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Announcing new Membership with Catalyst Now

I am happy to announce that I have been selected as a new member of Catalyst Now. Catalyst Now is a dynamic global movement of social innovators transforming systems and driving sustainable change to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals worldwide. We unite social innovators, social entrepreneurs, civic society, funders, private sector leaders, academia, and […]

Chyme Line Kitchen Open-Source System Gastronomy Franchise

Chyme Line Kitchen The Open-Source System Gastronomy Franchise We are an internationally operating brand with a long-term and success-proven System Gastronomy Method, that tastes great, nurtures planet and people well, and leaves Zero Waste. Our foldable 8-meter kitchen line with 4 stations empowers our partners to serve the best meals available around the world. www.clinekitchen.org […]

New Project Partnership with Nawanyago, Uganda

Today we met Mary and Jude from the Busano Community Initiative, a school and community support project with an attached orphanage in Uganda, Kamuli District in the village of Nawanyago. We are very happy and grateful to announce a new project partnership for implementing and contextualizing our educational card games, The SWAG “Waste & Recycling” […]

The SWAG 1Y Anniversary Summer Edition launched – free card design templates, a Multiplayer Story and a course

The SWAG 1Y Anniversary Summer Edition launched – free card design templates, a Multiplayer Story and a course July 15th 2025 by André Boeing ☀️ Free Wastemonsters- and Recycling-Mod Card Templates (A6 standard postcard format) representing real waste types and recycling methods — plus free bonus graphics and a video tutorial course on how to […]

New Partnership with The Jena Declaration at UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability

It is with great joy to announce our fresh ktopia project partnership with The Jena Declaration (TJD) at the UNESCO Chair on Global Understanding for Sustainability. The principles of the Declaration resonate deeply with Ktopia values and approach to open, grassroots educational game world design intended to spark joy—joy in actively becoming involved in “The […]

A look into the Market of Collectible Trade Card Games and why our free, Open Educational Resource can benefit from this Genre –

🎯 Educational Potential of TCGs Trading Card Games (TCG) combine storytelling, collectibility, and strategic play in a way that captivates across generations and geographies. From bustling tournaments in Japan to local game nights in Nigeria, the TCG format is a proven catalyst for engagement. Its unique ability to connect analog experiences with digital platforms makes […]

Deepening Coop with Nigeria, Card Crafting Services for food system professionals, Agile Response-Ability – June 2025 Dev Updates

Nigeria and the fsys Africa–Europe partnership deepens The collaboration deepend in the many meetings with my dear Conscious Food System Alliance fellow Ibrahim Gadzama in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria and me, located in the Kassel Region of Germany. Ibrahim brings the wisdom, knowledge, experience and passion of farmers to the circle. He carries a deep […]

Food System Collectible Card Game Development started

Food System Collectible Card Game Development started May 23rd, 2025 A Collectible Trading Card Game for Education in Regenerative Food Systems International & urban-regional synchronous development of an Open Educational Resource (OER) and Game for the Creative Commons Open Development began on May 08th 2025Visit Project website for detailed information fsysgame.org

First round within the climate education landscape

Walking up our UNESCO world heritage “Bergpark” under Hercules watchful, naked eyes. Walking towards our first Innovation Circle for the State Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment, hosted at the Forest School Kassel – a space dedicated to Education since 1926, surrounded by a forest, much, much older. Entering an agile development sprint, a temporal […]

🌱 Joining the Climate Education Landscape Innovation Pot by the Hessian Ministry for Agriculture and the Environment, Germany

Grateful and excited to be part of a 6-month agile innovation journey, initiated by the Hessian Ministry for Agriculture and the Environment, Germany. Starting next week at the Forest School in Kassel, I’ll join a small group of selected innovators to co-create impactful solutions with a special focus on regenerative food systems. In just two […]

The Smart Waste Agency Game has reached it’s impact goal

The Smart Waste Agency Game (The SWAG) has reached its impact goal! April 30th 2025 – André Boeing Educators from diverse backgrounds have started using our narrative approach to explore the themes of waste, recycling, and the Great Circular. Because we developed the game under a Creative Commons license, it’s now being remixed and adapted […]

Epic Education adopts The SWAG. Community for educational Multipliers in Beta

Epic Education adopts The SWAG. Community for educational Multipliers in Beta Narrative Education and educational Adventures activate Joy, Playfulness and deepen engagement among learners. The German non-profit .org Epic Education adopted our Creative Commons Game “The Smart Waste Agency” in March 2025 To support our educational products of Pen & Paper and Live Action Roleplaying […]

ktopia joins Conscious Food Systems Alliance CoFSA

ktopia joins Conscious Food Systems Alliance CoFSA convened by UNDP March, 6th 2025 – written by André Boeing It is with great joy and gratitude that my Ktopia.eu André Boeing application with CoFSA has been reviewed, and I have been welcomed as a new member of the CoFSA Community. I look forward to contributing to […]

3.5 days re-treat, re-align and re-design – ktopia year II

Playful Food System Expedition Quests, pragmatic k.limate Utopias and mindful Living Lab Ecotopes for growing joyful Optimisms. Here we have it! A wonderful, clunky sentence and essence of my self treated re-identity design retreat. As I compressed the vision and mission statement, as well as a tiny manifesto into that one clunky sentence, it’s pretty […]

