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#33 Olena Kononenko: What links community gardens in Berlin with sustainable reconstruction in Ukraine?

#33 Olena Kononenko: What links community gardens in Berlin with sustainable reconstruction in Ukraine?

#AskDifferent vor 2 Jahren

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Olena Kononenko left her native Ukraine to work in Berlin at
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where she is a fellow in the
Einstein Foundation’s Academic Freedom Program. As an expert in
economic and social geography, she is interested in how cities
are reconstructed in the aftermath of disasters such as wars. In
this episode of our podcast, she speaks about the power of
urban gardening, her vision for postwar Ukraine, and why it is
never too early to start rebuilding, even under the most
challenging circumstances. A crisis, she believes, is always the
best opportunity to start something new.