Das Baumhaus is a project & meeting space in Berlin that offers various services focused on developing sustainable solutions for organizations, municipalities & individuals.
Since 2012, more than 700 people have collaboratively contributed to building Das Baumhaus, organizing events, meetings, workshops, inspiring new groups and initiatives. We are organized as a social business (GbR) which manages the space/events, space rentals, and sustainable solutions consulting services. We also work with our local non-profit association (e.V.) to organize projects and events. T
Since 2012, more than 700 people have collaboratively contributed to building Das Baumhaus, organizing events, meetings, workshops, inspiring new groups and initiatives. We are organized as a social business (GbR) which manages the space/events, space rentals, and sustainable solutions consulting services. We also work with our local non-profit association (e.V.) to organize projects and events. T
I was just sitting around the other morning thinking about how life is like a frisbee... in both cases you need turbulence to fly! So I did a real quick ghetto set up and improvisationally reflected on the subject. Maybe its inspiring for you to reflect on too...
Peace,
Scott Bolden
The lyrics are a reflection on how throwing a frisbee is like life... Turbulence is what gives a frisbee both resistance and lift, thus enabling to float & flow through the sky. In life we have turb
30/04/2022
This FREE program still needs participants from Germany who want to learn about making and editing films that support making the world a better place! All expenses paid! Apply now for the last few spots...
We love Spring! Especially this one as we emerge from another kind of darkness... Lots of updates, events, open calls and more in our latest newsletter! EN/DE
Join us this Spring for more events, workshops, meetings, project work and much more...
21/04/2022
The climate clock is ticking and we’re running out of time! ➡️ Please sign this petition (link in bio) so we can get the government to commit to making Berlin climate neutral by 2030!
11/04/2022
Now that we got some major renovations and Covid out of the way for the moment, it’s time to get back into the swing of things with some regular events. Let us know if you are interested in volunteering to help out with continuing functional & decorative detailing work in the space, special projects like Emergent Berlin (June 2022) or regular events like our Thursday Community Networking Nights restarting on April 21! – [email protected]
Working with Nils from @badabaumberlin turning our inspiration for the moment into complex geometry, skipping the digital phase and diving strait into the reality of our current conditions...
• measure the distance of the opening
• make a cardboard model to get a sense of what space this thing can take up
• sketch potential shapes on paper and evaluate the relative groovyness of each
• make plywood frames from sketch templates
• attach frames to ceiling and each other
• reflect on how this took a full day but how cool it's going to turn out in the end so it was worth it...
Volunteer Help Sessions - Making Space - Stop by Weds 02.03 and Sat 05.03 from 11-17:00
Gerichtstr. 23 VH Eg
2G+
Bring clothing you don't mind getting a bit messy
Bring snacks to share - Warm meal at the end! https://mailchi.mp/4f8bce3f0584/volunteerhelpsessionsmarch2022
3 vocal tracks plus a simple drum loop slapped together in a couple of minutes and then let the riffing begin!
This is what happens when the loop machine absorbs and reflects the passing moments between bouts of renovations.... 3 vocal tracks plus a simple drum loop slapped together in a couple of minutes and
31/01/2022
It feels like Baumhaus is inside another messy cocoon of creative and functional action, somewhere in the process of transforming from a caterpillar into a butterfly... Contact us if you would like to join in some of the transformative fun over the next 3 months- [email protected]. Volunteers for ongoing renovations are always welcome!
We have some great projects and events we are planning for Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Contact us about collaborations, support.
Spring - Return of Community Networking Nights + "Live Streams of Conscious" music/improv performances
Summer - Emergent Berlin 2022, "We're All Sailing This Ship Together" + Immaculate Contraption #26 concert 'Launching An Evolution'
Autumn - Art Opening, "Pretend to Be The Ocean"
+ Book Release celebration
+ 10 years Baumhaus celebration!
31/01/2022
Photos from Baumhaus Berlin's post
09/12/2021
+++ Please note: in December, Community Networking Night will be transformed into ONLINE Community Networking Hour 20:00 – 21:00.+++
If you sign up for Dec 2 / 9 / 16, we’ll send you a Zoom-Link for 1 hour of “News u can use” online: connect with us and share your ideas, projects, needs and resources… We hope, the real Community Networking Night @Baumhaus will be back soon next year.
