Climate protection at Berlin schools

The KlimaVisionen project and the “Day of Visions” event supports 40 Berlin schools in establishing climate protection measures. Climate protection measures defined by the school community are implemented through action days in order to drive forward the transformation to climate neutrality by 2045.

Over the past two years, 52 workshops have been held and 40 greenhouse gas balances drawn up. To realize the roadmaps as visions towards a climate-neutral school, climate protection action days are held at the schools. These primarily serve to implement concrete measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the climate protection action days make the school community aware that they can participate in climate-relevant measures at their own school. This is intended to encourage further action.

Examples of action days in June 2023

• The Grundschule am Stadtpark Steglitz elementary school held a school-wide climate protection action day. Initiatives such as Restlos Glücklich, Nemo and UfU supported the pupils with themed workshops.
• The Gustav-Heinemann-Oberschule (Tempelhof-Schöneberg) drew attention to the start of the project with a symbolic action and presented the planned climate protection activities to the entire school community.
• The Lina Morgenstern School (Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain) organized a flea market on the school grounds.
• The Anna-Seghers-Schule (Köpenick) celebrated the start of the protection of the trees in the schoolyard with a large internal tree care campaign.

The climate protection action days and other ideas for anchoring structural climate protection in schools were presented to other schools at the Day of Visions on June 9. The event focused on the exchange and mutual networking between the schools and their supporters. In order to ensure long-term climate protection in schools, long-term and reliable political support is required. For this reason, pupils were able to engage in a panel discussion with politicians Linda Vierecke (SPD) and Ferat Kocak (Die Linke). One student called for the creation of an internal school position that is exclusively responsible for climate and environmental protection. The background to this is the lack of coordination of the necessary measures due to a lack of staff and time at schools. This would ensure that responsibility does not just lie with a few dedicated teachers. UfU agrees with this demand and calls for structural climate protection to be prioritized in everyday school life. The KlimaVisionen project will continue to accompany schools on their way to climate neutrality over the next two years. New project participants are being sought. Please register by e-mail to Muriel Neugebauer (muriel.neugebauer@ufu.de).