Seminars & Workshops
The basis of my seminars and workshops is cultural research and an expanded understanding of art, in which 'every human being is an artist' (Joseph Beuys). I owe special thanks to artist Shelley Sacks, from whom I have learnt much over a period of many years. Shelley has developed some key ideas of social sculpture (Beuys) into creative strategies that can be of benefit in all fields of work. I also work with practices developed in related fields, such as deep ecology and integral philosophy, and am developing my own creative strategies.
Future Finance. Banking on Values in a Digital World. Facilitation of the 9th International Summer School on Social Banking, organised by Institute for Social Banking in cooperation with Hea Koostöö Hoiu-Iaenuühistu (Good Cooperation Savings and Loans Association), Tallinn, Estonia, 26 June - 1 July 2016.
Carpet Dialogues. Development and running of “carpet dialogues”, as part of the art installation aus dem Gleichgewicht (out of balance) by artist Martin R. Wohlwend. Kunstraum Engländerbau, Vaduz, Liechtenstein, March 12 -13 (10 to 1pm); March 14-18 (6-9pm) 2016.
Enlivenment workshop on sustainability. Collaboration with Gesa Gordon, as part of the 2016 GWS Forum “Utopia - Incubator for new thinking and action in the working world”. Oberursel, February 24-25 2016.
How can we make change in the world? Seminar with the staff of the Freie Waldorfschule Oderberg, Gummersbach, February 12th 2016.
Enlivenment workshop on integration. With the Theater Morgenstern ensemble, Berlin, January 29-30 2016.
Social Sculpture in the community. Workshop as part of the “Qualifiziert fürs Quartier” (Qualified for the neighbourhood) training program, Ev. Johanneswerk e.V., Bad Salzuflen, December 7th 2015.
How can we make change in the banking world? Enlivenment workshop, held by the Institute for Social Banking and the Zukunftsstiftung Bildung (GLS Treuhand) in cooperation with the und.Institute, Witten, November 27 – 29 2015.
From Deep Down, social sculpture soil seminar, organised by ANU (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Unmweltbildung Bundesverband e.V.). Papenburg, November 20th - 21st 2015.
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), social sculpture workshop, organised by the Goethe Institute Georgia, as part of the project “Networked for Sustainability”, Tiflis, November 10th - 11th 2015.
Living Reality. Enlivenment workshop with the World Cultural Heritage of the Wisdom Teachings Foundation, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, October 30th – November 1st 2015.
Forum Agenda 15, organised by the und.Institute and the Freies Museum Berlin, October 20th 2015 (since May 2014). More information and details of future opportunities to participate at
Earth Charter seminar, organised by the Seminarhaus Deinsdorf e.V., Weigendorf (Bavaria), October 16th - 18th 2015.
Practices of enlivenment in times of change. Experiential processes as part of the conference “Mindfulness and experiencing nature”, organised by the Bundesamt für Naturschutz (Federal Agency for Environmental Protection) and the Forestry Research and Testing Institute Baden-Württemberg at the International Academy for Nature Conservation, Isle of Vilm, October 12th - 15th 2015.
Forum Agenda 15, organised by the und.Institute and the Freies Museum Berlin, September 5th 2015 (since May 2014).
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), social sculpture workshop organised by ANU (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Unmweltbildung Bundesverband e.V.), Bildungshaus Kloster Ensdorf, Ensdorf, 28th - 29th August 2015.
From Deep Down, social sculpture soil seminar, as part of community summer festival, Schloss Tempelhof, August 5th 2015.
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), social sculpture workshop as part of the 2015 Impulsee Summer Academy, Klostergut Schlehdorf am Kochelsee, August 1st 2015.
We cooperate! Financial solutions to jointly tackle today´s societal changes, facilitation of the 8th Summer School on Social Banking, organised by the Institute for Social Banking, Montabaur, July 5th-10th, 2015.
Being Humus, soil seminar at the Soil Culture Forum, organised by the Falmouth University and Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Falmouth, UK, July 3rd-4th, 2014.
From Deep Down, social sculpture soil seminar, organised by Respekt e.V., Gols, Austria, June 28th, 2014.
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), organised by Kunstplanbau e.V. and the Freie Fachhochschule für Sozialpaedagogik, Berlin, June 26th, 2014.
From Deep Down, social sculpture soil seminar organised by the Institute for Ecology at the Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, May 22nd, 2014.
Forum Agenda 14, with Kai Gregor, Juliane Meyerhoff and Bernadette Schwelm, organised by the und.Institut e.V. And the Freies Museum Berlin, Berlin, May 17th, 2014.
