The people behind BaumEntscheid

BaumEntscheid in Berlin is a broad movement spanning all political camps, social classes and age groups. We are a strong growing team of dozens of volunteers, including a number of legal practitioners, as well as experts from the various subject areas covered by BaumEntscheid’s bill. We are all united in the belief that a climate-resilient city benefits all of us in Berlin.

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We are convinced that politicians must act now. Politicians, the Senate of Berlin and the administration are not doing enough to make the city climate resilient. More trees are the most important measure we can take, but they need time to grow, so we must act now. That is why we have developed the Berlin Climate Adaptation Bill.

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We want to get a debate going about how we as a city can respond to extreme weather events. To do this, we are creating awareness, setting up participatory initiatives in all districts and actively getting involved in Berlin politics.

 

BaumEntscheid was initiated in August 2023 by

• Génica Schäfgen, Head of Ecosia Germany, representative of the climate referendum “Berlin 2030 Climate Neutral”, board member of SEND e.V. and

• Heinrich Strößenreuther, climate lobbyist, initiator of Berlin Cycling Referendum, co-founder of Changing Cities, GermanZero and KlimaUnion, from which over 50 cycling referendums and more than 80 climate referendums have emerged throughout Germany.

 

We are constantly looking for more volunteers who want to make our movement bigger and stronger and become part of a professional, agile team in which we value one another’s contributions.
Click here if you would like to come on board.