The future in sight

The future in sight

Media projects for a climate friendly and socially just future

Media Projects

Environmental Education

Community Projects

Sustainability

Our mission: Inspire people with stories of success to engage in sustainability

Media4Change gGmbH supports films and campaigns about environmental and climate protection. Those media projects made possible through your kind donation inspire people around the world to commit themselves to a sustainable tomorrow.

advisory board

(honorary)

Founder, film maker, journalist (consulting for media projects)

The winner of the European Solar Prize and the B.A.U.M. Environmental Award has long been convinced of the need for a comprehensive change in values. Since 1989, his company fechnerMEDIA has been showing role models for sustainable action – in a large number of international award-winning documentary films, public relations campaigns and cross-media projects. Since 2016, he has also been on the board of Protect the Planet – Society for Ecological Awakening.

Managing Director, Producer (Head of Media Projects)

With a deep commitment to impactful media, she has taken on the leadership of Media4Change gGmbH. Since 2002, she has managed the film production and distribution areas at fechnerMEDIA. Over time, she expanded her role to include production management for internationally successful feature films, TV productions, and informational content. She has also overseen distribution, educational media, film rental, public outreach campaigns, and sponsorship efforts.

Author, director (consulting and implementation of media projects)

During her media studies, Johanna Jaurich focussed on the fields of film studies and media psychology. Since 2017, she has been developing and realising TV documentaries and reports as a writer, director and producer at fechnerMEDIA. In view of the many dystopian works in the current film landscape, the young filmmaker is particularly interested in telling constructive and encouraging stories about the future.

Leadership Counsel (financing expert, consulting for media projects)

Katja Schwenke has been interested in sustainable business concepts and a change in values and systems in the economy ever since she graduated in International Management (IBM). In the course of her work as an entrepreneur and executive coach, Katja Schwenke also trained in the field of documentary film. With the new cinema film THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD, she is able to combine her areas of interest and is supporting the project as Creative Producer.

Political scientist (campaign development and implementation)

With a master’s degree in political science and a great love of creative processes, Miriam Schröer is enthusiastic about visually and content-wise convincing public relations campaigns. Since completing her traineeship, during which she got to know the world of film production in all its facets, she has been working as PR and Networking Manager at fechnerMEDIA, inspiring people via various channels with content about collective, sustainable living, working, doing business and acting.

Project & Fundraising Manager (campaign development and implementation)

As a certified sustainability manager, she focuses on the implementation and scaling of socially and ecologically oriented projects. For Media4Change she is currently developing a new fundraising strategy and educational concept. Since 2023, she has been working as Head of Impact Campaign at fechnerMEDIA on the solution-oriented campaign that will accompany the new feature film THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD. This allows Theresa Manns to combine her passions for event and project realisation as well as sustainability and systemic change.

Media4Change gGmbH

International centre of excellence for environmental media

VISION

To preserve the diverse forms of life on our planet – including ourselves – we need to implement broad and profound change processes. Therefore, we need informed and dedicated individuals and local communities who see themselves as part of the solution. This is where Media4Change comes in by demonstrating new skills, values and actions that are key to a sustainable tomorrow.

The power of the many

Filmmaker, journalist and environmental activist Carl-A. Fechner founded Media4Change in order to significantly increase the number of constructive environmental media and their distribution. Through his extensive and year-long experience in the film and media industry, he learned that authentic and independently financed environmental media require the power and engagement of the many. As a centre of excellence for environmental media, the goal of Media4Change is to bring stakeholders together to use their joined forcesand expertise to bring forward-looking environmental media to the world.

Support these projects now:

You decide which of these current projects you want to support with your kind donation. Every donation has a multiple impact: For each donation received, Media4Change will provide schools – and soon also environmental institutions / organizations – with free media licences for fechnerMEDIA productions for non-commercial screenings.

THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD

The captivating and thrilling docu-fictive feature film and accompanying impact campaign in 50 countries worldwide guide the way towards a sustainable future! Inspired by a unique movie experience viewers can start engaging with local sustainability activists right after each screening.

Movies as door openers

“Pictures say more than 1000 words.” – This is why a film is such a powerful medium to use in education and association work. Films spark conversations, they show possibilities way beyond our own power of imagination and they encourage people to change.

LOOKING AHEAD

Broad-based campaigns can deepen what a film can initiate. Media4Change supports many forms of public relations work on important environmental issues. The design of each campaign varies from events in cooperation with partners from environmental and climate networks, to educational campaigns and social media presence, newsletter and press related publicity.

Ocean protection campaign

Our ocean protection campaign presents media projects that stand up for our oceans and its inhabitants and support its distribution through various PR activities. We accompanied the German cinema release in 2021 of the ocean documentary WONDERS OF THE SEA 3D on social media, with a monthly newsletter as well as by providing accompanying educational material.

Environmental documentary channel

Individuals may watch plenty of documentaries on sustainability, renewable energies and climate protection via the Media4Change YouTube channel. This project is currently still underway.

Competence and empowerment

In order to take the protection of ecological systems as granted, next to knowledge for action, we need an emotional connection to our environment and the world around us. This is where the potential of films unfolds: They don´t only make the urgency rationally comprehensible, but they also create the desire inside of us to advocate and stand up for the health of our planet. The creative power of storytelling grants us the emotional capacity to believe in our own impact potential and to take responsibility.

School and education

Constructive narratives bring people of every age and social background worldwide back in touch with their environment and show them possibilities of co-creating a sustainable future. For the positive impact of our supported media projects and accompanying educational material to unfold as broadly as possible, we provide schools and environmental initiatives with a range of media – either for free or at a reduced rate – for non-commercial screenings.

Environmental media for your active work

Media4Change provides schools with the possibility to get free licences for relevant and award-winning films to be used within the classroom. Environmental organizations and initiatives can get non-commercial screening licences at a reduced rate.

IMPACT-KAMPAGNE

THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD erreicht Slums, Universitäten, Schulen, Initiativen, Parlamente, Familien und Nachbarschaften

Globaler Impact

Wir wollen Klimabildung für alle möglich machen! Das klingt utopisch? Mit seinen Erfolgsfilmen DIE 4. REVOLUTION und POWER TO CHANGE hat Fechner gezeigt, wieviel Kraft und Motivation in emotionalen Geschichten steckt. Mehr als 10 Millionen ZuschauerInnen weltweit haben sich in tausenden lokalen Aktionsveranstaltungen vernetzt und bringen seitdem Tag für Tag den nachhaltigen Wandel voran. Ausgestattet mit diesen Erfahrungen und seiner Filmexpertise aus mehr als 31 Jahren Filmschaffen unterstützen wir – mit dir – die bisher größte Impact-Kampagne THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD.

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Support media that show the heroes of tomorrow and that lead the way into a future of togetherness, respect for nature and lived self-efficacy. Your donation enables the production and distribution of high-quality environmental media and supports the enhanced education about constructive solutions needed to tackle the climate catastrophe.

It is your choice which of the current projects you would like to support. By clicking the corresponding button, you can allocate your kind donation to your chosen (favourite) project.

You prefer to support Media4Change with a general donation so that the money can be used where most urgently needed? Just click on the “Donate now” button below.

As soon as your donation is received you will get a donation receipt. You may also choose to have your name, the name of your organization or foundation to be published on our website. Furthermore, you will receive a donor certificate as a thank you.

You would like to know more about our projects and the people behind Media4Change? Please get in touch at info(at)media4change(dot)de.