Nature Day: we give courage
We are Nature Day e.V. – we believe that a sustainable, just and inclusive future is possible for all generations.
We’ve been working together on this since April 2023 with a small team of experts from the areas of environmental action, civic participation, design, content creation, fundraising and more. Our aim is to create one day every year for people to experience environmental action, inclusive communities and the personal power to affect change.
hands-on
achieving sustainability takes all of us
inspiring
taking part feels good, together we can achieve great things
Confident
positive change is possible when we think positively
In touch (with nature)
let us strengthen our appreciation of nature
Our values
Our mission
Our goal is a German-wide Nature Day that invites everyone to engage with environmental action, take part in inspiring projects, and together with like-minded people get inspired about a more sustainable lifestyle.
We want to bring everyone together: community organisations, businesses, educational institutions, municipalities and many more, to build an inclusive day of action for the environment and in future, mobilise one city and one country after the other.
Our philosophy
Inclusive: Everyone, regardless of gender, origin, language, skin colour, faith, sexual orientation or income, should be able to participate in sustainable change. Nature Day wants to give make the environment movement accessible to people who’ve not found a place for themselves in it but want to become active. To achieve this, we meet people where they are: in their own language, where they live and where their interests lie.
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Participatory and empowering: participation feels good. We believe that everyone has an important part to play in protecting our planet. We want to reach out to people and demonstrate how active and effective participation by individuals can achieve great things and how we can change the world together.
Confident and inspiring: positive change is possible when you think positively. We want to open up a space to discuss negative feelings that the climate or biodiversity crisis can spark in us and at the same time identify effective solutions and motivate people to take positive action.
Respectful and affirmatory: We are not moralisers. We believe that everyone can make lasting change, play an important part and contribute to solutions.
Meet the Team
From environmental officer to data analyst to biology teacher - we are a colourful bunch and believe that this is exactly how change works.
Kerstin Podere
Founder and Environmental Officer
Nora Kroeger
Co-founder and Fundraiser
Linn Kaldinski
Volunteer Manager
Cerere Mulandi
Data Analyst
Johanna Jäckel
E-Learning
Hannah Lauer
Brand & Communication
Elisabeth Wohlfahrt
Responsible Resourcing/Reuse Lead
Ruth Mulandi
Organisational Development
Ines Guett
Participation Lead
Nadine Wichlitzky
Biology Teacher
Mareike Tjaden
Video Content
Ella Bachmaier
Project Manager
Our starting point
The idea for Nature Day started in Spring 2023 in response to a number of political and social developments that marked a turning against the climate and environmental movements and immigration policies: the demise of global climate protests, the failure of the Berlin climate referendum, the events in Lützerath and more latterly the EU elections 2024.
The Nature Day team came together as a group in December 2023 to found a charitable association. It has been registered since 14 May 2024, is recognised as charitable and has its seat in Berlin. We currently work 100% on a voluntary basis.
Become part of the team
We are always looking for new team members and volunteers. Currently we are in need of people with the following skills and experience:
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1. Arabic, Turkish, Ukrainian, Croatian, Spanish, French, English translation
2. German as a second language and Easy Read
3. Working with disabled people, e.g. people with visual and cognitive impairments, and learning difficulties
4. Content creation for social media, especially TikTok and Instagram
5. IT specialists, especially data management and cloud computing
6. Work experience in the corporate and social sectors
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Your talents are not on list? Not a problem! We are keen to meet you, too.
Important to know: we currently work/contribute on a purely voluntary basis and are therefore unable to cover any expenses. We are working hard on changing this.
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