Cleo Mieulet
Fellow
Cléo Mieulet is a Franco-German community organiser, degrowth advocate and resilience specialist who has been living in Berlin for over 30 years. With a background in political science and theatre, she develops participatory projects and campaigns that promote ecological, social and economic transformation in urban contexts. She advocates for the conversion of vacant shopping malls into centres for post-fossil solidarity economies, moderates citizens' assemblies and supports neighbourhoods in self-organisation and the reconquest of urban spaces. A particular focus is on raising awareness of poverty and developing community-based solutions to alleviate social inequality. Thanks to her bi-national roots, she has profound knowledge of resilience structures in France and Germany and is committed to the transnational exchange of transformation practices. Her work combines commoning, feminism, post-growth and pragmatic action. Her motto: 'End of the month, end of the world, same struggle.'
Cléo Mieulet
1971. German-French. Residence: Berlin
Professional Experience
* Since 11/2024: Founder of Kreisler.Berlin, a community-driven repair and share shop
* Since 10/2023: Shopping Malls to Care Centers - repurposing vacant malls for social and ecological needs
* Since 2023: Machbarschaft Gropiusstadt - climate action & neighborhood organizing
* Since 09/2023: Employee at NEW STANDARD.STUDIO GmbH
* Since 2017: Neighborhood organizing & resilience building (sponge city) in Graefekiez, Berlin
* 2021-2023: Transformation Alliance THF - opening Tempelhof Airport for sustainable projects
* 2010-2017: Translations for wind & solar projects, script and subtitle translations
* 1998-2006: Actress in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris, Geneva
Education
* Political Science, FU Berlin
* Acting Studies, European Theatre Institute
* Mediation & Theatre Pedagogy Training
* Certified Waldorf Teacher
- Commons supported economy
- Social and solidar economy
- Resiliency infra-structures in urban settings
- Factors of organisation and cooperations needed for concrete social-ecological transformation
- Feminist urban planing
- Degrowth
- Collapsology
Publications prior to joining the RIFS
* 2024 Podcast contribution about the potential of empty falling shopping malls for resilience and care * 2024 paper commissioned by WZB in Klimareporter Welche Mächte sind es die das Stadtquartier verändern ? * 2023 Contribution to „Transformation dekolonisieren. Ökosozialer Wandel in der sozialen und pädagogischen Praxis" published by Yari Or * 2022 "Another world is possible", Medium * 2022 "End of the month, end of the world, same struggle", Extinction Rebellion Blog