Who We Are

Back in 2018 I discovered the term Zero Waste and the movement behind it. I immediately decided to start making changes in my own life and implementing them. I have always been a recycling enthusiast and really concerned about climate change. 

After a few months, I realized that making changes at home wasn’t  enough in order to make a real impact, I decided to create my own community to impact locally”

The community started to grow and I soon realized that we could have much more impact. This is how Zero Waste Berlin Festival was born. A space for people to meet, learn and connect around the idea of a Zero Waste world.

Since then we have celebrated 3 festival editions, 1 Zero Waste Xmas Market and 2 Positive Planet Kino sessions.

The project grows as our dreams and ambitions for a Zero Waste world.

Our Story

  • In 2018 our founder was reading the news and discovered the zero waste movement. Soon she started to make change in her life and live more zero waste.

  • After some time researching and learning about zero waste, the founder decided to connect with the community and create a meetup group to run different events.

  • After just 7 months and 6 events the community has more than 300 members and new ideas start growing.

  • The project grows and get accepted into Soulincubator. The team also gets news members and 2 new zero waste enthusiasts join the founder.

  • The first festival edition takes place digitally due to the pandemic and gathers speakers from all over the world: US, Singapore, Chile, US… With 28 speakers, 300 attendees and 14 hours of content, the festival gets a great welcome among the public.

  • For the first time, the Zero Waste Berlin Festival takes place in person. Over 3 days more than 700 people attendeded: citizens, founders and public leaders met in Berlin to speak and co-create a zero-waste future.

  • The event turns into a highly curated environment with multiple areas and formats. +70 speakers and more than 600 attendees met in the ZWBF third edition. The event divides its activities into different days for each attendee type and starts diversifying the dedicated content.

  • The festival team takes a break to re-elaborate the purpose of its existence and launches a new format: “Positive Planet Kino”, a film series to bring a new narrative about the future through cinema. Two editions are celebrated during the year bringing short films, movies and documentaries from all over the world with a positive perspective. Different panel discussions are held before each movie’s sessions to empower the attendees about the topic and create a nurtured conversation about it.

  • The first Zero Waste Xma Market edition takes place with more than 800 attendees and numerous local and international brands.

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