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Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation CE100 at the CRCLR House

Ellen Mac Arthur Foundation CE100 at the CRCLR House Read more

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Thank you OSCEdays Berlin 2017!

The OSCEdays festival took place 3 weeks ago at the CRCLR House under the theme the Circular City. Over 750 participants ranging from businesses and grass root organisations to politicians and neighbours joined in the 4 day program. Read more

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Interview: Valentin Thurn

Last year, CRCLR was honoured with the presence of award winning  documentary filmmaker Valentin Thurn, the writer and director of the 2010 documentary Taste the Waste and the 2015 documentary 10 Billion - What will we eat tomorrow? Read more

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Interview: SOLIDRINKS

Italian Roberta de Martino was actually happy with her job in the cultural sector. Nevertheless, she felt like something was missing from her life - the opportunity to be of positive influence to other people and articulate social problems. So in 2015 she became the co-founder of SOLIDRINKS - Solidary Drinks - a social enterprise and non-profit organization that collects money for humanitarian projects focused on helping refugees. Read more

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Interview: Kaffeeform on closing the loop

Kaffeeform is a Kreuzberg based start-up company, founded in 2015 which collects coffee waste from local coffee shops in the area and recycle it. Read more

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Interview: Hütten & Paläste

The circular minds behind CRCLR’s integrated living and working building project are the founders of the architectural agency Hütten und Paläste- Frank Schönert and Nanni Grau - an agency that focuses on experimental building for extreme locations. Read more

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Dialog: Closing the loop in the gastronomic sector

At the Dialog "Closing the loop in the gastronomic sector" we discussed what consumers and professionals can do to contribute to a more sustainable gastronomic sector. Read more

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6 Ways Mushrooms Can Help Save the Planet

From insulation to health and how they are related to us. Read more

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Circular Minds: Ina Budde

Ina Budde is founder of Design for Circularity, a Berlin based startup that works as a strategic tool and platform for designers, businesses and consumers to close loops for the fashion industry. Read more

Circular Minds: Ina Budde

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Themes

Art

“I don’t know the question, but art is definitely the answer.” Paraphrasing Woody Allen’s famous quote captures how we feel about art here at CRCLR. Read more

Community

We are at a really interesting and challenging time in history. Our current linear model seems to have reached its limits. We’re seeing high burnout rates, growing inequality and environmental degradation. Let’s take the chance to create something healthier! In order to enable this change at CRCLR we believe that it has to start with ourselves. Read more

Finance

The CRCLR Finance program investigates the future of social impact finance. When we speak about money, we don’t talk about the medium but about what it can enable in terms of social equality, environmental regeneration and a transition toward a circular economy. Read more

Food

How can a circular framework for food production enable a more sustainable and equitable food supply? At the CRCLR House we are addressing this problem. We want to implement solutions and offer answers to global issues by applying them on a smaller scale, thereby empowering our local community. Two of our key projects where we are currently putting this framework into practice are our mushroom lab and community garden. Read more

Habitat

At the CRCLR House we believe it is now the time to rethink and redesign how we live and work together in a better way. A circular economy model is the framework we have chosen to develop creative solutions, simply because life is just not linear. Read more

Open Source

We believe Open Source facilitates collaboration between actors in a circular economy. By decentralising the innovation process, people are empowered to develop local real-life solutions. This way we can accelerate systemic transformation. Read more

Textile

  “*Circularity to us means to use resources in the most anticipating and innovative way so we keep their value infinitely*” Ina Budde, [Design for Ci... Read more

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CRCLR House

Art Studios

The art studios are managed by Agora Collective e.V. The ten studios are located on the ground floor of the CRCLR house and have become home to a diverse community of artists. These were selected by a committee from the Agora Collective e.V. whose mission is to promote contemporary art and practices in Berlin. The Agora Collective e.V. also curates a series of events in the CRCLR house. Read more

Book a tour of the CRCLR House

Are you interested in circular economy  or curious about what is going on in the CRCLR House? We offer tours for companies, organizations, neighbours, tourists and friends. Read more

Coworking

Are you a freelancer, an entrepreneur, a project or a startup and want to join an inspiring community dedicated to circular economy? Then our coworking space is ideal for you! Read more

Community Garden

The community garden is the heart of our neighbourhood engagement. It’s the place where we meet with our neighbours and engage in activities that are healthy for the body and mind. The community garden holds 25 raised beds, each shared by a group of 4 people. Read more

The Hall

Are you looking for a unique space for your next event? A new location that will inspire your guests? Our hall is the heart of a former storage on the premises of what used to be the Kindl Brewery. With it’s high ceilings, rough walls and natural light beaming in through it’s upcycled windows it offers endless possibilities. Read more

Meeting Rooms

How about hosting your meeting in one of our two upcycled greenhouses? Our greenhouse style meeting rooms offer the ideal climate for ideas to thrive and cross-pollinate. Both meeting rooms offer an intimate space for meetings, brainstorming sessions, mediation or smaller workshops. Read more

Book a thematic Experience Dinner

At the CRCLR House we can host your thematic conversation in a fine dining experience. Read more

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CRCLR Council

Meet the members of the CRCLR House council. Read more

Circular Economy

The circular economy model is inspired by nature’s own ecosystem, resilience and longevity. Waste does not exist in nature. A circular economy ensures an economic system where no materials are wasted. Instead, they are managed in closed loops. Products are designed and built so that after consumption they can be reused, refurbished or repurposed. Read more

FAQ

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the CRCLR House. Read more

How we work

The CRCLR House is where we are putting circular economy principles into practice. It’s a hub from which we rethink all aspects of living and working together in a circular way. We also want it to become a home for communities working on this paradigm shift. Read more

Jobs

Browse through our job openings at the CRCLR House Read more

Meet the team

We’d like to introduce you to the CRCLR team. What brings us together is our shared belief in a circular economy and its potential for positive impact in the world. We dare to think outside of the box. Our approach is to combine boldness with creativity along with a generous serving of business acumen in order to build long lasting circular solutions. Read more

Press

Collection of articles, mentions and clippings in which the CRCLR House has appeared. Download the press kit here. Read more

Our Story

The CRCLR House is a Berlin based center for circular economy practices. Established in 2016 as Europe‘s first circular economy hub, we invite like-minded individuals and institutions to meet, exchange ideas and collaborate around circular economy projects. We believe that a different way of living and working together is both necessary and possible. Read more

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