12-14 March 2026 | Waldcampus

Festival der Taten (Festival of Action) - The HNEE Sustainability Festival

Doing Things Together - Where Encounters Have An Impact

In a time of overlapping crises, we need spaces where people do not just talk about change — but shape it together. That’s exactly what HNEE’s Festival of Action offers: a place where encounters become the starting point for real action.

Climate change is no longer a future threat — it’s a present reality. This makes it all the more important to develop solutions together and take meaningful steps. In March 2026, we’ll be focusing on the value of face-to-face connection — as a source of strength for shared commitment. In a world overloaded with digital input, we often lose touch with our own actions. But real encounters connect us, give courage, open up new perspectives — and show that we can make a difference together.

The festival is more than a traditional conference: it is a hands-on, participatory event that centres on empowerment, practical relevance, and community. Through workshops, activities and excursions, participants can explore, take part, and shape ideas into action. This is how sustainability becomes something that can be experienced on site - local, concrete, and collaborative.

Under the motto “Doing Things Together – Where Encounters Create Impact,” HNEE invites everyone to get involved. Because change starts where people take responsibility, share ideas, and act together.

Call for co-design

We are looking for committed students, initiatives, organisations and individuals who would like to help shape the Festival of Action — whether through content or design.

If you are interested, please fill in the co-design questionnaire by 15 November 2025.

To the questionnaire

Save the Date

Kick-off meeting on 23/09/2025

The Festival of Action will begin on 23 September 2025 with a joint kick-off meeting. From 2:30 to 6:00 p.m., all co-creators and other festival participants — including representatives from our Property and Eco-management department and the AStA— will come together in the canteen on the Forest Campus.

Together, we’ll share ideas, identify synergies, and lay the groundwork for a festival that makes an impact.

Das Festival der Taten an der HNEE macht Nachhaltigkeit erlebbar – durch Begegnung, gemeinsames Handeln, Ausprobieren und kreative Mitmachformate.
CONTACT

Isabel Mühlmann
Festival Coordinator

isabel.muehlmann(at)hnee.de

This website will grow alongside the festival: In the coming weeks, more content will gradually be added — including impressions, outcomes, information about contributors, supporters, and much more.