Category: News
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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 their project Hof Butenland: a peaceful coexistence that seems almost utopian. Butenland tells the story of two people who put the needs of animals first,…
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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 exciting discussion afterwards at the screening, which was organised in cooperation with VHS Freiburg at the Harmonie Kino. The latest film series of the Visions…
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LECTURE: Radreiseabenteuer – Entdecken, Erleben, Inspirieren
This lecture will be offered in German. You can find more information here.
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EXCURSION: Radpolitische Exkursion mit dem VCD Freiburg
This excursion will be offered in German. You can find more information here.
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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 in the city.Perhaps the fact that they don’t think about it is also the key to the bicycle’s great success in the Netherlands. The documentary…
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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 in October and December at the Harmonie Kino in Freiburg. They focus on the many positive effects of cycling on people and their cities, as…
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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 & Anders Nielsson. Here, we present the first preliminary results based on the questionnaire responses. I. THE FILM OUTGROW THE SYSTEM Cecilia Paulsson & Anders…
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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 Systems at the University of Freiburg presented the Lernwerkstatt KoWerk. Building on the film Outgrow the System, participants learned about various types of enterprises and cooperatives…
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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 a follow-up event to the screening of Outgrow the System, EWS energy consultant Dr. Eva Stegen, together with two of her colleagues, offered participants insight…
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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 alternative economic systems – including those relevant to our local context. The film Outgrow the System, released in 2023, is directed by Cecilia Paulsson and…