Last weekend, the Maker Festival 2024 took place at the Zeiss Großplanetarium Berlin.
“What a festival! ”, wrote “Make Your School” on Instagram afterward. On Saturday, September 21st, the focus was “not on stars or galaxies, but on creative minds, fun, and an abundance of maker spirit”.
Photos: Make Your School; Jana-Nita Raker / Wissenschaft im Dialog
Our co-founder and CEO, Peter Sänger, was thrilled to be part of the festival, as we are not only committed to more livable cities of the future and clean air, but we are also always eager to contribute to social sustainability and environmental education.
Peter Sänger, for instance, is personally involved in the “BNE” campaign, “Education for Sustainable Development” (“Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“) initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. He highlights “how important it is to recognize the necessity of sustainability and sustainable action”. Thus, not only was the festival “impressed by your creativity, persistence, maker spirit, and courage” for a “better school experience”.
We are especially pleased when our sustainable and natural air coolers and purifiers help improve the environment for particularly vulnerable groups, as they recently did in the community of Schönefeld. You can read more about this in our blog post, “Plant-Based Climate Control in the Schoolyard”.
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“Young people showcased their hacks for a better school. Visitors programmed game controllers, built brush robots and magic wands. A drum robot made quite a bang. And one maker inspired us to do things we’ve never done before. It was a celebration with you once again!”, summarized Make Your School. We would also like to extend our thanks to “all students and visitors, to all participants and helpers, and to […] partners and sponsors” such as Klaus Tschira Foundation and Vector Foundation.
The date for the next event is already set: On September 20th in 2025, the next Maker Festival will be celebrated.
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