NEWS AND EVENTS

NEWS AND EVENTS

• New Publication by Alexa Weik von Mossner in SPRINGS

  

  In her article “The Futures We Tell” in SPRINGS: The Rachel Carson Center Review, project director Alexa Weik von Mossner offers insights into how the future impacts of climate change…

• New publication on climate film 2040 by A. Weik von Mossner, W.P. Malecki and T. Heintz

  

  In their contribution on “Empirical Ecocriticism” in the LIVE Handbook Environmental Humanities, edited by Evi Zemanek and Timo Müller, Alexa Weik von Mossner, W.P. Malecki, and Thomas Heintz provide insights…

• REPORT: Presentation Research Results for WELL-BEING Film Series

  

  At the presentation on 26 January 2026 at the Volkshochschule Freiburg, the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY team again provided insights into the project’s ongoing research. This time the focus was on…

• First research results for our final film in the VdN-series: BUTENLAND

  

  At the second film screening of our current series on well-being, a survey was conducted on the reception of Marc Pierschel’s BUTENLAND. Here we present some preliminary results from the…

• REPORT: Excursion to the Farm Animal Sanctuary “Gnadenhöfle” in Müllheim-Dattingen

  

  On Saturday December 13. the final excursion of our film and workshop on the topic of well-being took place. Following the film Butenland, the focus at the ‘Gnadenhöfle’ Müllheim-Dattingen was…

• Successful conclusion to our well-being film series: Marc Pierschel’s BUTENLAND

  

  Last Tuesday, we screened Marc Pierschel’s documentary Butenland in a packed auditorium at the Harmonie Cinema. The film and the subsequent discussion focused on how animals live in agriculture and…

• First research results for the documentary WHY WE CYCLE

  

  At the first film screening of our current series on well-being, a survey was conducted on the reception of Gertjan Hulster’s & Arne Gielen’s WHY WE CYCLE. Here we present…

• REPORT: Lecture Bike Adventures – Discover, Experience, Inspire

  

  Last Wednesday, the second follow-up event to our film screening of Why We Cycle took place at the VHS Freiburg. Members of the ADFC Freiburg – Emmendingen – Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald gave…

• REPORT: Political cycling excursion in Freiburg with the VCD

  

  Led by Fabian Kern from Freiburg’s branch of the VCD, 15 participants two weeks ago hopped on their bikes to explore how the city organises bike travel. During the approximately…

• EXCURSION to the Farm Animal Sanctuary “Gnadenhöfle” in Müllheim-Dattingen

  

  This excursion will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• Final Visions of Sustainability film: BUTENLAND by Marc Pierschel on December 2, 2025

  

  A farm that became a sanctuary – Former dairy farmer Jan Gerdes and animal rights activist Karin Mück have created a place where there are no more farm animals with…

• Successful start to our third and final film series on WELL-BEING

  

  Last week, our third and final series on WELL-BEING kicked off with the Dutch film Why We Cycle. We were delighted to once again have a full cinema and an…

• LECTURE: Radreiseabenteuer – Entdecken, Erleben, Inspirieren

  

  This lecture will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• EXCURSION: Radpolitische Exkursion mit dem VCD Freiburg

  

  This excursion will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• Opening film for new film series „Well-being“: WHY WE CYCLE on October 28, 2025

  

  For the Dutch, cycling is as normal as breathing. They don’t think about it, they just do it – in all seasons and in all weathers, in the countryside and…

• SAVE THE DATE: New Film Series on the Topic of “WELL-BEING“ Starts on October 28, 2025

  

  Our third film series, with its accompanying excursions and workshops, is dedicated to the topic of WELL-BEING. The two selected documentaries from the Netherlands and Germany will be shown again…

• First research results for our third film in the RESOURCES series, OUTGROW THE SYSTEM

  

  As with the previous two screenings in our ongoing film series on the topic of RESOURCES, we conducted a survey to assess the audience’s reception of OUTGROW THE SYSTEM by Cecilia Paulsson…

• REPORT: KoWerk Workshop on Community-Supported Business Models

  

  On July 3rd, in cooperation with VHS Freiburg, we held our final summer workshop on “Community-Supported Business Models.” Nick von Andrian and Merle Hildebrandt from the Humboldt Professorship for Sustainable Food…

• REPORT: EWS Workshop – Rebel Power Then and Now: What Can We Learn from the Energy Transition Pioneer?

  

  On June 25, Visions of Sustainability, together with the Elektrizitätswerke Schönau (EWS) and Freiburg’s Adult Education Center (VHS), invited participants to a workshop at the EWS store in Freiburg. As…

• Successful Conclusion to the RESOURCES Series with Film on Sustainable Economic Systems

  

  On June 24, we concluded the RESOURCES film series with the Swedish documentary Outgrow the System. Once again, the cinema was packed, and afterwards, a lively discussion took place about…

• REPORT: Green Infrastructure in the City – ZUKAMAS Excursion to Urban Trees in Freiburg

  

  As a follow-up event to our screening of GREEN CITY LIFE, we joined the ICN project “ZUKAMAS: Future-Oriented Climate Change Management for Urban Green Spaces” on a field trip through…

• First research results for the second film in our RESOURCES series: GREEN CITY LIFE

  

