Berlin Cosmopolitan School becomes carbon neutral with Planetly

3rd February, 2022

The Berlin Cosmopolitan School is now working intensively on the topic of corporate CO2 footprints together with the company Planetly, which specializes in CO2 management. The Berlin Cosmopolitan School would like to create transparency about its own CO2 emissions, then reduce them and offset them where necessary in order to finally make a contribution to climate protection as a climate-neutral company.

Today the cooperation with the company Planetly begins. The Berlin Cosmopolitan School has compiled data relevant to emissions. As part of his school internship at Planetly, a student will support the on-site team in entering this data, such as electricity consumption, into software. The software was specially developed by Planetly to support companies on their journey to a climate-neutral business world.

“On the one hand, we have to collect data on our CO2 emissions and then reduce them. On the other hand, we want to use this project to educate all students about active climate protection and motivate them to get involved,” says Yvonne Wende, founder and director of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.

“For Planetly, the cooperation with the Cosmopolitan School is a really great project – the students get practical insights into the topic of CO2 management and climate protection and thus grow up with a completely different mindset – this is an important step on our journey as a society towards climate neutrality,” adds Anna Alex, founder of Berlin-based climate tech company Planetly.

About the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool and Kindergarten

The Berlin Cosmopolitan School is changing the traditional way schools and kindergartens work with different approaches to learning in the areas of nature and environmental protection, sports, new work, culture, dance, music and art and much more. The aim of the independent school, preschool and kindergarten is to bring all students along according to their abilities.

“When school motivates, everyone learns more” is the conviction of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School. Regular outdoor learning, sports activities and competitions, digital projects such as robotics, internships from grade 6, music-making from kindergarten age, dance clubs, bilingual education and much more help the children to discover and develop their own preferences and abilities.

Important concerns of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Kindergarten and Preschool are social justice, equal opportunities in education and a balanced community. The school regularly awards scholarships to students and accepts refugees. Through its established network and internationally trained staff, the educational institution has the opportunity to explore new educational paths for every age group.

The Berlin Cosmopolitan School was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organisation by Yvonne Wende. In 2004, the first bilingual (English-German) kindergarten and preschool opened for Berlin-Mitte with 18 children. Shortly after, the primary school started and most recently, in 2009, the accredited bilingual Gymnasium of Berlin Cosmopolitan School 01P22. Since then, the number of students has steadily increased. Approximately 1,000 students from all over the world are now being taught on the Rückerstraße and Invalidenstraße campuses. The kindergarten has grown to a number of more than 300 children between the ages of 1 and 6.

In 2013, Berlin Cosmopolitan School was accredited as an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, first for primary school and also for the Gymnasium. The IB Learner Profile is about developing children and young people into lifelong learners. The school and kindergarten use primary experiences to design lessons.