You want to discover, learn and exchange in Berlin, away from standardized routes and popular tourist landmarks? Then explore Berlin with id22,  Institute for Creative Sustainability!

Self-organized, common-good housing and urban development, CoHousing and Cooperatives, neighborhood gardens and edible landscapes, ecological architecture, Social Ecology, civil society projects, Community Land Trusts, tenant initiatives. Experience with us the daily and the special life in Berlin!

Due to the emerging crises, we offer on-line as well as on-site educational opportunities: We are happy to plan tours, visits and workshops together with you and create custom, in person and digital, presentations on various topics and locations. Write to us: tours@id22.net

Alternative Kreuzberg

Berlin’s Kreuzberg neighborhood has a long history of alternative culture, self-organized initiatives and urban experimentation. This former fringe area of West Berlin, bordering the Berlin Wall, became a central district in a major European city practically overnight in 1990. Urban regeneration experiments, open lots, squats, … » more

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Creative Sustainability Workshop

We have a bottom-up and a very interdisciplinary approach to sustainability that combines architecture, urban planning, geography, arts and social science. Our Creative Sustainability Workshops look at creative and participatory solutions as well as at practical ideas of how we can improve our cities and … » more

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