Klimawandel und Afrika

Vorstellungen jeweils um 20:00 Uhr im TAK, Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg, Prinzenstrasse 85F

So unterschiedlich die Klimakatastrophe und ihre Folgen für Afrika in Polen, Tschechien und Deutschland wahrgenommen werden, so unterschiedlich - dank der spezifischen Theatertraditionen - die Theaterstücke dazu. Über die Wahrnehmung des Themas hinaus also die Möglichkeit, unsere Nachbarländer besser kennen zu lernen. Ein spannender Vergleich, ein wahrhaft europäisches Nord-Südprojekt. Die Theater spielen in ihrer Landessprache, Übersetzung ins Deutsche als Übertitel. Finanziell gefördert von der EU.

Freitag, 7.10.: Tschechien Theater Divadlo Polarka, Brno
Roman Sikora : DRUNTER UND DRÜBER
Lustiges Musical über schreckliche Dinge nach Jules Verne
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Samstag, 8.10.: Polen Theater in Spe, Lublin
Arkadiusz Ziêtek, Grzegorz Kondrasiuk: ALL INCLUSIVE
Surreal-poetische Beschreibung polnischer Befindlichkeit den Klimawandel betreffend
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Sonntag, 9.10.: Deutschland Berliner Compagnie
Helma Fries, Elke Schuster SO HEISS GEGESSEN WIE GEKOCHT
Klimakatastrophe mit Musik
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Veranstaltungsort für das Theaterfestival:
TAK Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg
Berlin
Prinzenstrasse 85F
Eingang über den Prinzenhof
U-Bhf Moritzplatz
Telefon.: 030 - 346 636 80

Die Bilder sind entstanden auf einer Probe der Berliner Compagnie zum Stück SO HEISS GEGESSEN WIE GEKOCHT

Fotos: Laura Su Bischoff
Masken: Helma Fries
Liedtext: Elke Schuster

Klagelied der zum Verzehr bestimmten Tiere

"Wie köstlich ist der Broccoli,
so viel gesünder als jedes Vieh,
das niemals frei und froh gedieh.

Blut ist nur was für Vampire,
macht bleich, brutal und siech.

Gallbitter schmeck' euch uns're Qual,
wenn ihr uns auf dem Teller habt
und euch an uns'rer Hölle labt.

Was ihr, was ihr dem Geringsten tut,
das sei euch selbst getan."

Bis zur Vorstellung werden die Masken noch angemalt. Zu sehen im September in Berlin und anschließend auf Tournee - siehe Veranstaltungskalender in der rechten Spalte.

Im Juni 2011 fand ein Workshop mit serbischen, bosnischen und deutschen Jugendlichen in unserem Werkraum in Berlin-Kreuzberg statt. Die Jugendlichen sind Teilnehmer eines Friedensprojektes, für das Zdravko Marianiovic 2009 den internationalen Aachener Friedenspreis erhielt.

Christiane Bertram vom Projekt "Brücken bauen" aus Bergisch Gladbach, das diese Arbeit unterstützt, schreibt in einem Brief an Elke Schuster (Berliner Compagnie):

"Liebe, liebe Elke,
wenn ich an Deinen Theaterworkshop denke, erfüllt mich Dankbarkeit, dass Du den Jugendlichen Deine Kraft geschenkt hast.

Deine unglaubliche Präsenz hat bewirkt, was ich kaum für möglich gehalten hatte: eine so lange Konzentration und Faszination der Jugendlichen. Ich habe z.T. atemlos zugeschaut, was da in kurzer Zeit geschehen ist. Es freut mich vor allem für Zdravko. Wir haben unsere Hoffnung darauf gesetzt, dass er durch Anschauung in Berlin erfährt, was unser Anliegen war, als wir ihm nach dem Aachener Friedenspreis im September 2009 vorschlugen, seine Jugendarbeit mit dem Medium Theater  fortzusetzen. Es ist uns voll gelungen. Zdravko war so dankbar und begeistert! Er hat sofort überlegt, seine Theaterarbeit in professionelle Hände zu geben. Er hat bei Dir erlebt, was man Jugendlichen an Konzentration und Disziplin abverlangen kann und was dabei heraus kommt.

