Circle
instead of
crisis

The interactive
exhibition

Bring the exhibition to your region!

Dive into a world without garbage!

Discover in the Cradle to Cradle exhibition how we can shape a future worth living with the Cradle to Cradle principle: climate-positive instead of climate-neutral, healthy products instead of resource scarcity, circle instead of crisis!

people have seen the exhibition so far.

Climate change, resource shortages, biodiversity-crisis, and social injustice: The way we are living and behaving is anything but future-oriented. However, a different world is already possible today and every one of us can actively help shape it.

How? You can experience this at the exhibition “Circle instead of Crisis”.

The bilingual exhibition presents a positive image of the future, uses practical examples to make the unimaginable tangible and shows how we can all shape a future worth living.

Münster

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September-November 2026

What to expect

Gain insight into the effects of our human actions over the past decades.

We have created an economic system which is no longer consistent with the cycles of natural ecosystems. This linear system is not sustainable, and we are endangering our own foundation for survival as a result.

Get to know the Cradle to Cradle concept (C2C) as a part of the solution for a future worth living.

Find out why the cherry tree and the ant play such an important exemplary role for C2C and why we humans are beneficial organisms. Discover the biological and technical cycles using everyday examples and find out how products must be designed and produced so that they are useful for people and the environment and do not generate waste: T-shirts that are recyclable and healthy for the skin. Packaging made from agricultural waste that is compostable. Building materials made from renewable materials, for example from rewetted moors that store more CO₂ than trees. Everything designed and produced according to the Cradle to Cradle principle.

Help shape your world of tomorrow.

Get creative and design ideas for a livable and sustainable future, where all waste turns into nutrients for something new and C2C is a given.

Plan your visit at the C2C-exhibition

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail at projekte[at]c2c.ngo

or via telephone:

Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at +49 (0) 30 4677 4780

Press inquiries:

press[at]c2c.ngo

Press photos

Opening hours:

01.03. to 04.07.2024

Thursday + Friday:
11:00 – 6:00 pm

closed on Thu. April 18

Saturday:
11:00 – 4:00 pm

Location

Freiraum in der Box
Boxhagener Str. 96

10245 Berlin

>> Here on Google Maps

Free admission:

without registration
just drop by

Guided tours for companies, organizations, foundations, etc.

Bei Interesse an einer Führung für Gruppen, meldet euch bitte via Formular. Gerne führen wir euch durch die Ausstellung und erklären Cradle to Cradle.

Offers for teachers & students

Please send inquiries via form.

Workshop "Teaching C2C - Get to know our educational material"
(2.5 hours, for teachers or multipliers)

Here we introduce the concept of Cradle to Cradle and place it in the context of sustainable development. We discuss why it is necessary to rethink and transform our linear economy into a circular one and what C2C can contribute to this in education. To this end, we will explore existing educational materials on the topic and develop ideas for (specialist) lessons, project days and other educational contexts.

Workshop "Designing a piece of cradle furniture"
(2 hours, for young people aged 13 and over)

This workshop for pupils focuses on the Cradle to Cradle design of a school chair. Together we will analyze what should be considered in the design so that the chair fits into its time, is good for people and the environment and does not become unusable waste at the end of its use. In addition to a playful introduction to the C2C concept, this workshop offers plenty of scope for creative collaboration.

Workshop "Design Dash - Design your own C2C product"
(2.5 hours, for young people aged 13 and over)

This workshop is all about product design using the design thinking method. Students can give free rein to their creativity to develop a C2C product for a specific usage scenario – from the innovative idea directly to the prototype. In doing so, they internalize the C2C concept and consider from the outset how their product can leave a positive footprint.

Guided tour for teachers

This one-hour guided tour gives teachers the opportunity to get to know the Cradle to Cradle concept and the exhibition from a methodological and didactic perspective. The aim is to provide inspiration on the questions of how the topic can generally be integrated into lessons or how a trip to the exhibition with a class can be meaningfully integrated into the learning plan?

Guided tour for school classes
(from grade 8)

Discover the topic of Cradle to Cradle and the circular economy as a whole class. It is about our current crisis situation, our use of raw materials, clever design based on everyday products and circular construction of the future. The exhibition visit can be rounded off with a visit to the interactive workshop, where pupils can build their own prototypes, design demo signs or relax in the reading corner. Or you can request a themed workshop to organize half a day.

Stations

Current station

Future stations

Previous stations

Borrowing

Would you like to borrow the “Circle instead of crisis” exhibition? No problem!

Our exhibition is going on tour. We lend the exhibition free of charge, but the borrower must pay for the logistics costs and appropriate insurance.

An area of around 240 m² is required. Thanks to its modular structure, the exhibition can be adapted to different floor areas. The minimum loan period is three months.