Category: News
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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 the world in search of concrete initiatives to bring nature back to the heart of cities. Between the serenity of Japan’s green skyscrapers, the unusual…
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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 20°C weather, we were pleased to welcome a full audience at the Harmonie Cinema for the opening film by director Marc Uhlig. Unser Boden, Unser…
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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.
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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, Unser Boden – Unser Erbe, shows how important and yet threatened our livelihood is. Healthy soils are, after the oceans, the largest storage of greenhouse…
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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 contribution “Envisioning Intergenerational Justice: Hope, Despair, and Transformative Action in Climate Change Films”, in the anthology Cinema of/for the Anthropocene: Affect, Ecology, and More-Than-Human Kinship,…
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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 chosen films are not only concerned with doing business in a more sustainable and ecologically friendly way, but also ask how we can develop community-supported…
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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 CARE – THE CLIMATE TRIALS. Here we present the first results from the questionnaires. DUTY OF CARE – THE CLIMATE TRIALSNic Balthazar| 2023 | Netherlands…
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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). Participatory research thrives on continuous and open exchange as well as the opportunity to actively participate. At the end of the winter semester, the VISIONS…
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„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 Freiburg” about ways to have a positive future together design. After a thematic introduction, the first part of the workshop considers in small groups what…
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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- and transdisciplinary ICN research project. The fourth film screening was once again very well attended. Despite the January cold, many viewers came to Harmonie Kino…