Es wird nicht möglich sein, eine kontinuierliche Theaterarbeit in Serbien fortzusetzen, aber es könnte mal oder hin und wieder ein Workshop möglich sein. Wenn Du Dein spontanes Angebot, Deine Arbeit mit der serbischen Gruppe mal dort "unten" fortzusetzen, überschlafen hast und aufrecht erhalten kannst, würde ich Dich sehr gerne bei einem Flug begleiten. …. Liebe Grüße, Christiane"

 Zutaten: Jede Menge Kohle- und Atomkraftwerke, dicke Schlitten, dicke Lügen, etliche Brühwürfel Berliner Politik, die Sonne über Afrika - alles serviert mit heißen Rhythmen und am Ende…

SO HEISS GEGESSEN WIE GEKOCHT

Die Neuste Produktion der Berliner Compagnie ab September 2011

Even ECO Never FUN

Barbara Wybacz / Poland

I am here with you today as a culture expert. I’m not a political scientist or an ecologist, but political issues are important to me. This is how I was raised, and both anthropological and artistic studies have left a stamp on my sensitivity to the surrounding reality.
I would like to present Polish environmental policy from at least two points of view:
1. As a central national programme
2. As a “return message” / social feedback getting to the ecological awareness of Polish citizens.
Both these worlds - the serious long-term strategies of the Government and the everyday world of the consumer - interact significantly with each other. Regardless of these obvious influences, there is a very strong impression that the citizens of Poland do not care about the far-reaching plans of politicians. They do not care about them because they do not know much about ecology. Nobody teaches us about ecology. We are forced to encourage pro-ecological behaviour with a stick, threats, sometimes requests. However, there is a lack of an elemental factor: access to information and regular education. Nobody teaches ecology to adults, which I understand, is a very difficult task, but also nobody teaches ecology to children at school.
Although we tend to talk more and more about ecology, this ecology has nothing to do with serious social debate; neither is it a form of a political struggle about the superiority of Polish coal over biofuels and vice versa. The most common type of ecology in our country is so-called lifestyle ecology. Even serious periodicals include funny anecdotes instead of fulfilling its mission, which is to shape the opinions of readers. And ’serious’ ecology is as equally shallow as the ‘light version” of ecology. So it’s either funny or frightening.
You could to say that there is no climate for ecology. This implies that we are better and better at simulating a healthy lifestyle. We eagerly organise our apartments in eco style, but we don’t like waste sorting, because too many containers spoil the view. We take part in social activities on Facebook, sign petitions supporting the building of new bicycle paths, but a plastic bottle of water is still synonymous with a fitness style. The upper class escapes to quiet suburban areas, chooses intelligent technologies, energy-saving projects for houses, but still keeps two cars in one garage, one of which is with four-wheel drive, which consumes fuel like a locomotive, and hybrid cars are one of the favourite joke topics among men.
One topic of discussions on ecology is the level of enjoyment / pleasure which alternative solutions should give, or which they don’t give. A parallel aspect of the environment in this debate is completely ignored, although it is superior over human as it allows us to live.
Besides, changes in the everyday behaviour of consumers are perceived as the kinds of losses and sacrifices which we should suffer for the sake of a virtual existence – ecology. Naturally, the question arises about the measurable benefits here and now. Similar problems appear on the macro scale with regard to the national economy. It is disturbing, because at the level of habits and in the categories of the country we don’t have our own ecological purpose. We don’t know how to specify the functions of ecology at the level of national policy and the tasks of everyday existence.
Also, the European Union, which oppresses the Polish consumer and tells him to pay twenty times more for energy-saving fluorescent lamps, which ruin our budget. It imposes taxes on small plastic bags, which we all like so much, and makes us sort our waste. The same European Union puts pressure on our Government and threatens us with restrictions which not only would destroy our heavy industry, but also in the end again hit the pockets of citizens.
Believe me - even the most knowledgeable Pole, on issues of ecology, will notice the gravity of these dilemmas, which are at not so strong at the moral level (the do not create remorse in the Catholic conscience), because most of these dilemmas appear at the level of elementary needs. No pro-ecological or cultural policies (the situation here is very similar) will have any meaning while people in Poland have no time to think about basic values, but at the same time the most important ones, namely our environment. And Poles don’t have time to think about it, because they are occupied mainly with electricity and water bills, rent, etc. It applies both to the poorer part of society, and to the one living at the average level for the country. The proportions are slightly different, but the dilemmas are similar. The upper class, which has grown recently, will not suddenly quit luxurious energy-consuming lifestyle for the sake of symbiosis with nature. It will not be interested in purchasing houses in a housing development like Stellwerk in Cologne. This is because the upper class, which today is happy and rich, still remembers very well the lean years and does not want to switch from a SUV to a Toyota Pruis or public transport. This is not surprising for me, as public transport in Poland is related to the topic of Polish roads. Moreover, a car in Poland is still something more than just a means of transport. It indicates the public status of its owner.
