As part of the Bremen Water Weeks, the Bremen Mission, together with the Klimawerkstatt Bremen and the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research, warmly invites you to a special cookery evening. Under the motto "Eat the Invaders", we will prepare a vegan menu from invasive species together — and get talking about sustainable nutrition, resource use and biodiversity along the way.

Invasive species pose an ecological challenge in many places: they spread and put pressure on native ecosystems. At the same time, they can be used as valuable foodstuffs — and anyone who harvests and cooks them is, incidentally, making a small contribution to controlling them.

On this evening, participants will get to know selected invasive plant species, learn more about their origins and their impact on native ecosystems, and prepare a variety of dishes from them together. In this way, the evening combines hands-on cooking with a discussion of the potential held by foodstuffs that have so far received little attention, and what a resource-conscious diet might look like.

No prior knowledge is needed — curiosity and appetite are enough. The evening will take place in a small group of no more than 15 participants, so registration is requested.

When? On 8th September 2026, from 6:00 to approx. 9:00 p.m., at the Kochstudio seitling, Am Neuen Markt 14, 28199 Bremen

Participation is free of charge.