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Marketplace + drop-off station + package service point
The NachbarschaftsBox, or neighbourhood box, set up by Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR), Berlin’s municipal waste company, and Charlottenburger Baugenossenschaft, a housing cooperative, has countless functions:
For people who live in Berlin, it’s a familiar sight. “Zu verschenken” (to give away) is scribbled on cardboard boxes in front of buildings or on hallways. They often contain books, shoes, children’s clothes, and…
Materially enabling the circular economy
At TechConnect Adlershof, scientific institutions, innovators, and companies discussed how new materials enable a circular economy:
When someone like Patrick Teuffel matter-of-factly uses the words “ongoing progress” to describe the workings of his industry - instead of the ubiquitous “ongoing process” – it says very clearly something about how…
Digital twins
A new platform pools data from eleven different sites in Berlin generating future innovation:
Berlin’s Zukunftsorte, German for ‘places of the future’, are pivotal sites generating future innovation in technology across the German capital. They are made up of 2,200 companies and 42 scientific institutions,…
Eat fungi, not animals
Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry:
Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry. This can help save many animal-based materials – without making sacrifices in taste or consistency. A low-meat or even meat-free diet is…
She is not only passionate about sustainability issues, she lives them
In conversation with Magdalena Matheis, who is pushing green issues forward at WISTA Management GmbH:
Magdalena Matheis is a staunch vegan, Adlershof’s health ambassador, an adherent to minimalist lifestyles, and a volunteer. Two year ago, the 36-year-old started to push forward green issues at WISTA Management GmbH.…