Food is also a good illustration of global interrelations when it comes to prices, markets and climate. Food which is thrown out by consumers cannot be recovered. And we throw away a lot in Poland, into one garbage can. Only educational programmes and social campaigns can help here. Such programmes and campaigns tell how to properly keep food and plan our shopping, and make people aware that such wasted food is not only money down the drain, but also energy needed for its production, packaging and transport, and thus higher pollutant emission. But Poles are true consumers and global arguments, such as the need to protect the environment for future generations, do not convince them.
In one of the issues of “Polityka”, Edwin Bendyk, a strong and reasonable voice in Poland when it comes to the issues of ecology, and a journalist and scientist, asks whether Poland will be a heritage. It doesn’t look very good if we look at it from the above point of view. Just like Bendyk, I believe that both the “bad” European Union, and even ecological trends, give us the “green light”. Fortunately, although the public-political debate has recently been dominated by airplane catastrophes and disputes over the Cross, the Government and Donald Tusk’s advisers have prepared two very important strategic documents for the country, which name the problem of ecology and put it among other challenges: the Poland 2030 Report and the Foresight 2020.
National Programme. Both these documents say that it’s not sanctions or the threat of protests by ecological organisations that are urging us, but progress. And the progress is not just to make up for the lost years in relation to the Old Europe, coping with their proven recipes, but also the mistakes. We need to invest in ourselves, in human resources development, and an innovative economy with full responsibility. Today we don’t measure economic development with only quantitative indexes, but with the effectiveness of the methods of achieving goals, so long-term actions are important. The same rules apply to the environmental policy of the country. If we don’t want to be a so-called “poor relative”, we need to focus now on innovative technologies, stop fighting for privileges when it comes to regulations on CO2 emission (carbon dioxide) and start to implement modern systems of pure energy, which should be varied.
“Poland 2030” is a story about a country where the present doesn’t exist, and there is only a constant battle between the past and the future. Poland is characterised by constant development. The report of Michał Boni is the first document of its kind in Poland. However, you will be disappointed if you look at Poland 2030’s ready-made prescriptions. This document is neither a vision of the future nor a plan for reforms, but a report, a diagnosis of the situation aimed at practical usage, which is supposed to be the best usage of development opportunities in the future. A virtue of Poland 2030 is its non-ideological bent. A liberal perspective on the economy, mobility and competition is accompanied by a sensitive approach to social issues, with an emphasis on the solidarity of generations, and their fight against isolation and care for people in need.
Foresight programmes are a very helpful reflection on the future, not simple forecasting. They are aimed at indicating actions which could prevent worst-case scenarios from coming true. The Delphi analysis was one of the main elements in National Programme Foresight Poland 2020, which, for the first time, has been used in our country on such a large scale. This project was prepared not only by scientists, but by a few hundred experts, , who were grouped onto three research areas: the Sustainable Development of Poland, Information and Telecommunication Technologies, and Safety.
Foresight programmes are undertaken all over the world and are intended to provide information for politicians, such as in which researches they should invest to increase development opportunities for the economy. I think Poland was the last country which has created a foresight programme for the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), a club aligning highly-developed countries from all over the world.
The Minister for the Environment, Maciej Nowicki, during negotiations connected with energy packages (in 2008) declared that we have a plan. We are ready to reduce our emissions by 30% in relation to 1990. We will increase energetic effectiveness and the share of renewable sources of energy according to the plan prepared by the Union. Moreover, we will develop the technology of clean coal, coal uptake and carbon dioxide disposal. A proof of that is not just wishful thinking, but a project of Energy Policy in Poland for the year 2030, which is being prepared now by the Ministry of Economy.
Unfortunately, the foresight researches show that politicians are a significant part of the Polish problem with the past. According to experts, the short-term interests of the groups holding power are the main obstacle to engaging the country in the development of a civil society.
