Pathways to Sustainability Festival - Just Landing: Sustainability in a Fractured World

How can sustainability truly become part of everyday life? While new ideas, technologies and policies continue to emerge, turning them into meaningful change remains one of the greatest challenges of our time.

The Pathways to Sustainability Festival 2026 brings together researchers, policymakers, artists, practitioners and societal partners for a day of inspiring conversations, creative encounters and hands-on experiences. Explore cutting-edge research, engage in interactive breakouts and open-space sessions, experience art, and connect with people working to create more just, inclusive and sustainable futures.

Join us to discover how sustainability can truly land in our communities, our institutions, and our lives.

Programme

Plenary programme

13.00-14.30 
Stay tuned, our keynote speakers will be announced after Summer.

Check out the Open space activities

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  I’m still here; whispers from peatlands in the Westbroekse Zodden 14.30-17.00
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  Landing choices for net zero 14.30-17.00
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  How to Rethink Hydrogen in Education 14.30-17.00
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  Just Landing Film Forum 14.30-17.00
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  Letters to the Earth 14.30-17.00
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  Acting like mycelium 14.30-17.00
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  Discover, Meet & Vote: Pathways to Sustainability Award 14.30-17.00

Check out the breakouts

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  Landing UU's Global Engagement with Africa 14.45-15.45
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  How do you Land Sustainability in the deep sea’s “No Man's Land”? 14.45-15.45
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  Towards a Just Landing for Slow Science in Contemporary Academia 16.00-17.00

The festival features a mix of open-space activities and breakout sessions. Most programme elements are open to everyone, so you can simply drop in and explore. Some breakout sessions have limited capacity and are available on a first-come, first-served basis

Pathways to Sustainability Award Ceremony and Closure

17.00-17.15