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Events

Environmental, scientific, and political events are unique opportunities to develop solutions and outcomes which lead to a more sustainable world.

Ecologic Institute uses both its research competencies and its event management capabilities to design and implement events. While the Institute's scientific experts investigate and discuss environmental topics in the current political and scientific context, a team of event managers works closely with researchers, sponsors, and partners to co-design and organize events targeting specific audiences and objectives.
Interactivity, participation, innovation, and sustainability are at the core of the Institute's events.

We choose formats that foster participants' engagement and ensure a goal-oriented process. They include large-scale conferences, smaller workshops, visitor programs and study tours, summer schools, roundtables, interviews, networking and social programs, as well as themed event series at national and international level. The team’s toolbox comprises a number of methods, such as World Cafés, Fishbowl conversations, PechaKucha presentations, and more.

We continuously explore different platforms and interactive tools to organize virtual events that connect, inspire, and engage our international audience.

As Ecologic Institute stands for environmental protection and sustainability, our events are as environmentally friendly as possible. We carefully consider the impact of the venues we choose, the materials we use, the food we serve, and the travel we organize.

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Selected Projects for Events
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Ecologic Institute leads a multi-year project for the European Commission to design and implement outreach and capacity building activities on emissions trading for developing countries. Activities include ten Summer Universities and training courses carried out on beha... Read more

ETS Summer Universities for Emerging Economies and Developing Countries

Duration
Jun 2012 - Mar 2018
Funding
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Selected Publications for Events

Book

This book chapter explores how policies and policy-making perform to support climate change adaptation. It is part of the book: Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies which is a scientific synthesis o... Read more

Russel, Duncan et.al. 2018: Analyzing the Policy Framework for Climate Change Adaptation. In: Sanderson, Hans et.al. (eds.): Adapting to Climate Change in Europe: Exploring Sustainable Pathways - From Local Measures to Wider Policies. Elsevier: Amsterdam.

Brochure

This brochure includes a set of infographics presenting the top 20 innovative bio-based products in Europe. Through an assessment of the active marketplace, EU-based development, innovation degree and market potential, the top 20 most innovative BBPs holding the greates... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2018: Top Emerging Bio-based Products, their Properties and Industrial Applications. Berlin.

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and National Climate Protection Initiative (ed.), 2020: Unternehmensbeiträge zum Klimaschutz. Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen des Dialogforums "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz".&... Read more

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and National Climate Protection Initiative (ed.), 2020: Unternehmensbeiträge zum Klimaschutz. Ergebnisse der Arbeitsgruppen des Dialogforums "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz". 

Case Study

In this short video, Joe Rini, Research Associate at the IASS Potsdam coordinator of the analysis of the eight case studies, explains how the principle is applied in different contexts and thematic areas. Based on the outcome, the project team will develop scenarios fo... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2019: RECIPES – Case Studies on Precaution Principle and Innovation. Video. Online: https://youtu.be/apAzXYBIBKo

Flyer (in more languages)

The multEE flyer illustrates the main project outline, objectives and modules. An overview of the project cycle is illustrated, together with details of the partner countries and the Consortium implementing the project. The multEE flyer is available in English, German, ... Read more

multEE Consortium 2016: Facilitating Multi-level Governance for Energy Efficiency – multEE. Flyer. The publication is available in English, German, Danish, Greek, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, and Slovak.

Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast

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Sustainable management and climate protection policy – these are the topics of the new podcast series "Knowledge for future". We will present people and ideas that set an example in making the economy more sustainable. It will also focus on current developments in clima... Read more

Ecologic Institut, detektor.fm 2019: Von unkonventionellen Ideen und spannenden Menschen. Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. Podcast. 15. Juni 2019. Online: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/knowledge-for-future-nachhaltig-in-die-zukunft

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"Sustainable Agriculture – Someone has to take the first step": Welcome to the second episode of the environment-focused podcast series "Knowledge for Future", produced by Ecologic Institute and detector.fm. Today organic products are all the rage, but long before th... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2019: Landwirtschaft, aber nachhaltig - Einer muss immer anfangen. Knowledge for Future - The Environment Podcast. Podcast. 19. June 2019. Online: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/nachhaltig-wirtschaften-vom-milchviehbetrieb-zur-bio-marke

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The third episode of the environment-focused podcast "Knowledge for Future" looks at concepts for sustainable financing. There are many innovative ideas for a more environmentally friendly and sustainable economy.  However, the implementation of these concepts r... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2019: Nachhaltige Finanzierungskonzepte – Auch Weltverbesserer brauchen Geld. Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast. Podcast. 20 June 2019.

