First "Environment in the Neighbourhood" Action Days bring sustainable commitment to life locally | Umweltbundesamt

Federal Minister for the Environment Steffi Lemke: "Urban neighbourhoods can be particularly effective in countering the climate crisis, species extinction and the pollution crisis. Environmental and climate policy depends on the commitment of all the people who, through diverse and numerous local activities, are working hard to protect the environment and at the same time are creating a better quality of life in the city. I am therefore particularly pleased that many people in a range of locations are contributing together to making neighbourhoods more attractive and sustainable with good ideas and the will to create, and thus to improving the quality of the environment and life in our cities."

UBA ⁠President Dirk Messner: "All our major issues – climate protection and climate adaptation, resource protection, transformation of mobility and construction – come together in urban neighbourhoods and can be experienced by people there in very concrete ways. We want to make people's strong commitment to environmental protection visible in their own living and working environment and thus strengthen the neighbourhood as a space for action for environmental and climate protection."

The "Environment in the Neighbourhood" Action Days will be held for the first time on a trial basis in five neighbourhoods nationwide in the week from 2 to 10 September: In Berlin-Wedding (Badstrasse and Soldiner Kiez), in Bochum-Wattenscheid, in Bremen-Gröpelingen and in Dessau's Leipziger Tor neighbourhood. With a variety of events and activities, the neighbourhoods are highlighting the local importance of environmental and sustainability issues: from delicious garden dinners for the neighbourhood and upcycling campaigns to waste avoidance, city tours and mobile city labs to repair cafés and informative environmental education. "Environment in the Neighbourhood" is an important showcase for local environmental commitment.