impACT report is out

Our report is ready!

Curious about the impact of the Wild Wild Wald project? Here’s what we’ve been up to in a nutshell.

Objectives:

  • Connect Kirchberg inhabitants and visitors with surrounding nature and biodiversity of the area, expand the imaginary borders;
  • Help kids, youths and adults meet and try diverse nature related activities (including, DYI) in the context of co-creation and engagement;
  • Raise awareness through exchange about nature, its preservation and a sustainable way of living;
  • Collect and built concrete objects made of natural materials;
  • Collect ideas and preferences of participants for future nature neighbourhood activities (e.g. further events and workshops);
  • Including recommendations for the future schools that will be in Kirchberg.

Through Wild Wild Wald project, our aim was to connect the inhabitants and neighbours of the Kirchberg with a feeling of the real nearby forest, the Grünewald forest. Although the forest is in a walking distance of the residential area, it seems
that only few inhabitants are aware of its existence. While designing this intergenerational project, we have decided to put the ideas of togetherness and nature in its core. We wanted that people of different ages, including youth, young families with kids and the elderly come together in the Kirchberg forest to exchange knowledge and to discover nature through different activities: discovering hidden paths like explorers of the new lands, learning about birds, trees, berries and building with your own hands using natural materials!

And this is how we did it…

 

KICK-OFF BBQ AT THE QUARTIER STUFF

We partnered up with Fonds Kirchberg at a local BBQ to explain the project, promote the activities of the Œuvre and the
ImpACT scheme, pre-register participants, to define other needs & ideate about the activities.

 

Wild Wild Wald Forest Workshop

Together with the Ministère de l’Environnement, du Climat et du Développement durable, Administration de la nature et
des forêts, we co-created a ‘map’ of the forest (perception vs reality) & learned about the nature, plants and animals. We also
created a mandala out of natural materials, and collected materials for the next workshop.

Little Wild Wald Workshop

We partnered up with Food for Your Senses to design a second workshop dedicated to kids and
crafts based on natural materials from the forest, and it was facilitated by a Creative Coach.

Read the entire report here and get the full story.

Artwork from our workshops

Wild Wild Wald

The aim of the Wild Wild Wald project is to present the diversity of nature of the Kirchberg Plateau. In addition, the importance of nature should be brought to public awareness. The Wild Wild Wald project offers to all nature lovers the opportunity to discover the forests of Kirchberg with professional guidance during a workshop on May 18th, starting at 10h. Specially for children and families we organise a creative workshop at the Food For Your Senses Festival (https://www.ffys.eu/) on May 25th at 14h, during which nature is explored through the imagination and crafts. Everyone can participate in all three events (Kick Off BBQ on April 27, forest workshop on May 18 and craft workshop on May 25) or just one or two events.

Please register via e-mail at: quartierstuff@gmail.com.
More information about the Wild Wild Wald project can be found on the Internet at: https://www.oeuvre.lu/wild-wild-wald/ und unter http://quartierstuff.lu/

 

Artwork from our workshops