Sustainable, ecological management practices are not confined to agriculture alone, but can be implemented along an operation's entire value chain. It is merely a question of whether or not you are prepared to go for it. The fourth episode of the environment podcast ... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2019: Nachhaltig bis zur Wertschöpfungskette – Sharing is caring. Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast. Podcast. 21 June 2019. Online: https://detektor.fm/wirtschaft/knowledge-for-future-nachhaltig-bis-zur-wertschoepfungskette

The German government has stated its intention to implement a climate protection law this year. Half of the German federal states already have such laws, and a good third of the EU's Member States, do too. So what does such a framework climate law actually do? And what ... Read more

Ecologic Institut, detektor.fm 2019: Klimaschutzgesetze in Deutschland – In guter Gesellschaft. Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. Podcast. 2. September 2019. Online: https://detektor.fm/wissen/knowledge-for-future-klimaschutzgesetze-in-deutschland

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As Germany is debating the introduction of a national climate law, it can build on the experiences that already exist at many levels. Several fellow EU Member States have already adopted such framework laws, for example, to help them manage the achievement of their clim... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2019: Klimaschutzgesetze in Europa – Von anderen lernen. Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. Podcast. 10 September 2019. Online: https://detektor.fm/wissen/knowledge-for-future-klimaschutzgesetze-in-europa

Science creates neutral facts. It responds – in the best case without value judgement – to questions from its field, society and politics. But not everything discovered through science is actually interesting to society as a whole. Sometimes, there is simply a lack of p... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2020: Transdisziplinäre Forschung: Und in der Praxis?. Knowledge for Future – The Environment Podcast. Podcast. 29 January 2020. Online: https://detektor.fm/wissen/knowledge-for-future-transdisziplinaere-forschung

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If science provides the right impulses, completely new ideas can emerge in practice. The last episode of the environmental podcast "Knowledge for Future" dealt with the importance of transdisciplinary research, in particular with the synergies and challenges that can ar... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2020: Forschung trifft auf Praxis: Und was kommt dabei raus?. Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. 12 February 2020. Online: https://detektor.fm/wissen/knowledge-for-future-nachhaltigkeit-forschung-trifft-praxis

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The EU is to be climate-neutral by 2050. In March 2020, the European Commission presented its draft law, which for the first time legally anchors the goal of climate neutrality. This is a milestone in climate protection policy. Ursula von der Leyen even compared this go... Read more

Ecologic Institute, detektor.fm 2020: Großer Schritt für die Menschen in Europa?. Knowledge for Future – Der Umwelt-Podcast. 16 March 2020. Online: https://detektor.fm/politik/knowledge-for-future-green-deal

Video

The REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest brings much-deserved recognition to solutions to the problem of food waste and encourage their spread. The purpose of this short film was to encourage social entrepreneurs, large companies, SMEs, students, NGOs and community organ... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2016: Food Waste Innovators wanted! REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest Call for Submissions. Animated Video. Online: https://youtu.be/jqj7uaeMR1

Ecologic Institute 2016: About REFRESH. Animated Video. Online: https://youtu.be/yjkVpM-Q-Zw

Newsletter

"Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain" (REFRESH) was an EU research project taking action against food waste. 26 partners from 12 European countries and China worked towards the project's goal to contribute towards Sustainable Development G... Read more

Ecologic Institute (2016): Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain (REFRESH) Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

AQUACROSS seeks to advance knowledge and application of ecosystem-based management (EBM) for aquatic ecosystems to support the timely achievement of the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy targets. The AQUACROSS newsletter delivers insights and shares developments within the ... Read more

Ecologic Institute (2015-2018): AQUACROSS Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

1. Europäischer Newsletter zu Klimaanpassung
The electronic newsletter, published in English, includes stories on the latest findings of the BASE project (Bottom-Up Adaptation Strategies towards a Sustainable Europe), along with information on other key developments related to climate change adaptation in Europe. ... Read more
Martinez, Grit; Katriona McGlade and Andrew Reid 2013: European Adaptation Newsletter. Newsletter. Berlin: Ecologic Institute.

