Goethe x Change

How we fish and which fish we catch and eat plays a big role for the Baltic Sea. Our guests: Director of the John Nurminen Foundation’s Clean Baltic Sea projects and the head chef Ari Ruoho of Ravintola Nokka.

What are we to do with the many choices we face, our limited time and an uncertain global future?
In this talk, the sculptor and pedagogue Jan Lütjohann seeks answers within critical practices – those of doing, of craft and do-it-yourself.

Inari Virkkala is an architect and urban designer focusing on the social impacts of design. She is one of the founders of the #MaataPitkin-matkamessut, land-based travel fair informing and inspiring people to find climate friendly ways to travel.

Julia Lohmann and Julia Meer talk on how the situation of women has changed in the past 100 years, and what challenges we are facing today (i.e. intersectionality).

The philosopher and professor of literature Antti Salminen, author of the book 'Energy and Experience', challenges the fundamental principles that drive our society – and that have led to the situation we find ourselves in today.

Photojournalist Touko Hujanen followed the life of Nordlund and Dorff in 2018 during four seasons, documenting the unique lifestyle of the family, the cycle of farming and the building of the self-sufficiency school with the help of volunteers.

The short film is a poetic essay, tracing the journey of Nathalia Favaro through the Amazon Forest, and her meetings with protagonists from the forest and the river side.

This 2-hour group workshop is especially for those who are interested in finding ways to cope with eco-anxiety.

Do you sense eco anxiety and don't know how to deal with it? Do you want to activate yourself?  Goethe x Change is a programme of events, workshops and initiatives dedicated tochange-making, activism, transition, resilience and
sustainability.

Thematically relevant books, e-books and films in the library and e-library (Onleihe) of the Goethe-Institut.