The Edible City – a strategic step towards healthy, liveable and sustainably productive urban landscapes – a panel discussion with EdiCitNet member Dr. Ina Säumel and science journalist Katharina Jakob.

On Monday, September 28 at 5.30 p.m.

The term “edible city” was established several years ago for cities that incorporate a holistic concept of urban gardening and sustainable nutrition into their planning. How is the situation in Berlin shaping up? What possibilities are there for implementing this concept here? These and many other questions will be discussed on Monday at Urania Berlin.

The event will be held in German and is free of charge, but there is a limited contingent, so you should register as soon as possible: https://www.urania.de/die-essbare-stadt-ein-strategischer-schritt-zu-gesunden-lebenswerten-und-nachhaltig-produktiven

We are pleased to introduce to you the platform mundraub, which is an official partner of the Edible Cities Network.

mundraub.org is the largest German-speaking platform for the discovery and use of edible landscapes. It enables you to map sites, create actions and found groups. mundraub.org creates awareness for regionality and seasonality and wants to motivate you to perceive and use your surroundings in a culinary way. So you can see on a map where you can pick fruit or harvest vegetables in your area. This mapping tool is already serving as an Edible City Solution itself. Their almost ten-year knowledge in collecting and visualizing data will aid in creating and visualizing the Edible City Network.

They also organize harvesting and planting activities and offer guided discovery tours and support municipalities in the design and implementation of edible urban landscapes and accompany them on their way to becoming an edible city.  They bring areas and surrounding neighborhoods together and initiate individual forms of citizen participation.

Find their projects and more information on their website: https://mundraub.org/

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We are pleased to introduce to you the initiative Baufachfrau Berlin, which is part of the Edible Cities Network.

The non-profit association BAUFACHFRAU Berlin e.V. has been pursuing the goal of strengthening the chances of women in craft, technical and creative professions since 1988. They develop and implement projects within the framework of education and work, vocational orientation and qualification, education for sustainable development (ESD) as well as in the fields of women and gender justice.

In their idea and construction workshops, they develop and design their own living environment, open spaces, play areas, living spaces – from street furniture to intercultural gardens – in a participatory manner with the users. Conservation of resources, reuse and recycling as well as sustainable planning and construction are important to them, and they communicate this in exhibitions, publications, educational materials and in their practical work. In their work in the context of sustainability they include and promote the theme of Edible Cities, because they estimate it as important as well as integral relevant for changing cities to livable places for their inhabitants.

The initiative promotes ECS in its work theoretically and implements the realization of small ECS in Berlin in its practical participation projects. Its main service includes the promotion of ECS-Goals by work-based-learning-qualifications in the theme of “Green Cities” as well as by participation projects in the neighborhood within the themes of urban gardening and ECS.

Find their projects and more information on their website: https://www.baufachfrau-berlin.de/

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