Last updated: October 2021
Along the 'Green Belt' (Grünen Band) in Bielefeld, which connects several urban grave lands with a continuous path, the organisation of Transition Town Bielefeld created a community garden to replace the permaculture garden in Bleichstrasse. (8) Thanks to its location, apart from the food production, the garden increases the environmental quality of the site serving as a green transition between the grey areas and the city. This function is in line with the overarching mission of Transition Town Bielefeld to promote energy and cultural transition in the city through different initiatives. (7) The community garden initiative was started in 2013 and welcome citizens to take part in the maintenance, planting and other gardening work of the garden or simply to enjoy its beauty since its launch in 2015. The project has a bigger goal towards sustainable development of urban infrastructures and social equity (1,2).
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Railroad bank and track greens
- Community gardens and allotments
- Community gardens
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: agriculture
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable consumption
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Transformation of previously derelict areas
Project objectives
1. Self-sustaining food production (1);
2. Regeneration of the areas near the grey infrastructure (2);
3. Establishment of an urban garden as one of the core activities of the local community (1);
4. Creation of alternative ways of communal recreation (1);
5. Non-commercial food production (1).
Implementation activities
Unknown
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
- Co-management/Joint management
- Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
- Citizen monitoring and review
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The Transition Town Bielefeld movement rents out space of ca. 500 square meters for the community garden from the local municipality (2,9).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
(The foundational concept of the German Permakultur-Akademie was included in 2006 in the UN Decade Program "Education for Sustainable Development" (6). Permaculture is a key concept for the development and application of ethically based guidelines and principles for the planning, design, and maintenance of viable habitats (including community gardens). The focus is on food production, energy supply, landscape planning and the design of social (infra) structures.The basic idea is an economy with renewable energies and near-natural material cycles in the sense of an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable use of all resources. (3).)
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
- Crowdfunding
Type of funding
- Donations
- Membership or entrance fees
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of goods
- Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. (2017). Transition Town Bielefeld | Transition Town Bielefeld. Accessed August 24, 2020, Source link.
2. (2017). Urbane Oasen - Transition Town Gemeinschaftsgarten Am Grünen Band, Bielefeld, Accessed August 24,2020 , Source link.
3. Westerkowski, J. (2014). Transition Netzwerk. Degrowth. Accessed August 24, 2020 Source link.
4. Stierand, P. (2016). Broschüre: Gemeinsam Gärtnern in NRW. Speiseräume: Stadt/Ernährung, Source link.
5. Transition Town Initiatives. (2010). Resilient Communities Forum Harrison Hot Springs, BC.
6. Transition Town Bielefeld. (2017). Permaculture, Accessed August 24, 2020. Source link.
7. Maurnic, A. (n/a). Einfach jetzt machen! Twanzig-GG. Accessed on August 24, 2020, Source link
8. Urbane Gemeinschafts Garten. (2020). Transition Town Gemeinschafts Garten am Grünen Band, Bielefeld. Accessed on August 24, 2020, Source link
9. Urbane Gemeinschafts Garten. (2020). Die Urbanen Gemeinschaftsgarten im Überblick, Accessed August 24, 2020, Source link
2. (2017). Urbane Oasen - Transition Town Gemeinschaftsgarten Am Grünen Band, Bielefeld, Accessed August 24,2020 , Source link.
3. Westerkowski, J. (2014). Transition Netzwerk. Degrowth. Accessed August 24, 2020 Source link.
4. Stierand, P. (2016). Broschüre: Gemeinsam Gärtnern in NRW. Speiseräume: Stadt/Ernährung, Source link.
5. Transition Town Initiatives. (2010). Resilient Communities Forum Harrison Hot Springs, BC.
6. Transition Town Bielefeld. (2017). Permaculture, Accessed August 24, 2020. Source link.
7. Maurnic, A. (n/a). Einfach jetzt machen! Twanzig-GG. Accessed on August 24, 2020, Source link
8. Urbane Gemeinschafts Garten. (2020). Transition Town Gemeinschafts Garten am Grünen Band, Bielefeld. Accessed on August 24, 2020, Source link
9. Urbane Gemeinschafts Garten. (2020). Die Urbanen Gemeinschaftsgarten im Überblick, Accessed August 24, 2020, Source link
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