KiezRebellen – Celebrate the Planet at Neustart Berlin 2025

Living transformation, together.

Bildreferenz: Berlin Friedrichstraße Utopia 2048 by Lino Zeddies & Aerroscape, CC BY-SA 4.0

Berlin’s Future on the Big Screen

On 21 November 2025, the Gasometer at EUREF Campus Berlin lights up with ideas for the city’s future. The Neustart Berlin Concept Conference gathers more than seventy initiatives—each exploring how Berlin can become fairer, greener, and more connected.

Amid this constellation of innovation, Generation iTrust: wertvoll.sein e.V. takes part with a message that’s both simple and bold: “KiezRebellen – Celebrate the Planet: Living Transformation.”

Our concept appears on the LED wall outside the Gasometer—a single, luminous chart representing months of co-creation and collective effort. Even without a stage presentation, the message shines bright: transformation isn’t just an idea—it’s something we do together.

“Transformation isn’t a plan. It’s a practice.”

A quiet statement glowing across Berlin’s skyline, reminding us that change begins right where we live.

From Concept to Collective Practice

KiezRebellen – Celebrate the Planet was born from a simple realization: sustainability won’t happen from policy papers alone—it needs lived examples, visible and measurable.

The project brings together politics, civil society, local businesses, and residents to co-create real experiments in their neighborhoods (Kieze). These are not symbolic gestures but hands-on transformations—shared meals, cultural workshops, and neighborhood actions that turn ideals into practice.

The guiding principles are clear: Sufficiency. Subsidiarity. Regeneration. Each one reconnects people to what matters most—community, balance, and agency.

Measuring What Truly Counts

To make the invisible visible, the initiative works with the Gemeinwohlindex (GWI)—a framework that expands how we measure progress. It builds on Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index, translating it for Berlin’s social and ecological context.

Through the GWI, transformation becomes traceable—linking data to meaning, economy to empathy, and growth to genuine well-being. It’s a tool that asks a deeper question: not how much we have, but how well we live together.

Three Places, One Pulse

Change needs a home, and KiezRebellen has three:

• Haus der Statistik – where urban transformation meets creative governance. 

• KulturMarktHalle Prenzlauer Berg – a civic hub blending art, food, and dialogue. 

• STZ Friedrichshain – testing new forms of social and ecological cooperation.

These sites form a two-kilometre corridor of regeneration, each experimenting with ways to bring the city’s values to life. Together, they are living proof that a regenerative Berlin is already taking shape.

Visibility as a Bridge

The Neustart Berlin invitation was more than symbolic—it was a chance to stand alongside others shaping the city’s next chapter. Displayed on the LED wall, KiezRebellen – Celebrate the Planet joined an open dialogue with policymakers, media, and Berlin’s wider civic community.

The event’s spirit—creative, collaborative, future-oriented—aligns deeply with what Generation iTrust stands for: trust as infrastructure for change.

Looking Ahead

KiezRebellen – Celebrate the Planet is part of a broader journey alongside Celebrate the Planet, 4FuturesLab, and ongoing research for the Gemeinwohlindex Berlin 2025.

Each initiative is a thread in a shared story: building a city where transformation is not an exception—it’s everyday life.

Whether you were standing under the Gasometer’s glow or reading this now, the invitation remains open.

Let’s keep shaping the future—one neighborhood, one idea, one act of trust at a time.

👉 Join the movement: www.generation-itrust.org/celebratetheplanet

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