HumanNature

Pflücken erlaubt statt betreten verboten: Die essbare Stadt als multifunktionale Landschaft

The edible city connects urban greenery with food, education, and community. Fruit trees, berry bushes, vegetables, and herbs in public spaces make urban nature tangible—and accessible to everyone—giving it a completely new value for many people. This lecture presents concepts and examples of edible cities and shows how urban gardening, municipal initiatives, and civic engagement can work together.

While ecological effects such as biodiversity promotion and microclimate improvement are highlighted, the focus is also on social aspects: participation, environmental education, and new forms of shared responsibility. The lecture emphasises that edible urban nature is much more than a symbolic project—it is a multifunctional landscape with great potential for sustainable urban development.

Participation is free of charge.

The lecture will be held in German. Online participation is also possible via Zoom. Participation link:
Meeting ID: 619 5136 5165
Access code: 008950
Adress: Robert-Mayer-Straße 2, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, green lecture hall

Ecologist Ina Säumel, as Head of the Research Group on Multifunctional Landscapes at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems, consistently works across disciplinary boundaries. She researches healthy, biodiversity-friendly, and sustainably productive urban and rural landscapes and is convinced that researchers must actively contribute to finding solutions that are both applicable and practical.