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First round within the climate education landscape

Written by Andre Boeing on . Posted in Allgemein.

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 coop quest within our climate education landscape in the fields of . An innovation program, initiated, funded and facilitated by our innovative documenta City Stadt Kassel for the Ministry – together with a network of expert organizations in the field.


Letting 100 gut project ideas pour out of us into the middle of our “Great Circle”, then collectively point voting them down to 4 projects with 4 Team Circles. Sitting in the green grass in springtime sun beams, eating fresh baked bred, jamming ideas in our 4 Circles…walking back down town……

After an intense and fruitful first round in the Innovation Sprint, we will continue on Monday to write our concepts and Offering out. With this official procedure we will then be directly awarded, assigned, equipped with a fund and a Go! from the City Administration of our Stadt Kassel.

I am grateful to be part of the Journey – bringing my work experience, skill sets, talents and passions to the Circle, as all of our fellows do. + I bring my fresh On-Boarding bag of practices and approaches, inspired by the wonderful Conscious Food Systems Alliance, convened by UNDP Food Systems. An Alliance, I’ve gratefully and happily joined.

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

Written by Andre Boeing on . Posted in Allgemein.

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 weeks, we’ll shape our ideas into a concrete development plan—and then sprint forward, supported by dedicated funding, until November.

The Climate Education Landscape is a project of the Hessian Ministry for Agriculture and the Environment. The City of Kassel, the Working Group for Nature and Environmental Education in Hesse (ANU), and the World Garden Witzenhausen are jointly implementing the project as a coordination office for Kassel and the surrounding area.

They serve as the regional points of contact. The initiative is part of the Hesse Climate Plan in the area of action titled “Education and Research.”

The goal is to embed climate protection and sustainability structurally within local educational landscapes for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). To this end, the full range of local stakeholders from education, municipalities, administration, business, civil society, and climate protection should be involved. The initiation phase of the Climate Education Landscapes is planned to run until mid-2028.