Category: visions-of-sustainability
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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…
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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 Freiburg’s institutional district on June 5. Together with more than 20 participants, we learned about the transdisciplinary research project at the Sustainability Innovation Campus, which…
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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 Manon Turinas and François Marques. Below we present the first set of results from the questionnaires. I. THE FILM GREEN CITY LIFEManon Turinas & François…