What does it mean to own land? What is land stewardship? How can communities contribute? Workshop tmr night @ Baumhaus. Come by and join us, everyone is welcome! (2G)
In this co-created session, we’ll consider the promise of alternatives to land ownership, such as land trusts and collective models.
10/11/2021
From now until mid December we have a paid position open for an experienced builder. There are several installations in the Baumhaus that we would like to finish before the end of the year.
All of the work is quite basic wood work using common power tools to create some uncommon work...
Your responsibilities would include:
• completing any agreed upon projects for an agreed upon budget
• maintaining an organized workspace
• helping to coordinate volunteer work
01/11/2021
Photos from Baumhaus Berlin's post
07/10/2021
Baumhaus Re-Opening! - Check out the new look and the process that got us there + Thursdays Community Networking Nights + Tuesdays Emergent Berlin + FLOW guided meditation ---- volunteers welcome! https://mailchi.mp/16aa7eec9fa5/baumhaus-re-opening
Baumhaus Re-Opening! - Check out the new look and the process that got us there + Thursdays Community Networking Nights + Tuesdays Emergent Berlin + FLOW guided meditation ---- volunteers welcome! https://mailchi.mp/16aa7eec9fa5/baumhaus-re-opening
Live Streams of Conscious is an event series where we put together an evening of improvisational and freestyle collaboration between musicians, mc's and dj's - all in support of making the world a better (more sustainable) planet. This event on May 6, 2021 was, is and will remain noncommercial. Here is a link to the project web page: https://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/conscious/
This clip is a quick sneek peek into the evening and does not feature all performances/performers or most of the live streamed sustainable solutions slide show that was 50% of the visual content for the evening. Stay tuned for future edits...
Live Streams of Conscious is an event series where we put together an evening of improvisational and freestyle collaboration between musicians, mc's and dj's...
06/09/2021
Taking Things To The Next Level... - Check out the latest renovations to the space, this month's Emergent Berlin Festival line up and video from our first hybrid event live broadcast + more... Volunteers are needed for renovations + we have at least 1 short term full time paying job for an experienced builder! Contact us! https://mailchi.mp/06d7ba77b0dd/the-next-level
Last minute Veranstaltungstipp: Projekt-Präsentationen/Updates rund um das Thema Ernährung morgen abend im Garten der Panke e.V. (Gerichtstr. 23, in den Hinterhöfen vom Baumhaus-Projektraum in Berlin-Wedding) in kleiner und informeller Runde. Kommt vorbei!
• Climate Farmers - Regenerative Agriculture: Going Beyond Carbon
• "Wo kommt dein Essen her?" - Was könnt ihr bei uns entdecken & wo geht die Reise hin?
• AvantGardenLife - Self-Sufficient Herbalism & Food as Medicine
• FoodSHIFT 2030 Berlin Lab - How Baumhaus is participating in an EU project for citizen driven food system change
Eintritt frei - Registrierung notwendig da begrenzte Plätze:
Come here a series of exciting talks by AvantGardenlife, FoodSHIFT, Climate Farmers and Wo kommt dein Essen her!
22/07/2021
We're Moving! (...in more ways than one) Action starts Friday, July 23 - volunteers wanted! (plenty to give away) • Up-cycled tree house building sessions daily until September 15 • Emergent Berlin Festival every Tuesday • Community Networking Night outdoors every Thursday - https://mailchi.mp/2786a778ea2c/reemergent-summer-4969737
Sign up here to let us know which day you want to come to help with renovations or cleaning: https://doodle.com/poll/ad734mu896n5vx3q
Send us a message with the times you want to come...
Thanks!
04/07/2021
Photos from Baumhaus Berlin's post
04/07/2021
A ReEmergent Summer
After 18 months of pandemic pause, we are finally restarting the Baumhaus program of public events! We are also seeking volunteers to help with our latest renovations so we can be fully open again in Autumn.
Check out the live stream from last night's event. Great sound and nice visuals! Thanks to everyone who made it happen! (some copyright material is muted) Stay tuned for a better synchronized edit with no muting... https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1013201930
pankeberlin went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.
Das ist die einmalige Gelegenheit für einen PDC der Sonderklasse mit drei außerdordentlichen Permakultur-Koryphäen: Vera Hemme, Harald Wedig und Declan Kennedy. An einem Ort an dem Permakultur gelebt und geliebt wird: Wir bauen Zukunft.
