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Sustainable Tourism

Berlin writer Beatrice introduces us to sustainable tourism initiatives, guided tours and encounters in Germany while Kiwi blogger Jub reports which initiatives there are in New Zealand that support sustainable tourism.

Sustainable Tourism
 Vegan vibes in Berlin – a vegan food tour of Friedrichshain

Sustainable Tourism
 Sustainable Tourism to Kapiti Island

News from culture and society

What if Fred’s life had been different? At the premiere of Kay Voges’ Die Parallelwelt the audience saw two life stories at the same time – one performed live on stage, the other presented on a video screen. Photo (detail): „Die Parallelwelt“, Kay Voges © Birgit Hupfeld / Schauspiel Dortmund

Digitalisation in art
“Complexity is beauty”

Virtual reality, 3D animation and robotics have long been used by theatre directors in other countries but they have yet to be embraced as tools of stagecraft in Germany. That is about to change. The new Akademie für Digitalität und Theater (Academy for Digitality and Theatre) in Dortmund is set to revolutionise the German theatrical landscape. 

Reforestation for air travel: What do carbon offset projects achieve? Photo (detail): © Adobe

Climate change
 Carbon compensation – a feel-good solution?

Carbon offset schemes promise to compensate for the emissions caused by private individuals – as air travellers, for instance – with donations to climate projects. But are they not just a way of salving guilty consciences?  

The “Bauhaus women”
 Female apprentices required – but not too many!

There are many myths on the subject of women in the Bauhaus. Author Theresia Enzensberger points out that where women’s equality is concerned, the school might have been progressive – but the inclusive attitude remained incomplete.

Events

27.10.2019
 When We Leave
 4:00 PM - New Plymouth, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth | Film Screening

24.11.2019
 My Beautiful Country
 4:00 PM - New Plymouth, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth | Film Screening

29.12.2019
 Phoenix
 4:00 PM - New Plymouth, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth | Film Screening

In Focus

Illustration of a harbour. On the left is a sail boot. People are eating in a restaurant. In the background you can see buildings of harbour cities in Germany and New Zealand. © Goethe-Institut


Culinary Harbour Cities

From roof-top restaurant beehives to indoor farming, long-line fishing and coffee labs: monthly dispatches from New Zealand and Germany focusing on what makes culinary harbour cities such as Hamburg, Auckland and Wellington distinct
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#Nucleus: Short Film Competition

The environment and sustainability in smartphone films. Short film competition for smartphone films from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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