  For the second screening in our current film series on the topic of Resources, we once again conducted a survey to capture audience reactions—this time to GREEN CITY LIFE by…

• Presentation of the Visions of Sustainability Project and Climate Film at the Public Climate School

  

  On June 5, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM, Prof. Dr. Alexa Weik von Mossner and Thomas Heintz will present the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY project in an interactive talk at…

• Great Interest in GREEN CITY LIFE: Film About Environmentally Friendly Urban Living

  

  The second film in the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY series, focused on the subject of resources, once again filled the cinema hall this past Tuesday. On Tuesday, May 20th, we presented…

• WORKSHOP: „KoWerk-gemeinschaftsgetragene Geschäftsmodelle“ on July 03, 2025

  

  This workshop will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• WORKSHOP „Was kann man vom Energiewende-Poinier EWS lernen?“ on June 25, 2025

  

  This workshop will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• Swedish documentary OUTGROW THE SYSTEM at the Harmonie Kino on June 24, 2025

  

  Today’s economic system consumes our finite natural resources at an alarming rate. Outgrow the System examines how we can go back to the essence of the term and design an…

• REPORT: Guided farm tour at the Lindenbrunnenhof in Forchheim

  

  In cooperation with VISIONEN DER NACHHALTIGKEIT, the Volkshochschule and the Ernährungsrat Freiburg, a farm tour of the Lindenbrunnenhof in Forchheim took place on May 13. Otmar Binder and his son…

• Firt results for the opening film of our RESOURCES series: UNSER BODEN-UNSER ERBE

  

  At the first screening event of our new series focusing on the theme of RESOURCES, a survey was conducted to assess audience responses to Marc Uhlig’s documentary UNSER BODEN – UNSER ERBE.…

• Green infrastructure in the city: Excursion to urban trees in Freiburg on June 5, 2025

  

  This guided tour will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• Documentary GREEN CITY LIFE on May 20, 2025 at the Harmonie Kino Freiburg

  

  A city that combines the advantages of rural areas with the advantages of the urban world. In the French documentary La Belle Ville/Green City Life, two young city dwellers travel…

• Great success for the opening film of our new series on RESSOURCES at the Harmony Kino

  

  With the film Unser Boden, Unser Erbe, this Tuesday marked the successful launch of the second film series of VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY, focused on the theme of resources. Despite the sunny…

• Sustainable circular economy: join us for the LINDENBRUNNENHOF farm tour on May 13

  

  This guided tour will be offered in German. You can find more information here.

• Opening film for the “Ressources” series UNSER BODEN – UNSER ERBE on April 29, 2025

  

  How must agriculture and society change so that we can pass on a vibrant world with living soils to our children? The opening film in our new series on RESOURCES,…

• New publication on climate films NOW and BEING THE CHANGE by Alexa Weik von Mossner

  

  What emotions do documentaries on climate protection and intergenerational justice evoke? A new publication by Visions of Sustainability project director Alexa Weik von Mossner explores this very question. In her…

• SAVE THE DATE! Our second film series on „RESSOURCES“ starts on April 29, 2025

  

  The second film series of VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY is dedicated to the topic of resources and resource protection in the areas of agriculture, urban areas and the energy sector. The…

• First research results for Nic Balthazar’s climate courtroom documentary DUTY OF CARE

  

  At the fourth and final film event as part of the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY climate protection series, a survey was carried out on the reception of Nic Balthazar’s DUTY OF…

• Presentation of our first research results on climate protection films on February 3, 2025

  

  At the end of our film series on the topic of “climate protection”, the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY research team will be offering a concluding lecture at the Volkshochschule Freiburg (vhs).…

• „2040 – nachhaltige Zukunftsvisionen für Freiburg,“ Workshop on January 23, 2025

  

  As a follow-up workshop to our screening of Damon Gameau’s film 2040 – Join the Regeneration, and in collaboration with the ICN project “Innovation Communities”, “2040 – nachhaltige Zukunftsvisionen für…

• A packed movie theater again for DUTY OF CARE, our final film in the climate protection series

  

  On January 14, 2025, VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY showed Nic Balthazar’s DUTY OF CARE – THE CLIMATE TRIALS, the fourth and final film in the climate protection series of the inter-…

• „Klimakrise, Klimaklagen, Klimaschutzgesetze“ VHS-Workshop on January 15, 2025

  

  As a follow-up event to Nic Balthazar’s film Duty of Care – The Climate Trials, Hannah Münstermann from the Climate Clinic is offering a workshop (in German) at the Volkshochschule…

• Film DUTY OF CARE – THE CLIMATE TRIALS on January 14, 2025 at the Harmonie Kino Freiburg

  

  Duty of Care follows the lawyer Roger Cox, who sues powerful states and corporations for climate protection. Roger Cox is a family man, lawyer and nature lover. Until 2006, he…

• Our first research results for Damon Gameau’s 2040 – JOIN THE REGENERATION

  

  At the third film screening of the VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY climate protection series, a survey was carried out on the reception of Damon Gameau’s documentary 2040 – Join the Regeneration.…

• REPORT: third film event of VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY at the packed Harmonie Kino

  

  On December 10, 2024, VISIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY showed Damon Gameau’s film 2040 – JOIN THE REGENERATION as part of the climate protection series of the inter- and transdisciplinary ICN project.…