CLIMATE ACTIVISM IN GERMANY
This is a long-term ongoing project which began in September 2022. All forms of climate activism are included, with a focus on civil disobedience. My work has been published in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tagesspiegel and taz amongst others.
Below is a selection of images across all climate activist groups, followed by galleries specific to each one.
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Extinction Rebellion
Heibo
Fridays for Future
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Extinction Rebellion
Heibo
Fridays for Future
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Lützerath
Fridays for Future
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Lützerath
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion
Heibo
Letzte Generation
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion
Two girls with resolve
Extinction Rebellion
Lützerath
Fridays for Future
Extinction Rebellion
Letzte Generation
Extinction Rebellion
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Heibo
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Heibo
Lützerath
Lützerath
Fridays for Future
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Heibo
Letzte Generation
Lützerath
Fridays for Future
Lützerath
Extinction Rebellion
Lützerath
Heibo
Lützerath
Heibo
Letzte Generation
Letzte Generation
Extinction Rebellion
LETZTE GENERATION
Carla Hinrichs
Cars congest as activists block a motorway
Henning Jeschke
Raúl Semmler
An angry motorist at a roadblock
Lina Eichler videos Henning Jeschke for a social media post outside the courtroom.
A glued hand which was pulled from the road
A driver offers tea to an activist who has glued both his hands to the road
Activists exchange over a shared meal
Raúl Semmler is removed from a roadblock by police
An activist prepares to be carried away
An activist is searched before being locked into a mobile jail cell
Lina Eichler and Henning Jeschke
An activist shows her injured hand
Raúl Semmler is removed from a roadblock by police
A police officer holds glue that was confiscated from activists
Drivers fight between each other to either defend or attack the activists
An officer makes the 3rd and final announcement for the activists to stop their protest
A driver attempts to prevent an activist from returning to the roadblock
A man films activists from a moving vehicle
A passerby is outraged
Two mothers, one holding her childs hand, glue themselves to a dinosaur exhibit at Berlin's Natural History Museum
The orchestra "Lebenslaute" performs amidst a roadblock at Frankfurter Tor
Activists block the entire intersection of Frankfurter Tor in Berlin
Bystanders joke about the protests of Letzte Generation
Carla Hinrichs is removed from a roadblock by police
An activsist whose hand is wet with glue
Brunch
Lea Bonasera talks to fellow activists
Activists listen a woman declare she is willing to go to jail
A police officer photographs two activists atop Brandenburg Gate
Raúl Semmler calls the police to inform them they are about to block the motorway
Raúl Semmler talks with his lawyer
Press conference in Munich
Raúl Semmler cuts through a fence to gain entry to Berlin Airport
Activists are dragged from the road by motorists
Activists block entry to the Bundestag in Berlin
Activists block entry to the Bundestag in Berlin
-8 Celcius and office workers offer tea and a hot water bottle to activists
-8 Celcius
Activists wait for the lights to change before they bvegin their roadblock
A motorist aplogises after driving over the foot of an activist
Activists cut down a tree infront of the German chancellery
Natural History Museum of Berlin
-8 Celcius and an activist removed his glued hand due to the cold
LÜTZERATH
EXTINCTION REBELLION
Police prevent an activist from joining a protest.
Walking meditaion: activists participate in peaceful protest.
Activists use black paint to make identification via photos, tattoos or finger prints difficult. This activist could not be identified once arrested.
The Green Party central office is blocked in protest.
An activist enjoys the atmosphere of an Extinction Rebellion street festival with her neck locked to a immobilsed vehicle.
Police officers remove an activist from a roadblock.
Police cut an activists hand from the street after hours of attempting to remove glue and silicon.
An activist working in the Extinction Rebellion workshop prior to the "Autumn Rebellion".
Activists from Extinction Rebellion and Letzte Generation share a meal.
Police are covered in bubbles as they film events to protect their actions during a protest.
Nils works in the Extinction Rebellion office prior the the groups "Autumn Rebellion".
Inside a communal activist toilet: "inclusive police hate" is written below a photo of an activist in a wheel-chair
A "Street Festival" blocks a major intersection in Kreuzberg, Berlin.
People eat burgers as activists block a major intersection in Berlin. Dozens of activists are glued or chained to the street, with hundreds of police at the scene.
Activists endure hours of rain below a model of an oil rig used to block an intersection.
A truck is unloaded at the "Climate Camp" situated infront of parliament buildings in Berlin.
Activists are educated about civil disobedience and non-violent protest during a workshop
Isi addresses activists in the hours before 350 activists block a major intersection in Berlin.
Coffee is brewed in masses for caffeine hungry activists.
The Extinction Rebellion media team publish press releases whilst fellow activists are still protesting.
Activists endeavour that their protests inspire a positive future. In this case a street for the people, not cars.
Police free the hand of an activist who had glued themselves to an immobilised vehicle.
It takes 2 hours and a dozen police officers to cut free four activists who had cemented their arms into an iron bathtub.
Activists dance as part of their regenerative activist culture.
A performance by the "Red Rebels" of Extinction Rebellion.
Activists block a major intersection in Berlin.
Activists visualise societies greed and addiction to fossil fuels.
An activist encourages others who have glued themselves atop a model oil rig.
Police employ heavy machinery to dismantle an model oil rig used to block a Berlin intersection.
Activists debrief after a day of protesting.
Breakfast at the "Climate Camp".
An activist holds a yellow "X" symbolising the opposition to atomic energy.
On the 4th and final day of protesting, in what was often rainy conditions, the final protest disperses.
Bridesmaids on the way to a wedding are forced to make a detour as activists block an intersection.
Extinction Rebellion screen prints flags. The group is known for a visually powerful protest style.
"SURVIVE": Three activists hold signs criticising the climate policies of the German Green Party.
An activist tells a police officer he will not leave the street, they will need to carry him away.
Activists visually depict global heating during a "walking meditation".
HEIBO
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE
U-Bahn passengers watch as a protest passes under them.
Luisa Neubauer (second from left) takes to the streets with fellow activists.
Young protesters unify in protest for climate justice.
Protesters demand a 100 Billion Euro German climate fund - equal to that what has been committed to the German military in 2022.
"Our future hangs on a silk thread"
Bystanders watch as the Global Climate Strike passes them by.
Luisa Neubauer addresses protesters during the Global Climate Strike on September 23rd 2022.
Yound activists
Activists flood the streets of Berlin.
Protesters don't lack humour: "Climate change is more real than your wife's orgasms".
An employee from the German parliament "Deutsche Bundestag" watches as hoards of protesters approach their building.
