Berlin Artistically Creative Souls Meetup

#### Special Theme: Emergent Berlin festival 2025 Prep

Community Networking Night is all about bringing people together from many walks of life who share a common desire to do what they can to make the world a better place. Enjoy meeting people in an authentic and informal atmosphere, developing organic relationships, sharing perspectives and collaboratively supporting each other.

14:00 – 23:00 Open Networking (main room) – Stop by just to say hello, meet some new people, discuss possible collaborations, volunteer for vertical garden or other up-cycling art and design projects we have going on. We are currently organizing the next Emergent Berlin festival, if you would like to know more just ask us.

15:30 – 19:00 Replanting Plants (main room) – Join us in replanting some plants in our vertical garden wall using some of the fresh worm compost soil. Feel free to bring some new plants for us to integrate into the wall.

17:00 - 18:00 WORKSHOP Pranayama breathing (seminar room) – Lori guides this 1 hour session of this yogic practice of breathing. This will be Lori's last time leading this workshop before she moves away..!

18:00 Community Night Cooking (kitchen) – We will have a special guest chef joining us in the kitchen for this session. If you want to join the kitchen crew bring a clean shirt plus something to tie back your hair.
19:00 Volunters for Emergent Berlin Festival 2025 "Reclamation" (main room) – Do you have talents, skills, ideas and passions to make the world a better place? Join us in organizing our next Superhero Training Camp at Emergent Berlin 2025 happen from June 13 until June 15.

The theme and spirit of this year's Emergent Berlin festival will be, "Reclamation". The festival will focus on regular everyday people from all walks of life reclaiming their agency and ability to have a positive practical impact on society, reclaiming the narrative of what a good or successful economy looks like, reclaiming our ability to live humane, meaningful and satisfying lives in balance with ourselves, each other and the natural world. Updates on Instagram

## Open Call for Participation

We offer people and organizations to participate this year by hosting a short presentation, workshop, panel discussion, film screening, art, music, performance, displaying promotional materials or however else they can.

19:30 Project Update : "Re-balancing Our World" video project (main room) – Earlier this year we held an Urgent Action Summit. The result was an ambitious plan to catalyze a movement. Our first step in this epic adventure is to produce an epic video to inspire and empower.
20:00 Community Night Buffet Opening – it’s all vegan, with CSA/Solawi veggies, and the standard tea, water, coffee or bring your own drinks! We recommend joining us the latest at this time so you can enjoy some of the food:)
21:00 “News You Can Use” – you can briefly (1min) introduce yourself, let us know what you need help with, if you have resources to share/offer or know of something interesting going on we might want to know about
21:30 Cleaning the kitchen and washing the dishes
21:45 “FLOW” group vocal meditation (seminar room) – more info and samples here - https://www.baumhausberlin.de/en/flow/
23:00 end at Baumhaus and head over to Panke Club...
check out pics from our last events on our Blog or here - https://www.facebook.com/baumhausberlin/photos_albums

Since 2013, Baumhaus Berlin has brought together local initiatives, organizations, and neighbors who are ready to shape a more sustainable future with personal, ecological, aesthetic, cultural, economic and social perspectives (p.e.a.c.e.s.). 🌱 Check out the page where you can submit your idea for a contribution! open call ends May 31

## 2025 Theme: RECLAMATION – Reclaiming the Narrative & Our Agency > Instagram updates

We believe it’s time to redefine the story—our story. This year, we’re turning Emergent Berlin into a Super Hero Training Camp to equip ourselves with the tools, perspectives, and community support to make real change. More than ever, Berlin needs a sense of unity, shared purpose, and the belief that we can move things forward together.

## What’s Happening? full schedule posted June 5

Friday
📍 Art Opening & Party – Friday night kicks off with creativity and connection at Baumhaus, our festival meeting point. The opening party takes place at Panke Culture Club in the backyard.

Saturday & Sunday
📍 Evengers Onboarding – A chance to step into action and unlock some superhero skills throughout hand chosen workshops and preparing you to save the future. Expand your network of real life Superheroes!
📍 Workshops & Prototyping Sessions – From “Redesigning the world as we would like it to be” using AI & AI, actual and artificial intelligence to an all day clothing upcycling / repair / swap and costume making session, plus plenty of different workshops and hands on activities
📍 Inspiring Lectures & Discussions – Experts and diverse voices across Berlin’s changemaker community will share their opinions on recent and future sustainability perspectives + 2 Poetry Slams (DE & EN)
📍 The Launch of a New Initiative – We’re introducing ourworld.solutions, a platform for collaboration beyond the festival to make sure our collected and gained knowledge can be turned into practical action and an active network. + an initiative to start a local newspaper for our growing network of change makers.

All time
📍Music, Food, Drinks, Art, Networking, Chill Out Area, Open Greeting Zones, Fun

Check out our other Emergent Berlin festivals from 2013 until 2023

## How do you want to participate?

Emergent Berlin is powered by the people who show up and contribute.
We’re inviting workshop leaders, artists, activists, provocateurs, helpers, facilitators and anyone with a vision to join us. Whether you’re from a grassroots initiative, an NGO, a creative space, a business, or simply a concerned citizen— join the conversation, share how you want to reclaim a better future, and spread the word. The setting is open and informal, so you’re warmly invited to join us whether your idea/initiative is still in its early stages or already well-established.

Ways you can contribute: give a short project presentation, offer a workshop, a performance, a poetry reading, be a general helper, an AI guide, photo/video/audio documentation, social media & website, wellness facilitator or maybe even a sewing machine operator for our clothing up-cycling/repair/swap shop/costume making workshop…
If you want to contribute, just click the link below fill out the form below and we’ll get back to you within a week!

🌱 Check out the page where you can submit your idea for a contribution! / offer to help open call ends May 31

For more info, participation or press inquiries, reach out to us via info@emergentberlinfest.de

Let’s grow the movement for sustainability, creativity and collective action together!