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2. März 2017
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An independent farmer

Once a month, a group of women dressed in the Miao ethnicity’s traditional dresses and their hair pinned-up in a bun enters the farmer’s market in the city of Kunming in South China. They come from Heinigou, a mountain village around 50 kilometers away from Kunming. …

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1. März 2017
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Kobani, Syrien

Seit über fünf Jahren herrscht in Syrien Bürgerkrieg. Wie können die Menschen dort die Souveränität über die eigene Nahrungsmittelproduktion trotz aller widrigen politischen Umstände zurückgewinnen? Diese Frage steht im Mittelpunkt des geplanten Weltackers in Kobanî (Nordsyrien), der mit Hilfe von Spenden realisiert werden soll. Das Projekt …

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10. November 2016
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2000 square meters in Kenya

The 2000m² idea keeps growing all around the world. These days, we’re welcoming our newest member in the community: Salome Wambui and Peter Maina are just about to set up a 2000m² on their farm nearby Gilgil in Rift Valley, Kenya. The two small-scale farmers are …

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15. Juni 2016
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2000 m² explained at TEDx

What is the project all about? How can you join the community? Watch our TEDx Talk here for the short video introduction! The playlist take you directly to the field. Watch us gardening or come by to help. Find out how many square metres you had …

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15. Juni 2016
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2000 m² explained at TEDx

What is the project all about? How can you join the community? Watch our TEDx Talk here for the short video introduction! The playlist take you directly to the field. Watch us gardening or come by to help. Find out how many square metres you had …

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13. Mai 2016
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A visitor from South Africa

Slow Food Youth activist Zayaan Khan from South Africa just came to visit our field in Berlin. She came by to learn more about how the project of the 2000m² global field is put into practice. In her home country, Zayaan advocates a rural development that …

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3. März 2016
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Long Xiufen’s new house in Heinigou

Long Xiufen in Heinigou village in Yunnan Province is one of three farmers who are showing us how they make a living from 2000m² of arable land in South China. Each of them owns roughly 1 Mu, which is 666m². Just like most people in the Heinigou village …

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13. August 2015
by Ben

Earth Overshoot Day

Today, August 13th 2015 is Earth Overshoot Day: Humanity has exhausted the natural ressources and bearing capacity our planet provides in one year. For the rest of the year, so the story goes, we are reducing the planets living substance. Translating this story into our 2000 …

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