Policy Brief

Public campaigns and other policy instruments can significantly influence consumer behaviour and contribute to a reduction of consumer food waste. However, there exist very few studies evaluating the extent to which policy interventions actually reduced or prevented foo... Read more

Wunder, Stephanie 2019: REFRESH Policy Brief: Reducing consumer food waste. EU Horizon 2020 REFRESH.

Postcard

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As part of the visual identity for project "Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain" (REFRESH), Ecologic Institute designed two promotional flyers in small postcard format. The flyers summarizes general objectives and aims of the project, are style... Read more

Ecologic Institut 2016: What is waste? - EU project Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain to reduce food waste across Europe. Flyer.

Poster

How is a topic such as microplastics socially problematised? How can consumers use plastics more sustainably? And what role do the interests and perceptions of different actors play in international plastics regulation? These and other questions are posed by social sci... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2019: Plastik in der Umwelt: Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung. Überblick über Forschungsgegenstände, Ergebnisarten und Zielgruppen der Projekte mit sozialwissenschaftlichem Anteil im BMBF-Forschungsschwerpunkt "Plastik in der Umwelt". PlastikNet Poster Series. Poster.

REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest Poster
The poster summarizes and illustrates the REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest. It was presented at the REFRESH Food Waste 2017 Multistakeholder Conference in Berlin. The poster is available for download.
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Ecologic Institute (2017): REFRESH Food Waste Solution Contest. Poster.

Website

The RECIPES website (REconciling sCience, Innovation and Precaution through the Engagement of Stakeholders) provides an overview of the project objectives, structure and partners as well as events and news related to relevant project results. Reports, policy briefs, fac... Read more

Ecologic Institute 2019: RECIPES. Precaution – Innovation – Science. URL: https://recipes-project.eu

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Conferences

REFRESH-Konferenz, Barcelona, 2019. (Foto: Sebastian Szulfer)
On 9 and 10 May 2019 the REFRESH conference took place in the Disseny Hub Barcelona. It brought together 150 participants from all across Europe, China, Australia and the US to present and discuss innovative ideas for food waste reduction and valorisation options across... Read more

Conference:REFRESH Food Waste Reduction Conference

Date
9 - 10 May 2019
Organizer
Bundesumweltministerin Svenja Schulze | Foto: Stefan Röhl
The final event of the dialogue forum "Wirtschaft macht Klimaschutz" took place on 11 March 2020 at the Turbinenhalle in Berlin. Over the past two years, representatives from more than 100 companies have jointly developed ideas, projects and concrete steps to... Read more
On 24 September leading voices from European Union and United States civil society converged on the Square in Brussels to share ideas and experiences to move the transatlantic energy transition forward in pursuit of a clean, climate-friendly energy future. Presentations... Read more

Conference:Experience the Future of Energy – EFEX Conference 2019

Date
24 September 2019
Organizer
RECARE Abschlusskonferenz
What is the best way forward for soil protection in the EU? How can we improve EU policies to secure the delivery of soil ecosystem services? These questions were the focus of the final policy conference of the RECARE project which took place on 27 September 2018 in Bru... Read more
AQUACROSS Final Conference - © www.michaelchia.eu
On 10 and 11 October 2018, the AQUACROSS Final Conference on "Ecosystem-Based Management for the Protection of Aquatic Biodiversity – Practice and Lessons Learnt" took place in Brussels. AQUACROSS project team members presented different tools and results on aquatic bio... Read more
On 30 September 2015, the conference "SmartSOIL: sustainable soil management aimed at reducing threats to soils under climate change" took place in Brussels. The conference concluded the 4-year research project SmartSOIL funded by the 7th Framework Programme.Farming pra... Read more
On 29 June 2017 Ecologic Institute, together with the multEE consortium and the Energy Community Secretariat, held their final conference at the Sofitel in Vienna. The event served as an interactive forum for exchange and joint learning. A lively participatory approach ... Read more