It's time for the climate movement to reconnect! By building our skills and strengthening our relationships with each other, we can help make 2021 momentous. Join the 3-day online gathering.
18/03/2021
Photos from Baumhaus Berlin's post
18/03/2021
Doing What You Can With What You Have...
Since January we have been working with limited resources and a great deal of uncertainty, trying to stay focused on what is possible to make happen now. Thanks to the great help of a small crew of interns and volunteers we have remained healthy, in good spirits and productively creative.
Designing, building, developing, making, thinking and planning are ongoing...
Save the date, Thursday, May 6 "Live Streams of Conscience" - a simultaneous 5 hour live stream of musical performances (band, djs & mc's) from Panke alongside some live online interactive happenings at Baumhaus via Zoom ("news you can use", interviews, discussions +).
info / support / contribute - "Baumhaus interactive tv" & "Baumhaus Space 3.0" & "LebensMittelPunkte" - [email protected]
Sustainable Development - design, education & creative services
Benachrichtigungen
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Service Kontaktieren
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Videos
transformative detailing
Turning ideas into action all weekend long, beginners welcome! Lots of up-cycling art design and crafting for all levels this weekend and next from 11-17:00. Join our session on January 11 & 12!
https://www.facebook.com/events/509978706529327/
Organically evolving in a constant state of flow... An excerpt from one of our improv meditative vocal jam sessions: full tracks here - https://soundcloud.com/das-baumhaus
Even better, join us every Thursday evening during our Community Networking Night and participate in the jam session!
Sustainable Design In Action - Part 1
Sustainable design in action - Part 1
It all started with the idea of having a "pro-test", being for something as opposed to against...
Then we had to make a plan, manifest that plan into a functional design and give it a second life after its initial purpose...
To find out more, stay tuned for part 2... or just come join us in continuing to make the story happen over the next few months: https://www.facebook.com/events/178569769423750/
Baumhaus "Plasma Glass"
We finally figured out how to do subtle and sexy lighting with LEDs...
This piece of edge lit sandblasted glass was part of the first artwork made for Das Baumhaus back in 2012 by Isaac Abrams (the godfather of psychedelic art) with the assistance of Scott Bolden. It is the smallest of an 8 piece mosaic. Lighting by Baumhaus Nerd Division at Maker Faire 2017.
shaping the tree and bar facade today...
Friday, September 2 - Baumhaus Building Video Blog - Episode 2 Part 2
We need an army of helpers so that we can open on September 24! Stop by and help!
Skilled an unskilled helpers are welcome.
We are here everyday from 10 until 10 until September 22.
Gerichtstr. 23 VH EG (front house, ground floor)
Come help with:
• painting walls and ceilings
• general wood work
• putting clay on the walls
• doing mosaics
• cleaning and moving
• cooking for volunteers
Thanks!
sustainable
Friday, September 2 - Baumhaus Building Video Blog - Episode 2 Part 1
We need an army of helpers so that we can open on September 24! Stop by and help!
Skilled an unskilled helpers are welcome.
We are here everyday from 10 until 10 until September 22.
Gerichtstr. 23 VH EG (front house, ground floor)
Come help with:
• painting walls and ceilings
• general wood work
• putting clay on the walls
• doing mosaics
• cleaning and moving
• cooking for volunteers
Thanks!
Baumhaus Building Video Blog - Episode 1, Part 2 - Thursday, 2...
Just a quick run through of what we have going on in the space at the moment and how people can participate in the creatively constructive project... We need more helping hands in the space to get open on the 24th; we are here everyday from 10 in the morning until 10 at night. This Saturday, August 27, The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin will come to cook a nice rescued food meal for all the volunteers!
Come help with:
• painting walls and ceilings
• general wood work
• putting clay on the walls
• doing mosaics
• cleaning and moving
• cooking for volunteers
Baumhaus Building Video Blog - Episode 1, Part 1 - Thursday, 2...
Just a quick run through of what we have going on in the space at the moment and how people can participate in the creatively constructive project... We need more helping hands in the space to get open on the 24th; we are here everyday from 10 in the morning until 10 at night. This Saturday, August 27, The Real Junk Food Project: Berlin will come to cook a nice rescued food meal for all the volunteers!