The left wing is very good at organizing protests. By e-mails, sms messages and the Internet it can start great actions. It can even gather large amounts of money for campaigns (see: Barack Obama, Janusz Palikot), but it cannot build institutions.
Living in a more and more complex world means that we need to learn to think in categories of ecosystems. Amory Lovins – the founder and director of the Rocky Mountain Institute –noted that it’s high time to enter the age of natural capitalism. One of its main rules is eliminating the concept of waste. The idea is – just like in nature, which works on the basis of cycles, during which everything is transformed – that –the economy should function in a similar way. Instead of an economy in which success depends on the unlimited (and as a consequence wasteful) exploitation of resources, we should aim at the zero-waste economy. To achieve it, people don’t have to go back to trees and live on rootlets. In the book “The Necessary Revolution” Peter Senge shows that the key to success of the new, green, capitalism will be the same force which was the decisive factor in the heyday of industrial capitalism – innovation.
Which road should Poland choose? Greenpeace tries to convince us in the recently-published report “An Energy Revolution for Poland”, that the best solution for our country is a consistent transformation of power engineering towards resources of renewable energy, and rejects the possibility of nuclear -power development and clean coal technologies, as they might be too dangerous. However, Krzysztof Rybiński, the former vice-president of the National Bank of Poland, currently a partner in the consulting firm Ernst&Young, claims that the proposals in the Union packages cannot be accepted unless they are modified. Those packages should be supplemented with a programme of long-term investments by the whole European Union in the technologies of clean coal. Poland could become the centre of its development, becoming one of the world’s new technologic-development centres.
Again the topic of nuclear energy has been touched upon in the political debate. Years ago Poland was interested in nuclear-power plants. In 1971 the decision was made to build the first installation. In 1979 it was decided to build the plant in the liquidated village Kortoszyno (Pomorskie Voivodeship) and three years later the construction of the Nuclear Power Plant at Żarnowiec started. This investment was interrupted in 1990 due to protests by society. Making this decision wasn’t difficult because the economy going through communist restructuring suffered a big fall in the demand for electricity. History came full circle, and on 13 January 2008 the Government of Donald Tusk decided that Poland wanted to join the nuclear club.
This indeed is the plan. It takes into consideration that, regardless of European plans, the world’s energetic system will develop based mainly on coal. The Chinese, who want to have a better life, as well as the prudish Europeans, who import almost everything they need from the Chinese, are equally responsible for the growing demand for electricity. It’s therefore better, regardless of the development of renewable power engineering, to develop as soon as possible technologies reducing the negative ecological effects of coal combustion, which require increased expenditures on research and development. Also, regardless of Union plans, Poland will still remain mainly a coal country, with a view to surpassing the horizon of 2020. It would be the best to combust it as frequently as possible. We either develop technologies needed for this purpose on our own or with the help of the Union, or we will buy them from the Americans and Chinese.
A similar scenario is indicated by long-term analyses of technological development – foresight. Both the industry energetic foresight for the years 2005 and 2030, and the National Programme Foresight Poland 2020, predict the future of Poland will be connected with the synergy of coal and nuclear power.
Is this perspective too distant in time for politicians to be concerned by it? Let’s be honest – if we’re not able to think strategically, not only in the prospect of 2030, but also 2050, and do nothing about nuclear energy, it will be better to improve the cultivation of beetroot.
We can live ecologically and without making sacrifices. We just need to change our way of thinking.
Thank You for Your attention.
I hope we will continue our debate in less official situations, today.

Dr. Eugen Drewermann am 20.02.2010 - Rede auf der Demonstration in Berlin: "Dem Frieden eine Chance"

Video Teil 1 der Rede auf Youtube

Video Teil 2 der Rede auf Youtube

Video Teil 3 der Rede auf Youtube

Am 1. September ist es endlich soweit: die Verleihung des Aachener Friedenspreises findet in der Aula Carolina in Aachen statt. 19 Uhr. Der Eintritt ist frei und jede und jeder ist herzlich willkommen. 

BERLINER COMPAGNIE

8. Mai 2009 - Eben erfahren: Unsere Theatergruppe erhält den nationalen Aachener Friedenspreis 2009. Den Internationalen Aachener Friedenspreis 2009 erhält der bosnische Serbe Zdravko Marjanovic.

Wir freuen uns riesig, fühlen uns sehr geehrt und schicken einen großen Dank nach Aachen. Wir möchten uns zugleich bei allen bedanken, die uns in der Vergangenheit in ihre Stadt eingeladen haben.

Selbst die Gangster aus dem BLAUEN WUNDER freuen sich!