designed it in a modular way so it could be partially disassembled, re-configured and then permanently installed into the interior of the Baumhaus. We even figured out a cool way to up-cycle old wooden veggie boxes that normally get thrown away!

    Check out our progress so far and feel free to let us know if you would like to join in with these or any number of other practical sustainable projects and actions we have going on. Write us a mail to let us know what super powers you would like to share to make the world a better place right here in Berlin.

    Here are a list of activities we will be engaged in over the next months and the details for how to participate…

    If you want to check out things in person first then feel free to drop by any Thursday between 16:00 and 22:00 during our community networking evening and all you can eat bio-buffet…: https://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/event/bio-buffet-improvisational-groove-orchestra-vocal-jam-session/?instance_id=10525

  • Thursday Night Community Nights, the many faces and phases

    Thursday Night Community Nights, the many faces and phases

    Our Community Night brings together all sorts of good people to engage in collaboratively supporting each other in making the world a more balanced place now. We are very happy that there always seems to be such a great vibe in the space so thanks to everyone who helped to make it happen over the past few months!

    • Join us any Thursday.

  • The last half of the first Conference Of Berlin – Nov 2017

    [:de]Finally, catching up with some photos from the end of last year…!  Check out the COB1 website for details about the events (DE).

    [:en]Finally, catching up with some photos from the end of last year…!  Check out the COB1 website for details about the events (EN).

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  • [:de]Emergent Berlin Week 2 Action, so far… (EN)[:en]Emergent Berlin Week 2 Action, so far…[:]

    The links for our closing weekend celebration and workshop schedule are posted:

    Sat – Theme Day Economic Sustainability
    Sun – Theme Day Social Sustainability
    WEEK 2 Action (so far…) Mindfulness meditation workout yoga – scrum master lessons – natural soap making workshop – Conference of Berliners #1 – Emergent Concert – Gestalt Personal Therapy Workshop – Wood Construction Detailing – Self determined education workshop – up-cycling workshops – general hanging out and good vibes +

  • [:de]Program for Week 2 & Documentation of Week 1 (EN)[:en]Program for Week 2 & Documentation of Week 1[:]

    [:de]Starting right now and straight through the next week, check out the program for Emergent Berlin 2017 Week 2 and enjoy some documentation of Week 1:

    Su 10 Sep 18:00 – Workshop + Theme “Cultural Sustainability”
    Su 10 Sep 18:45 – Natural Soap-making Workshop
    Mo 11 Sep 20:00 – Infoabend #1: Mitmachen bei der COB1 (a people’s climate conference)
    Tu 12 Sep 19:00 – Emergent Concert (Live with Dj) + Baumhaus Language Exchange
    We 13 Sep 19:00 – Self determined education for everyone? / Selbstbestimmte Bildung für alle? Ein Austauschabend
    Th 14 Sep 16:00 – Flying Roasters Tour (starts at Baumhaus Berlin)
    Th 14 Sep 17:00 – Community Night & Improvisational Groove Orchestra – vocal jam session
    Th 14 Sep 19:00 – Audio for 360 Videos and Virtual Reality
    Fr 15 Sep 18:00 – Workshop “Crochet basic stitches”
    Stay Tuned for details of the closing events of both Emergent Berlin and Wandel Woche Berlin/Brandenburg on Sept 16 & 17…

     

    [:en]Starting right now and straight through the next week, check out the program for Emergent Berlin 2017 Week 2 and enjoy some documentation of Week 1:

    Su 10 Sep 18:00 – Workshop + Theme “Cultural Sustainability”
    Su 10 Sep 18:45 – Natural Soap-making Workshop
    Mo 11 Sep 20:00 – Infoabend #1: Mitmachen bei der COB1 (a people’s climate conference)
    Tu 12 Sep 19:00 – Emergent Concert (Live with Dj) + Baumhaus Language Exchange
    We 13 Sep 19:00 – Self determined education for everyone? / Selbstbestimmte Bildung für alle? Ein Austauschabend
    Th 14 Sep 16:00 – Flying Roasters Tour (starts at Baumhaus Berlin)
    Th 14 Sep 17:00 – Community Night & Improvisational Groove Orchestra – vocal jam session
    Th 14 Sep 19:00 – Audio for 360 Videos and Virtual Reality
    Fr 15 Sep 18:00 – Workshop “Crochet basic stitches”
    Stay Tuned for details of the closing events of both Emergent Berlin and Wandel Woche Berlin/Brandenburg on Sept 16 & 17…

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  • [:de]Emergent Berlin Day 1 – Personal Sustainability + preceeding week (EN)[:en]Emergent Berlin Day 1 – Personal Sustainability + preceeding week[:]

    [:de]A great start and a great lead up to our 5th Emergent Berlin fest happening from Sept 2 until 17! Great stuff happening right now and all week including Open Neworking Space, Quick pitches & Project presentations each night + WORKSHOPS:

    So 3 Sept: Theme day Ecological Sustainability individual help sessions:
    Mo 4 Sept 7p: Making ceramic tiles with Suzanne + Open Space networking
    Tu 5 Sept 7p: Learning to eat healthy with Linh Le of Niaria (focus- animal vs plant proteins)
    We 6 Sept 7p: Making Up-cycled Chairs with Material Mafia :: Emergent Berlin
    We 6 Sept 7:30p: Ana Chandra – Human Revolution ARTelier :: Art/Play/Creativity
    Th 7 Sept 6p (Himmel Beet): How to build a mobile solar system?
    Th 7 Sept 5p-10p: Baumhaus Community Night / Bio Buffet / Jam Session
    Fr 8 Sept 6:30p: Bildet Banden! Und wenn es knirrscht? (Skills for Groups)
    Fr 8 Sept 7p: Project Presentation / Workshop “Kollektiv Aktiv” (matching skills, projects and people)
    + week 2 program coming soon!

     

    [:en]A great start and a great lead up to our 5th Emergent Berlin fest happening from Sept 2 until 17! Great stuff happening right now and all week including Open Neworking Space, Quick pitches & Project presentations each night + WORKSHOPS:

    So 3 Sept: Theme day Ecological Sustainability individual help sessions:
    Mo 4 Sept 7p: Making ceramic tiles with Suzanne + Open Space networking
    Tu 5 Sept 7p: Learning to eat healthy with Linh Le of Niaria (focus- animal vs plant proteins)
    We 6 Sept 7p: Making Up-cycled Chairs with Material Mafia :: Emergent Berlin
    We 6 Sept 7:30p: Ana Chandra – Human Revolution ARTelier :: Art/Play/Creativity
    Th 7 Sept 6p (Himmel Beet): How to build a mobile solar system?
    Th 7 Sept 5p-10p: Baumhaus Community Night / Bio Buffet / Jam Session
    Fr 8 Sept 6:30p: Bildet Banden! Und wenn es knirrscht? (Skills for Groups)
    Fr 8 Sept 7p: Project Presentation / Workshop “Kollektiv Aktiv” (matching skills, projects and people)
    + week 2 program coming soon!

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