DAY OF THE INSECTS 2025
The 7th Day of Insects took place on April 3 at the Umweltforum in Berlin. Under the motto “From Asphalt to Life”, almost 200 participants came together to tackle the unsealing of surfaces and the renaturation of soils.
The next Insect Day is expected to take place on April 9, 2027 at the Umweltforum in Berlin.
Missed the Insect Day? In our conference documentation is a summary of all presentations and on our YouTube channel are the following presentations:
- Human, Earth. We could it so beautiful have – Dr. Eckart from Hirschhausen
- Status of insect loss internationally – Prof. Dr. Josef Settele
- Instructions to the unusual acting – Frank & Patrik Riklin
- Building a community for sustainable trade- Remco Moen Marcar
- So succeeds the transformation – Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus
THE SPEAKERS OF THE DAY OF THE INSECTS 2025
DR. ECKART VON HIRSCHHAUSEN
DR. ECKART VON HIRSCHHAUSEN
Doctor, science journalist, founder of the Healthy Earth – Healthy People Foundation
PROF. DR. JOSEF SETTELE
PROF. DR. JOSEF SETTELE
Head of the Department of Nature Conservation at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, expert in the World Biodiversity Council, member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Natural Climate Protection
PROF. DR. DAGMAR HAASE
PROF. DR. DAGMAR HAASE
Professor of Urban Ecology at the Institute of Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and visiting scientist at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research
DR. HANS-DIETRICH RECKHAUS
DR. HANS-DIETRICH RECKHAUS
Initiator INSECT-RESPECT
PROF. DR. MAZDA ADLI
Prof. Dr. Mazda Adli
Chief Physician Fliedner Clinic Berlin, Head of Research Department Affective Disorders Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin
KATHARINA VAN BRONSWIJK
KATHARINA VAN BRONSWIJK
Independent psychologist and psychotherapist, author, co-founder of Psychologists/Psychotherapists for Future
DR. JOEL METHORST
DR. JOEL METHORST
Senior Consultant at Environmental Resources Management, doctorate in ecology
REMCO MOEN MARCAR
REMCO MOEN MARCAR
Head of concept agency Frank Lee, founder of the “Tegelwippen” movement in the Netherlands
DR. MELANIE VON ORLOW
DR. MELANIE VON ORLOW
Managing Director NABU Berlin, Project Manager Berlin Hymenoptera Service, Spokesperson NABU Federal Hymenoptera Group
DR. JOSEF TUMBRINCK
DR. JOSEF TUMBRINCK
Head of Department Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation & Transport North Rhine-Westphalia
Asphalt crackers Plan Biodivers
Asphalt crackers Plan Biodivers
Development of solutions for biodiversity, climate adaptation and climate protection
ERNST RIEGER
ERNST RIEGER
Farmer, expert for seed mixtures, Rieger Hofmann GmbH
FIETE ROHDE
FIETE ROHDE
Architect, facilitator, change-maker, initiator of KIEZconnect & Reichenberg Kiez für alle, co-initiator Berlin für alle
PROF. KATHRIN BÖHM
PROF. KATHRIN BÖHM
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business, Professor of Art in the Corporate Context Alanus University
HELGE JUNG
HELGE JUNG
Landscape gardener INSECT-RESPECT
FRANK & PATRIK RIKLIN
FRANK & PATRIK RIKLIN
Concept artist, studio for special tasks
As part of the conference, the film DER UNTERNEHMER, DAS DORF UND DIE KÜNSTLER by director Marcelo Busse, director Julia Suermondt and co-producer Christine von Fragstein was shown exclusively the evening before. It sheds light on Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus’ 2012 campaign to save flies in Deppendorf with the artists Frank and Patrik Riklin. The film will be released in German cinemas from 29 May via Real Fiction.
PAST CONFERENCES
Social design as a driver
Browse through our extensive text, image and video material from past Insect Day events.
Focus on culture
Day of Insects 2023, 30.03.2023 in Berlin. The sixth Day of Insects was a rousing, incisive and far-reaching experience for all of us. The encounters and discussions were carried by an emphatic, motivating and respectful spirit that allowed us to immerse ourselves deeply in the culture between humans and insects. We felt and understood that we can achieve great things together. We were joined by exciting, radical and passionate initiators, among others:
- Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel
- Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer
INSECT-RESPECT & BirdLife Switzerland
With an urgent appeal to adults, four young people from Wohlen AG demonstrated their commitment against insect extinction at the 2nd Swiss Insect Day. The multimedia conference documentation with 22 videos, 13 presentations and 22 texts by national and international speakers from research, politics, business and nature conservation can be found here. Over 300 people took part in the event organized by BirdLife Switzerland and INSECT RESPECT®.
Business focus: What can companies do to combat insect extinction
?
What are we doing to protect insects? The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and INSECT-RESPECT have joined forces to answer this question. All visitors to the research museum were invited to immerse themselves in the world of insects, and participants in the conference were also given plenty of inspiration on the topics of insect conservation and insect extinction. For example, the General Director of the museum, Prof. Johannes Vogel, admitted that the image of 5 to 12 for the protection of biodiversity is already a whitewash of the situation. Researchers and young entrepreneurs presented their results and projects and motivated the participants to network and stand up for insects. Supporters of the event included the REWE Group, the hk group, AIM, Europarc Deutschland and HektarNektar.
The multimedia conference documentation summarizes the conference in pictures, quotes and short articles. The lecture videos and presentation slides are also linked there.
1st Day of Insects in Switzerland
In cooperation with namu e.V. and the Global Nature Fund
In action forums, a panel discussion and networking breaks, representatives from science, business, civil society and the media exchanged views on insects and insect conservation. Short presentations by experts inspired the participants to come up with new ideas and possible solutions. The multimedia conference documentation contains short summaries and impressions as well as links to the event videos.
1st day of the insects
To highlight the benefits of the six-legged friends and the ambivalent
relationship between humans and insects,
the Bielefeld Natural History Museum and INSECT-RESPECT entered into a cooperation in 2016. It includes joint environmental education, media reports and events. A monthly series on insects is published in the regional “Westfalenblatt” newspaper
with articles by Insect
Respect and namu.
The collaboration culminates in a
joint event: the “Day of Insects” on
30.3.2017 in Bielefeld. This provided a platform for the various
stakeholders on the topic of “Promoting insects”,
to present their projects and network to strengthen their
research and public relations work
