Halle 36 e.V.

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The non-profit association Hall 36 was founded in autumn 2016. Its aim is to provide educational opportunities primarily in the areas of art, culture and environmental protection. In addition to the projects and courses we promote neighbourly encounters and exchanges in Werder. We invite interested people to community activities, film evenings and topic-specific meetings, or to welcome initiatives and projects on our premises.
Welcome: An extensive project began in 2017, with the opening of the climate workshop, which also included the commissioning of the open workshops. The premises include a wood workshop, a bicycle and metal workshop, a textile workshop and an electrical workshop as well as a multifunctional event room (which can also be rented). Workers on initiatives and projects meet in the event room, and the repair cafe takes place there once a month. The building was originally a hall which was independently renovated, hence the club's name.

We at Halle 36 offer a place for intellectual and practical exchange with our workshops and event room. In accordance with our statutes, we organize artistic and craft activities, offer space for neighbourly encounters and set ourselves the goal of climate protection in everyday life.

Projects:
• Housework: We reflect on the goals for sustainable development through practical action. Subjects include: cleaning, sustainable consumption and nutrition.
• Explore –9th grade students visit our workshops once a week to learn.
• Designable: Since February 2020 we have been visiting an 8th grade class at Ossietzky once or twice a week.
Comprehensive school in Werder Havel. So far we have built robots from “Lego Mindstorm”with the students. The models are universal and quickly assembled.
• Climate workshop Werder: The climate workshop is a meeting place to develop one’s own lifestyle, to reflect, to exchange ideas about ecological projects and to develop strategies together, on how we can make a contribution to climate protection. Knowledge and experiences are passed on and shared.
• Fair business and sustainable consumption: Since the beginning of 2022, two “one-world promoters” have been running projects in the areas of education, structural support and political action in rural Brandenburg. They are tackling topics related to fair economics and sustainable consumption.
• Workshop W: In 3-day work camps in spring 2019, we will be making furniture, belt bags and solar cell phone chargers in our workshops with young people. They will learn how to use machines, tools and materials.
• Help yourself: On two days, children from a youth facility came to us to work on their own bicycles. For many of the children it was completely new to find out that they could repair things themselves. They were also able to understand the functions of the bike, which also goes hand in hand with appreciation and self-efficacy.
• Roboclash: In the electrical workshop we build Sumobots and Autobots consisting of microcontrollers, sensors and motors, with children and young people. Initially we use Lego Mindstorms. As their knowledge progresses, they then move on to Arduinos, minicomputers that can be programmed. Theoretical questions regarding programming are worked out in a playful way with the robot. We test robots in courses and games. The children come from both the immediate living environment,
and from youth welfare facilities and residential accommodation for refugees.
• Klumpatsch: Katharina Forster, an artist from Werder, started the project “Klumpatsch – Ideas abound.” Packaging waste that occurs in everyday life is transformed into aesthetically artistic objects. The children experience the abundance of packaging waste and appreciate that waste can also be a resource, seeing how new things can emerge through creative reinterpretation and repurposing.
• Wool, wool, wool – from sheep to sweater: This project is about the development of sheep's wool to the finished product and getting to know the associated professions. Within the framework of workshops, the children get to know individual work steps, such as carding, spinning, dyeing. They can also try out classic craft techniques such as weaving, felting, crocheting and braiding. A small student company is to be formed. Teachers and educators are welcome to contact us to find a project that is right for them
• Climatologists: For a week we are going to conduct cross-generational research with a group of 15 children of primary school age, older people and the team of climatologists from the generation in between. We want to explore together how we can contribute to climate protection in what we do every day.
• Inventor's workshop: Children aged 7-14 research and experiment together in the climate workshop. The aim is to familiarize the children with the existing technology. For example, they will learn to write small programs with the help of Scratch, use the Raspberry for electronics projects and enter the world of 3-D. Scrap materials such as old pipes, cardboard, boxes, corks and other waste serve as the materials for the experiments and projects.

On request we can offer other net participants advice, give a presentation, and provide up-to-date information and contacts in the field of our work.