Transformation through Art. How Art Changes Human Beings and Money, workshop with Johannes Stuettgen at the conference "Von der Energiewende zur Geldwende", organised by the GLS Bank Foundation, University Witten-Herdecke, Witten, May 1st-2nd, 2014.
Weltoffenes Pannonien als Forschungs- und Gestaltungsaufgabe (Cosmopolitan Pannonia as a Research and Design Challenge), organised by Europahaus Burgenland, Sopron, Hungary, April 24th-26th, 2014.
Aesthetic Practice in Times of Change, workshop at the conference "Wissenschaft trägt Verantwortung", organised by Leuphana University, Lueneburg, February 26th, 2014.
Finding One's Earth, seminar with Rebecca Gasson during the second Global Soil Week, Berlin, October 28th, 2013.
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), organised by the Cuxhavener Kunstverein, Cuxhaven, October 12th-13th, 2013.
The Art of Sustainability, experiential forum at the conference "Education for Sustainable Development", organised by the Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen in Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, October 1st, 2013.
Die Wandelnden Gärten (The Shifting Gardens), organised by the Centre for Anthroposophy and Transition Town Kassel, Kassel, September 28th, 2013.
Jointly Unfolding Creativity, workshop in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and Wandelwege e.V., Potsdam, August 9th, 2013.
Finding into Resonance, seminar in collaboration with the European Academy for Healing Arts, Klein Jasedow, July 27th, 2013.
Entwerft euch (Design yourself), seminar in collaboration with Blaue Karawane e.V., Berlin, March 23rd-24th, 2013.
Becoming Sustainable, workshop with Respekt e.V., Maria Taferl, Austria, March 18th, 2013.
Im Bann der sinnlichen Natur (Under the spell of sensual nature), series of symposia with David Abram, Andreas Weber, Shelley Sacks, organised by editor thinkOya. Berlin, March 6th 2013, Hannover, March 7th, Munich, March 8th-9th and Prague, March 12th, 2013.
From Deep Down. A social sculpture soil seminar, during the first Global Soil Week in Berlin, November 19th-20th, 2012.
Die Wandelnden Gaerten (The Shifting Gardens), at the Kulturinstitut Vahle in Darmstadt, September 29th, 2012.
Die Wandelnden Gaerten (The Shifting Gardens), organised by Europahaus Burgenland at the Bundesinstitut fuer Erwachsenenbildung, Strobl, Austria, September 26th-28th, 2012.
Stepping Lightly. On the Way Towards Another World, workshop at the Cuxhavener Kunstverein, September 22nd-23rd, 2012.
Aesthetic Education as a basis for Sustainable Societies, seminar within the 13th International Weimar summer courses, Weimar, August 11th-25th, 2012.
Resilience Building in the context of the University of the Trees at the 11th European Permaculture Convergence, Escherode/Kassel, gASTWERKe, August 1st-5th, 2012.
Social Sculpture in the Horizon of Sustainability, intensive seminar at the fairventure congress, Leipzig, June 7th, 2012.
From Deep Down. A social sculpture soil seminar, at Europahaus Burgenland in Eisenstadt, Austria, June 18th-21st, 2012.
From Deep Down. A social sculpture soil seminar, organised by the und.Institut, the German Soil Society and the Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, April 13th-15th, 2012.
Earth Forum training with Shelley Sacks at the “Citizen Art Days”, Berlin, Freies Museum, February 25th-26th, 2012.
University of the Trees workshop with Shelley Sacks at the “Radius of Art” conference organised by the Heinrich Boell Foundation, Berlin, February 2nd, 2012.
On Climate Change II, seminar organised by Europahaus Burgenland, Eisenstadt, Austria, December 5th-7th 2011.
University of the Trees workshop with Shelley Sacks at the Cultura21-Forum in Hude, Germany, September 24th, 2011.
Agents of Change and Ecological Citizenship, summer school with Shelley Sacks at the Oxford Brookes University, UK, July 10th-22nd, 2011.
On Climate Change I, seminar organised by Europahaus Burgenland at the Bundesinstitut für Erwachsenenbildung, Strobl, Austria, April 6th-8th, 2011.
Climate Change - a Good Climate for Change, workshop at “Forum for Creative Minds II - Cities and Climate Change”, organised by the Goethe-Institute Zagreb, Zagreb, March, 3rd - 5th, 2011.
Every Human Being an Artist?, workshop within the EU-project “Sostenuto - Thinking Culture as a Factor of Economic and Social Innovation” in Ljubljana, Slovenia, December 2nd - 4th, 2010.
From Spirit to Action, workshop at the art & ecology happening “Gentle Actions”, Oslo, October 23rd, 2010.