Festival der Taten - The HNEE Sustainability Festival
12 - 14 March 2026 | Waldcampus
The Festival der Taten invites you to shape change in the here and now - through practical action, joint experimentation and formats that make sustainability tangible and accessible.
This website is growing with the festival: in the coming weeks, more content will be added here bit by bit - including impressions, results, information on participants, supporters and much more.
FdT26 Key speakers: Katharina van Bronswijk & Carla Reemtsma
Hope as a driving force: Psychological strategies and climate activism show how hope can be translated into action. On 12 March 2026 at 9:30 a.m. as the opening event at FdT26. Come along!
Registration is now open!
The time has come!
We are now accepting registrations. Get involved and experience social and ecological transformation in practice! All offers are free of charge!
REMINDER - We are looking for slammers for the FLINTA* Science Slam
More FLINTA* on stage. More perspectives in science. FLINTA* Science Slam on 12 March.
We are looking for slammers who want to share their research in short, creative presentations. Apply now by email (to u22856(at)hnee.de) and be part of it!
Search for Volunteers!
Support the Festival of Action 2026 between 10 March 2025 and 15 March 2026!
Whether it's setting up, dismantling or during the festival itself, there are lots of ways to help out.
All shifts are remunerated. Food and drink are also provided.
Theme search for Greenpeace campaign workshop
Your idea. Your campaign.
As part of the festival, Greenpeace will hold a campaign workshop at the Forest Campus on 14 March 2026.
But before we get started:
What topic should be addressed in the campaign workshop? Anything from climate protection and biodiversity to social and ecological justice is fair game. HNEE students and staff are welcome to submit topic suggestions.
Send your ideas by the end of February to: festivaldertaten(at)hnee.de
We will collect the suggestions, consult with Greenpeace and publish the final campaign topic here on the website.
Join in and play an active role in shaping the campaign!
Doing things together: where encounters have an impact
In a time of multiple crises, we need spaces where people not only talk about change, but also shape it together. This is exactly what HNEE's Festival der Taten offers: a place where encounters become the starting point for concrete action.
Climate change has long been a reality. This makes it all the more important to develop solutions together and take action. In March 2026, we are therefore focussing on the value of personal encounters - as a source of strength for joint commitment. In a world full of digital sensory overload, we often lose touch with our own actions. But real encounters connect, encourage, open up perspectives - and make it clear that we can make a difference together.
The festival is more than a traditional conference: it is a hands-on festival that focuses on empowerment, practical relevance and community. In workshops, activities and field trips, people try things out, put them into practice and shape them. In this way, sustainability can be experienced on site - locally, concretely and together.
Under the motto "Doing together - where encounters have an impact", HNEE invites you to get active. Because change begins where people take responsibility, share ideas and act together.
Registration
Registration for the festival is now open. A new tab will open.
Festival programme
When HNEE won the "National Prize – Education for Sustainable Development" in spring 2023, it was clear that the €10,000 prize money would be invested in an action-oriented sustainability event format. From the outset, it was clear that the content should be designed by the students as the central group of participants. A group of students from the Master's programme in Sustainable Regional Development developed a concept for an event and a prototype. This gave rise to the Festival of Action.
In recent months, numerous committed individuals have responded to our "call for participation" in the festival. The result is a colourful programme that inspires, stimulates reflection and lets actions speak for themselves.
Co-creation
Around 50 co-creators from Eberswalde and beyond will present their ideas on the topic of encounters and sustainability and invite you to share, experience and try things out together. We would like to thank you for organising the programme together and for your important commitment.
Partners
