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Details: Mar Motto Festival in Faro, Portugal 2026

Mar Motto Festival in Faro, Portugal 2026
May 1, 2026
Faro
Gallery From April 17 to May 1, the ocean once again becomes our meeting point, at Fábrica da Cerveja, in Faro. Mar Motto is back with a theme that is essential for the future of the ocean: Marine Protected Areas. This year, this year the festival also partnering with The Big Green project to expand…
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Details: (UN)Conference in Faro, Portugal – 2026

(UN)Conference in Faro, Portugal – 2026
April 24, 2026
Faro
Registration The 3rd unCONFERENCE, with a mix of lectures, roundtables, performances and concerts, will ideally make us learn and experience together, with (hopefully) some southern sun rays to enlighten us in this journey in the surroundings of Ria Formosa. Programme: 22 April 13h30 – Get to know “The Big Green” – Partners project presentation (ING) |…
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Details: (UN)Conference in Riga, Latvia – 2025

(UN)Conference in Riga, Latvia – 2025
April 24, 2026
Faro
2nd unCONFERENCE of The Big Green
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Details: IE Conference: Re-interpreting heritage in the light of Faro

IE Conference: Re-interpreting heritage in the light of Faro
April 16, 2026
Faro, Portugal
PHOTO GALLERY During four days, 144 participants from 35 countries across 4 continents gathered around the theme Re-interpreting heritage in the light of Faro, reflecting on how interpretation can help connect people, place, heritage, and democratic values in meaningful and lasting ways. It was here where the Council of Europe launched the “Faro Convention” in…
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Details: Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 7

Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 7
May 22, 2025
Anna Siekierska
LINK TO THE RECORDING 🌱Thinking like a Beaver: An Artistic Guide to Mountain Forests — with Anna Siekierska 🌱What connects the mountains with the lowlands? Rivers. Their tangle is like a circulatory and excretory system. It nourishes what is barren, irrigates what has dried up, flushes out accumulated deposits, dissolves pollutants, dilutes fertiliser and sewage…
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Details: Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 8: What can culture do for nature conservation?

Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 8: What can culture do for nature conservation?
May 22, 2025
Anna Siekierska
After seven online events, we held our first in-person Green Academy at the Interpret Europe 2026 conference!
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Details: Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 9: How to redesign society: learning from creative professionals

Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 9: How to redesign society: learning from creative professionals
May 22, 2025
Anna Siekierska
After the first in-person session of Green Academy, we immediately organized a second one, entitled ‘How to redesign society: learning from creative professionals’ with Philipp P. Thapa and guests at The Big Green project’s (Un)conference in Faro, Portugal recorded on 24 April, 2026 and hosted by our TBG partner, Sciaena
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Details: Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 6

Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 6
April 10, 2025
Yuliya Makliuk
LINK TO THE RECORDING 🌱Reshaping Ceramics: How to Transform an Art Practice for Sustainability – with Yuliya Makliuk🌱 🌱How can artists reconcile their creative pursuits with the urgent need for environmental sustainability? Ukrainian environmentalist-turned-potter, Yuliya Makliuk, works within a framework she calls “Ceramics in the Anthropocene”, exploring the connections between clay art and climate change.…
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Details: Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 5

Green Academy Seminar Series – Episode 5
March 6, 2025
Anke Strauß
LINK TO THE RECORDING 🌱Sensing Earthly Entanglements: Teaching Food and Agri-Culture Through Art – with Anke Strauß, Germany🌱 🌱How can we develop sustainable food systems? Open questions like this call for creative ideas. But training programmes for future professionals in fields like food economics have rarely prioritised creative skills. Anke Strauß is one of the…
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Details: The Big Green Visions – mini-conference series

The Big Green Visions – mini-conference series
January 29, 2025
Registration Join us to create a sustainable and creative Europe in our mini-conference series!! As part of the The Big Green project, the Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 Cultural Capital (Austria), inforelais (Austria), Pro Progressione (Hungary), Marche Teatro (Italy), and Xamk (Finland) invite you to a series of inspiring mini-conferences, symposia and keynotes. Discover how we…
