NEBourhoods Outdoor kitchen as a meeting point
The team around the NEB Action "Neuperlach eats green" works together with Neuperlach residents to make the neighbourhood edible – be it with appropriate balcony planting, joint cooking events or the construction of gardens.
The communal, healthy and regional production of food in the neighbourhood allows everyone involved to recognise its value. And experience that home-grown tomatoes taste better than store-bought ones. In the spirit of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), the connections between agriculture, food production and climate protection can be experienced at a local level.
As not only gardening, planting and harvesting are part of the NEB Action, but also cooking, the creative minds Raphael Krome and Adrian Sölch from Raumfragen Neuperlach developed a mobile kitchen island: two gas hobs, work surfaces, sinks with fresh and waste water - and all of this on two wheels, easily transportable on foot. The kitchen is designed for outdoor use, so nothing stands in the way of a neighbourly cooking event in the open air! Because cooking and eating together brings people together. The playful collection of recipes designed by Christine Krauss and Jörg Sellerbeck can provide inspiration for this: they facilitate dialogue and bring the commonalities of people from different backgrounds to the plate.
The kitchen is a prototype and its potential uses will be tested over the summer. Anyone who would like to try out the kitchen can simply contact greencity@nebourhoods.de.
In addition, the NEB Action "Neuperlach eats green" team is already supporting around ten new garden projects in Neuperlach with joint building activities, knowledge and individual advice. The gardens of different sizes are currently being created at various facilities in Neuperlach – what they all have in common is the hexagonal raised bed system developed by the creative minds Anna Diermeier, Janine Mackenroth and Richard Schleich. Thanks to the simple building instructions and materials from the DIY store, anyone interested can use it to create their own personalised garden to grow their own vegetables, herbs and fruit.
THEMES
Edible city • healthy nutrition • local food production • green transformation
PARTICIPANTS • Magdalena Engl, Andreas Obermeier, Lea Wiser / Green City e.V.
• Anna Diermeier / ZURÜCK Zero Waste Designstudio
• Janine Mackenroth
• Richard Schleich
• Christine Krauss
• Jörg Sellerbeck
• Raphael Krome and Adrian Sölch / Raumfragen Neuperlach
• Christoph Heidenhain, Christina Schepper-Bonnet / City of Munich
Picture Credits: Christine Krauss (Key Visual); Christine Krauss, Jörg Sellerbeck (Picture Gallery)
