The Greening of Cold War Germany

In this lecture, Timothy Scott Brown will examine the rise of environmental social movements in the two halves of divided Germany, from the upheaval of 1968 through the fall of the Berlin Wall and its aftermath. Situating the development of Green politics in East and West Germany in transnational and global context, the talk will chart the rise of a new politics drawing on scientific and spiritual perspectives, following out of, and transforming, the political impulse of 1968. Photo Credits: 1. Title Page—BStU 2. Photo: Rainer Langhans/Ostkreuz 3. Photo: International Times Archive 4. Photo: Landesarchiv Berlin. 5. Photo: Landesarchiv Berlin. 6. Archiv des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. 7. Various images. Archiv des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. 8. Rote Garde. Schwarze Protokolle. Carlo Sponti. Archiv des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. 9. Rote Garde. Archiv des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. 10. Schwarze Protoko