Allow us, Green City!
A handful of dedicated people founded Green City in 1990 with the vision of creating a people-friendly and green Munich. Today we are a pool of approximately 1000 fellow campaigners, coordinated by a managing board consisting of six people and a team of twelve. In the last two decades, we have made Munich more attractive by completing successful projects, such as:
- Call a Bike: In 1994, Green City developed the bicycle rental system that was taken over in 2000 by German Railways (Deutsche Bahn).
- Referendum Petition “Das bessere Bürgerbegehren“: Just shy of half the people in Munich voted for less traffic and against the building of a tunnel on the main ring road in 1996.
- Munich Blade Night: Europe’s largest night skate event was initiated by Green City in 2000.
- Green City Energy: Since 2005, our 100% subsidiary carries out successful renewable energy projects and establishes regional economic cycles.
- PARK(ing) DAY: Since 2007, together with organisations, private residents and local companies, we occupy PARKing spaces in Munich on this worldwide day of action and turn them into individual PARKs.
Think. Join in. Create.
Green oases instead of asphalt, clean air instead of smog. Places to meet friends instead of traffic junctions. Pedestrians, bikers, skaters and kids playing in the streets instead of traffic jams… a pipe dream?
Green City, a local environmental organization in Munich, Germany, makes this dream come true, bit by bit. Together, we are making Munich fit for the future with alternative forms of transportation, sustainable city planning and conscious energy consumption. Our Munich is a Munich from people for people.
For me, for Munich, for the world
We are winning back the streets as living space. We’re making our city greener and more livable – with benches, trees and flowers. We support bicycles, trains, buses and alternative forms of transportation.
By pushing renewable energy and energy efficiency, we are safeguarding livelihoods for future generations. Energy captured from water, wind, and the sun should become Munich’s trademark!
We do it naturally
We don’t talk, we act – with courage, vision and enthusiasm. We realize our ideas in an unconventional manner, full of momentum. While doing so, we actively interact with people and complete projects right at our doorsteps. Because that’s where we can make change happen, for example, with:
- Carrotmob: Via online networking, we activate critical consumers – and show how each and every one of us can personally contribute to environmental protection.
- Ökolumbini: Kids meet once a month to learn about our local environment in a creative, hands-on way.
- Biking for all: Mobility for all – that’s our motto. We offer individual bicycle courses for immigrants, seniors, and people with disabilities.
- Streetlife-Festival: Two times a year and together with 200,000 participants, we change two main streets (Leopold and Ludwig) into the biggest carfree promenade in the city!
- Wandering Trees: With mobile trees, we fight for more green in the city. Our wandering trees have taken root in more than 150 places.
Think with us! Work with us!
Get involved and join us at Green City. We guarantee lots of fun and action as well as interesting projects and contacts. Whether as a volunteer, online activist, member or donor, there are many ways to help!
Get in touch:
Green City e.V.
Goethestr. 34
D – 80336 Munich
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 89 06 68 – 0
Fax: +0049 (0) 89 89 06 68 – 66
info
greencity
de
Bank details:
GLS Bank, Account 76 08 78 01, Bank identification code 430 609 67
BIC/Swift-Code:GENODEM1GLS, IBAN:DE06 4306 0967 0076 0878 01
We thank Sandra Decius for translating this part of our website for our English speaking supporters.
And we thank you for your understanding that most of our content is in German only.
