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Today’s episode is one of those stories, when you hear about them you gonna have your mouth wide open and think “how is this possible”? You know that I love projects that really challenge the status quo, so I made my way to Friedrichshain, walked into the backyard behind Berlin’s famous electro club Watergate, right by the river Spree - to visit Jan Edler, one of the founders of Flussbad Berlin. If you haven't heard of the project, Flussbad is about to create a natural swimming pool in the river Spree, just along the UNESCO site of Museum Island, so in a very static, historic area of the city… you can imagine that some people get excited about - and some throw their hands up in despair. It’s been incredible to meet Jan. He is such a fascinating character & he was so open about everything. He made me see the project in a completely different light: It’s not just gonna be the world’s biggest swimming pool... The swimming is the side effect, but what it’s really about is re-accessing a lost part of our city. We talked about all that and so much more, like The function of the river Spree now & how it should be How to deal with nay sayers & keep pushing Why ideas from the past can be revived to build a better future Why perseverance is one of the most important traits you can have How 4 million euros turned a hobby into something damn serious Why the Flussbad Berlin team needs your help & how you can get involved… Hope you're as inspired as I am after this episode, that changing the world is possible and that we shouldn’t downregulate our possibilities because we are afraid of something… baaam! You'll find everything you need to know in the shownotes at www.greenmeberlin.com/podcast - this is where I post all my episodes, including the full transcript if you wanna read. So check it out - and share the Flussbad episode with your friends, cause you heard it, they can only do it if there’s as many people as possible. As always, it would be a huge help for me if you could hop over to the GreenMe Berlin Podcast on iTunes and leave me a short review. Tell me how you like the show, what you wanna hear, if it helps you or not... it’s what I need to keep me going. Thank YOU! Check out the full interview including transcript on: www.greenmeberlin.com/podcast-flussbad-berlin Plus, support Flussbad Berlin & come to one of their next events http://www.flussbad-berlin.de/events If you wanna stay up to date with the latest interviews, green events and fresh content from me and my explorations around Berlin, sign up for my monthly newsletter. I got a little thank you if you do so: I’ll send you a free guide to 7 of my favorite eco-minded places in the city. To get it, go over to www.greenmeberlin.com/travel-guides