Brandenburg/Berlin A Love Affair

Coconat is proud to partner with more than 10 Coworking Spaces in Berlin!

Our partnership goes both ways. Whether your home is in Berlin or Brandenburg,
your coworking community is there.

Members of all participating Berlin spaces receive a reduced rate of €10/day, or the cost of coworking at Coconat.
Our local members, from the Bad Belzig region, are also able to pop into the city spend the day at any of our partner spaces*!

Everyday I wake up…

…to the sound of birds and maybe a distant tractor in the fields.

…to the nesting pigeons and the hum of the city outside.

I jump in the train, knowing when I exit…

…I’ll breathe the fresh and walk amongst the endless trees with hawks above.

…I’ll breathe in the scents of the world’s kitchens and be energized by the vibrancy of all the people.

Thank you!

AHOY! betahaus co.up Impact Hub Berlin JuggleHUB raumstation Space Shack St. Oberholz Tuesday Coworking welance

*Some restrictions may apply.

Helfer gesucht – Sportlicher Start ins neue Jahr

Hallo Freunde Coconats,

wird es Zeit Deine sportlichen Vorsätze für dieses Jahr endlich umzusetzen?
Dann gibt Dir Coconat die Chance dazu!

Dieses Wochenende (4./5. Feb.) legen wir los. Wir befreien alle Decken, Wände, Räume und Säle von der Dekorationspracht vergangener Tage. Danach sortieren und lagern wir unser gesammeltes Gut und entdecken bestimmt so manchen Schatz.

Abends vor dem Kaminfeuer, kulinarisch gesättigt und wohlig gewärmt, erträumen wir uns spannende Kreationen aus unzähligen Kilometern an Stoffen, künstlichen Palmenblättern und Möbeln mit dem gewissen Etwas.

Verlängere den Tag zu einem Wochenende! Am Sonntag genießen wir die frische Landluft und spazieren gemeinsam auf dem Kunstwanderweg bis nach Wiesenburg.

Bitte gib Janosch Bescheid, ob Du teilnehmen willst – Kost und Logis geht natürlich auf uns.

Liebe Grüße
von Euren Landeiern

janosch@coconat-space.com
Mobile +49 (0)178 4 45 68 82

Unterstützen

GLÜWEIN am EIS!

Vertreibe den Winter-Blues!

In Klein Glien erwarten dich Glühwein, leckere Würstchen, Spaziergänge durch den verschneiten Fläming und vielleicht sogar ein paar gewagte Pirouetten auf unserem See. Natürlich kannst du dich auch jederzeit am knisternden Kaminfeuer aufwärmen.

Bitte sag Bescheid ob du kommst damit uns die Würstchen nicht ausgehen.

Samstag, 21. Januar, 14 bis 18 Uhr.

Community in the Country – HTW Master’s Students weigh in

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by Julianne Becker

For 6 weeks I worked with a group of students who all share a passionate vision of working together to leave this world better than the way we found it. I had the privilege of harnessing this energy to focus it on the social ambitions of Coconat.

We dove head first into the world of social enterprise, with speakers from Imagine Cargo and Fahrwerk Kurierkollektiv, Wikimedia, Solidrinks, and non-profit working on various projects related to the Economy for Common Good.

The goal of all of this was to push forward with the social goals of Coconat. To use our sustainable business as a Launchpad for engaging the rural community in which we would be operating. We developed ways to engage the people who would be our neighbors.

What was great is that we all agreed that the best way to develop any project was to do it with the community we would be working with. They worked for 4 weeks on the ideas for engaging the elders and the youth of the community, finding ways for those groups to work together, but always with the caveat that ‘we need to talk with them about what THEY want’ before making any concrete plans though.

Really looking forward to presenting the ideas they came up with, and refining and reworking them with the community of Klein Glien and the greater Bad Belzig area. The final ideas included creating an informal social space – opening up the café/bar, sharing ideas – sharing knowledge, skills, cars, and equipment, and a community theatre project.

We’ll keep you updated about which of these will be fully realized with our new neighbors!

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Coconat restarts: first workshop at Klein Glien

Coconat Workation Retreat has found a new home, but how it will look and function is still being conceptualized.

post by Joel Dullroy

This weekend a group of over 60 people gathered at Coconat’s new location to workshop ideas about design, activities, identity and local engagement.

It was the first time the extended Coconat community visited the property, a historic manor house in the village of Klein Glien, 90 km south-west of Berlin.

The two hectare property has three connected buildings, a small lake, an orchard, gardens and woods. The main building is renovated as a country hotel, but has not been used for over three years.

Ideas for reviving the location were collected during a day-long session on Saturday December 3. Participants included the core Coconat team, coworking space operators, architects and designers, community organizers and – most importantly – residents of Klein Glien and the surrounding area.

Involving the local community is one of the most important priorities for Coconat. Although it will bring urban creative workers to the countryside for workation retreats, it will also be a meeting place for residents.

During the workshop, locals expressed excitement about the hotel and restaurant returning to life after so many years of inactivity. Already the district fire brigade uses a small building on the property as its base. Local farmers have expressed interest in selling produce through Coconat.

The retreat will become a bridge between the city and country. Visitors discussed the possibilities offered by the many different areas across the property. As well as concentrated coworking sessions, team events and conferences, there is room for health workshops and outdoor activities. The old barn offers a space for art studios and woodworking. The open spaces can be used for markets, open air cinema and outdoor working in summer.

All ideas were collected through prototype models and sketches, and will be used by Coconat’s team to configure the property.

The buildings will be renovated over the coming months. Coconat plans to welcome its first visitors in April 2017.

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