The 6R of Smarter Wasting towards 0 Wastefulness. The educational framework of the Smart Waste Agency Game, the SWAG

10. February 2025

As I researched the possibility space of Smart Waste and Youth Participation for my City Administration client exactly one year ago, I compared different countries and their waste management systems – from statistics to the mindsets and models behind. I also came across another helpful meme from Japan, known for it´s mindful, simple words describing […]

Open Finance, full public Transparency of money streams and a fiscal host

4. February 2025

A cloud platform allowing for managing all incomes and expenses of a project. In full transparency (you can even download the csv and analyze). A fiscal host offering it’s non-profit legal structure to receive grants from institutions. There you have it. The SWAG, the Smart Waste Agency Game Product is now fiscally hosted and open […]

From epic fail to great success and the Europe 25 chapter

19. January 2025

From epic fail to great success and the Europe 25 chapter posted January 19th 2025 by André Boeing Looking back into 2024, the back then January has been almost prophetic. “Wasteland – beginning at the end” is the title of my January 11th 2024 post. Before I simplified the complexity of food systems down to […]

Smart Waste Agency

May, 1st 2024 Smart Waste Agency A live-action roleplaying game to become involved in the great quest of making the waste system of our city-region smarter. Using a superhero/agent narrative, a gamified open-source online platform, local events and a board-and-card game design challenge, we empower and involve young people into our Smart City / Smart […]

The region around the city

The region around the city exploring the city<>region connection André Boeing – March, 14th 2024 In the region surrounding our city, nestled in a tiny forest village of around 700 inhabitants and surrounded by hundreds of thousands of trees, I found my focus for the past few weeks. The area is filled with trees, large […]

Food System Waste quadrant Gameboard and cards

9. February 2024

Gameboard Waste Quadrant for the food-system board- and cardgame Waste: the fourth quadrant in the base game board – after the quadrants “cultivation”, “processing”,“cooking & eating” A quadrant so rich, it deserves an own Gameboard to explore the adventure of smart waste in a circular economy ecology. You can even place an augmented reality Earth […]

“Mottainai” – A significant factor in Japans effective smart waste management system

7. February 2024

“Mottainai” – A significant factor in Japans effective smart waste management system André Boeing – Feb 7th, 2024 While comparing different countries and their waste management systems from statistics to the mindsets and models behind I came across another beautiful, helpful meme from Japan, known for it´s mindful, simple words describing not just a policy […]

Open Source Produce – menus and recipes

1. February 2024

Open SourceProduceserved for free dishes & recipes André “Cyberhippie” Boeing organic bites and digital bytes cuisine In the context of food systems, “produce” refers to fresh, unprocessed fruits and vegetables, as well as other plant- and fungi based foods. But here comes the narrative trickster. In conventional terms this page would be about open source […]

Integrated Smart Food Hubs. Connecting Established Urban Food Movements, Smart City Agendas, and City-Region Food Producers

30. January 2024

in DEutscher Sprache lesen Integrated Smart Food Hubs. Connecting Established Urban Food Movements, Smart City Agendas, and City-Region Food Producers From theory to a proposed small-scale experiment in a living lab by André Boeing January 30th 2024 The concept of Smart Food Hubs emerges as a pivotal strategy for integrating and optimizing diverse elements of our […]

The first 15-day sprint and three magic tools for the eXPedition

25. January 2024

The first 15-day sprint and three magic tools for the eXPedition January 25th 2024 – André Boeing A magic journal to document the expedition in an artistic way and even spoken word. A Game Map to not get lost in the wide fields of the city region food systems. Magic Quest cards to keep the […]

Creative Card Crafting

23. January 2024

Creative Card Crafting Crafting additional Cards for the food system board+card game is a fun process. It serves themed card Booster-Packs and Sets for specific purposes. KRITA Open-Source and Free Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone. Download […]

Game Rules of the food system board game

15. January 2024

Food Systemthe board & card game free and open-source game for 1-4 players Players explore four distinct and interconnected quadrants of “Food Systems” through Research & Action Quest cards. Players train practical skills in research, creativity, solution design, and presentation, while learning about interconnected food systems both in their region and around the world. Game […]

Theoretical overview and papers in the study of food systems

15. January 2024

Theoretical overview and key findings from 18 research papers in the study of food systems André Boeing, January 15th 2024 The concept of food systems encompasses a broad spectrum of activities and contexts, ranging from basic production and processing to advanced integration into urban planning and smart city designs. This page provides a succinct overview […]

4q Boardgame

12. January 2024

food system the board game André Boeing January 9th, 2024 8 minute read – you can listen to this page read by the author https://www.ktopia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/foodsystemboard-game-ktopia.mp3 Download MP3 Simplifying the complexity of food systems to 4 quadrants and designing an educational board game to learn about food systems. As a beginner in the wide fields of […]

Waste: Beginning with the end

11. January 2024

waste land beginning at the end André Boeing – January 11th 2024 15 Minute read – You can also listen to this page as a podcast https://www.ktopia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/wasteland-ktopia.mp3 Download MP3 Making sense from public waste datasets with AI as a partner in citizen science curiosities As a citizen of the documenta City of Kassel, Germany and […]

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