On Sunday, August 9, from 5 to 9 p.m., the Weltacker Youth Council organized an intercultural cooking evening in the beautiful outdoor kitchen of the Spore Initiative. The focus was on the question of what a sustainable and equitable diet might look like. The Planetary Health Diet (PHD) served as a guide for a dietary approach that takes into account both human health and planetary boundaries. Antje from Weltacker gave an introduction to this topic and also explained the Weltacker concept. Using interactive materials, we were able to explore in a hands-on way how global farmland is used. This made it clear how our dietary habits are connected to global land use and planetary boundaries.
To start things off and satisfy our hunger, we learned about various wild herbs together with Agnes from Umwelt Bildung Chancengleichheit and processed them right there on the spot into vegan wild herb butter, wild herb salt, and vegan yogurt with wild herbs. Agnes also told us which plants we can identify, collect, and use in the kitchen.
Then we really got down to work together: we chopped, tasted, and—along the way—talked a lot and learned from one another. We cooked various dishes based on the Planetary Health Diet:
Everything is vegan and made with seasonal ingredients.
The evening concluded with a long communal table where all the prepared dishes were gathered and shared with one another. The evening demonstrated that sustainable eating means far more than simply choosing certain foods: it thrives on community, cultural exchange, knowledge, and the joy of eating together.
Special thanks go to Umwelt Bildung Chancengleichheit for the fantastic wild herb workshop, as well as to the Spore Initiative for the beautiful location and the use of the outdoor kitchen.
The evening was organized by the Weltacker Youth Council.
Since 2022, the Weltacker Youth Council has been working with us—an exciting project that brings young people in Berlin together. They all share one goal: a voice in Berlin’s food policy!