Come help with:
• painting walls and ceilings
• general wood work
• putting clay on the walls
• doing mosaics
• cleaning and moving
• cooking for volunteers
It's Not Too Late...
What's it not too late for you to do?
Over the past 4 years we have dedicated most our time, energy and money to realising the Baumhaus Berlin project along with the 300+ other wonderful people who have helped us get this far.
Now, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP to raise the last funding we need to finish building the space and OPEN THIS SEPTEMBER so we can all get busy using it, spreading the idea and sharing everything we learn as an open source project.
Contribute here until JULY 17 2016!
----> https://www.startnext.com/baumhausberlin <----
When everyone contributes just a little then we can accomplish a lot together! Please GIVE 5 TO KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE! If just 3000 people care enough to donate €5 then we can meet our €15,000 funding threshhold!
History
Das Baumhaus is a project without public funding or big investors. Scott & Karen, the co-founders of the project, already accomplished a real life "mission impossible", getting a private credit of 80.000€ from a bank to finance rent payments and basic construction work over the past year. Normally, one estimates a 1.000€ per sqare meter for legally renovating a public space, so by the books we would have needed 140.000€. But because we have had the help from many volunteers who have generously contributed their time and skills, we have been able to make it this far.
For more infor about the project: www.baumhausberlin.de
Spread the word and let everyone else know what it's not too late for you to do... #ItsNotTooLate @baumhausberlin
Thanks,
Scott, Karen and the entire Baumhaus community
p.s. We always welcome new building and helping volunteers: http://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/building/mitbauen/
Baumhaus Crowd-Building 2016!
** Check out our crowd-funding campaign starting week of May 9, 2016! **
** keep updated by signing up as a fan and give us feedback **
EN - https://www.startnext.com/en/baumhausberlin
DE - https://www.startnext.com/de/baumhausberlin
Hey folks, as building the space progresses, we're about to start a crowdfunding & pre-book-the-space campaign, so that we can realize a few great projects that many of you guys have helped develop over the last year, like the vertical gardens.. Video and Text and some of the prizes are already up - check it out. We'd love some feedback!
Das Baumhaus is a project and event space for sustainable development in Wedding with an interior inspired by Gaudi, Lord of The Rings, Avatar and all things generally organic in aesthetic. We connect, inspire and empower each other as neighbors, professionals, organizations and local change-makers working for transition towards sustainability. In our project space, people and projects from a broad variety of backgrounds come together, meet and collaborate on creating a wide variety of sustainable solutions from designed objects in the physical world to systems and events.
Who we are & What we do
people + projects + events + products + services
Karen & Scott, the project co-founders at the core of the Baumhaus project. Since 2012, more than 450 people have collaboratively developed the project, organizing events, meetings, initiating new groups, and in 2016 renovating a storefront space into a pretty unique project space. We are organized both as a non-profit association (e.V.) and a for-profit social business (GbR) but above all else, an open network.
• Social Business
We are growing a diverse community, building a project and event space, and supporting good ideas and projects. Scott & Karen are managing the Baumhaus project space as a social business (GbR), creating an inspiring environment and providing room for meetings and events of social and ecological projects.
We also offer sustainable design solutions from interdisciplinary teams of freelance talent across a wide variety of disciplines including but not limited to: concept & product development, interior installation, lighting, complex systems, event concept/production, furniture, art, music and various other areas of expertise offered by members in our network.
• Non-profit work
Our non-profit association (Verein) is organizing events and several groups in the Baumhaus and at other places. Together, we’re building a local hub for people who want to make the world a better place in our neighborhood, Berlin and beyond.
We want to contribute locally to an attractive culture of change. With social and ecological crises accelerating, civil society’s collaboration and creativity for democracy, sustainability and solidarity seems more crucial than ever. For that, we think, we need more spaces for meaningful engagement, where we can meet, support each other and collaborate, transforming our neighborhoods and cities.
What we want to create: a local hub for p.e.a.c.e.s of sustainable development
At Baumhaus, we aim to create a space where we can address the transition to sustainability from a broad spectrum of perspectives. Transitioning from a culture of domination and exploitation to a culture of care, maintaining a dynamic balance in relations to oneself, others, and nature – that’s the project of our (life)time. And while it’s about development in the social and economic world, it’s also about personal development. We think, working for change is bit like practicing an art: it’s about what we do in our every day life and it works better if we have fun and a supportive community.