Workshops

The European CIRCASA stakeholder workshop took place in Brussels on 5 December 2018. The workshop was part of a series of workshops that took place in eight regions across the world in. Ecologic Institute was responsible for designing the interactive workshop concept an... Read more
Consumption levels of meat are high in Germany and increasingly become the subject of controversial public debates around environmental problems, health effects, animal welfare and the climate impact of food and diets. In this context, meat alternatives are discussed as... Read more

Workshop:Meat of the Future?

Date
17 September 2019
Organizer
Nawiko Workshop
On 17 June 2019 the workshop "Federal and regional governments in dialogue on sustainable food systems. From individual projects to a holistic strategy?" took place at the EUREF Campus in Berlin with 30 participants. The aim of the event was to discuss how str... Read more
The development of regional food strategies and cooperative approaches between urban and rural areas to reduce land take represent a suitable approach to the development of sustainable rural-urban linkages. Concrete policy recommendations can be found in the discussion ... Read more
World Cafe discussions on governance scenarios for reducing excess nutrients
The second BONUS Soils2Sea workshop in the Swedish case study region brought together project partners from BONUS Soils2Sea, as well as an engaged group of Polish and Swedish farmers, representatives from the community Mykanow, a representative from a fishing associatio... Read more

Ecologic Institut

The 2-day workshop, funded within the framework of the BMU’s (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Environmental Research Plan, took place from 3 to 4 December 2019 in Augsburg at the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. ... Read more

Workshop:8th Workshop on Fish Protection and Downstream Migration

Date
3 - 4 December 2019
Organizer

Webinars

This webinar presented findings from two projects on strategies to reach ambitious low-emission levels in European industry. We looked at technological solutions, but also on strategies such as reduction of demand and increased rates of recycling. The webinar was organi... Read more

Visitors Programs

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The EFEX study tour from 25 to 29 June 2018 complements our 2018 International Symposium on Energy Efficiency on 26 June with an in-depth exploration of energy lighthouse projects in the US American capital region. The program includes presentations and field trips on t... Read more

Visitors Program:EFEX Study Tour on Energy Efficiency

Date
25 - 29 June 2018
Organizer
Im Charlemagne-Gebäude der Europäischen Kommission in Brüssel
In December 2019, a new European Commission took office in Brussels, and president Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to put climate policy at the center for the next five years. But how ambitious are the Commission's plans? What is the business sector's take on t... Read more
Besuch der Reichtagskuppel mit Blick auf Berlin
Shortly before Christmas 2017, decision makers from the Midwest in the USA and Canada took the opportunity to come to Germany and get a feel for the many different facets and recent developments of German energy policy. The group consisted of US representatives from Ill... Read more

Summer Schools

Trainingskurs-Teilnehmer während einer World Café Session © Elena von Sperber
On 29 and 30 October 2015, the Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FFCUL) and Ecologic Institute, Berlin, convened a training course in Palmela (Portugal) on behalf of the BASE project. Designed for 16 carefully selected adaptation practitioners... Read more

Further Event Formats

Susanne Bergius (Handelsblatt) begrüßt das Publikum in Berlins Museum für Naturkunde
What does Germany actually have to do with the Arctic and what impact do our daily decisions have on it? These and further questions were discussed on 22 October 2018 during Ecologic Institute's evening event on Germany's activities in protecting the Arctic, whi... Read more

Discussion:Footprints in the Arctic – Evening event

Date
22 October 2018
Organizer

Media Dialogue

Four German-American pairs of sister cities met in Chattanooga, TN (USA) from 29 November to 2 December 2011 in order to compare local efforts on climate protection and explore best practices in renewable energies. The Dialogue that also included German and American jo... Read more
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