Baumhaus is a platform for all those P.E.A.C.E.S. of being a good neighbor and actor of change – bringing together perspectives that are: Personal - Who am I, where am I at in my life, where do I want to be and how do I get there? How can we take care of ourselves so that we can live more humane, balanced and satisfying lives? Ecologic - How can we live in balance with the ecosystem and protect life on this planet? Aesthetic - How can we understand and be in better connection with the many ways it’s possible to sense the world each other and ourselves? Cultural - How can we appreciate and learn from our differences but also focus on what we have in common? Economic - How can we advance towards more balanced, zero waste and humane ways of production and consumption? How can we shift monetary value to align more appropriately with social value? Social - How can we communicate with each other to understand each other and work collaboratively to support each other?
I was just sitting around the other morning thinking about how life is like a frisbee... in both cases you need turbulence to fly! So I did a real quick ghetto set up and improvisationally reflected on the subject. Maybe its inspiring for you to reflect on too...
Peace,
Scott Bolden
This FREE program still needs participants from Germany who want to learn about making and editing films that support making the world a better place! All expenses paid! Apply now for the last few spots...
We love Spring! Especially this one as we emerge from another kind of darkness... Lots of updates, events, open calls and more in our latest newsletter! EN/DE
The climate clock is ticking and we’re running out of time! ➡️ Please sign this petition (link in bio) so we can get the government to commit to making Berlin climate neutral by 2030!
Now that we got some major renovations and Covid out of the way for the moment, it’s time to get back into the swing of things with some regular events. Let us know if you are interested in volunteering to help out with continuing functional & decorative detailing work in the space, special projects like Emergent Berlin (June 2022) or regular events like our Thursday Community Networking Nights restarting on April 21! – [email protected]https://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/cnn/
Working with Nils from @badabaumberlin turning our inspiration for the moment into complex geometry, skipping the digital phase and diving strait into the reality of our current conditions...
• measure the distance of the opening
• make a cardboard model to get a sense of what space this thing can take up
• sketch potential shapes on paper and evaluate the relative groovyness of each
• make plywood frames from sketch templates
• attach frames to ceiling and each other
• reflect on how this took a full day but how cool it's going to turn out in the end so it was worth it...
#sustainabledesign #upcycling #cradletocradledesign #liveprototyping #berlinculture
Volunteer Help Sessions - Making Space - Stop by Weds 02.03 and Sat 05.03 from 11-17:00
Gerichtstr. 23 VH Eg
2G+
Bring clothing you don't mind getting a bit messy
Bring snacks to share - Warm meal at the end! https://mailchi.mp/4f8bce3f0584/volunteerhelpsessionsmarch2022
It feels like Baumhaus is inside another messy cocoon of creative and functional action, somewhere in the process of transforming from a caterpillar into a butterfly... Contact us if you would like to join in some of the transformative fun over the next 3 months- [email protected]. Volunteers for ongoing renovations are always welcome!
We have some great projects and events we are planning for Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Contact us about collaborations, support.
Spring - Return of Community Networking Nights + "Live Streams of Conscious" music/improv performances
Summer - Emergent Berlin 2022, "We're All Sailing This Ship Together" + Immaculate Contraption #26 concert 'Launching An Evolution'
Autumn - Art Opening, "Pretend to Be The Ocean"
+ Book Release celebration
+ 10 years Baumhaus celebration!
Baumhaus Re-Opening! - Check out the new look and the process that got us there + Thursdays Community Networking Nights + Tuesdays Emergent Berlin + FLOW guided meditation ---- volunteers welcome! https://mailchi.mp/16aa7eec9fa5/baumhaus-re-opening
Live Streams of Conscious is an event series where we put together an evening of improvisational and freestyle collaboration between musicians, mc's and dj's - all in support of making the world a better (more sustainable) planet. This event on May 6, 2021 was, is and will remain noncommercial. Here is a link to the project web page: https://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/conscious/
This clip is a quick sneek peek into the evening and does not feature all performances/performers or most of the live streamed sustainable solutions slide show that was 50% of the visual content for the evening. Stay tuned for future edits...
