Sustainable Together

‘Sustainable Together’ focuses on sustainability and civil society initiatives thatseekto make an impactful contribution to improving (local) environments. The project aims toinitiateand support creative and community-based interventions related to ecology and sustainability. It aims to raise awareness,facilitatedialogue and provide visibility to ecology and sustainability related matters, especially considering contributions from the Global South.

Logo of Sustainable Together © Goethe-Institut

Sustainable Together is an initiative that places sustainability and ecology at the heart of community driven change. It recognizes that meaningful environmental action requires collaboration across diverse stakeholders from local communities and creatives to policymakers, researchers, and grassroots organizations.

Sustainable Together bridges civil society, academia, and grassroots movements by supporting creative, locally rooted projects and platforms for communal exchange. The project fosters active participation and shared ownership of ecological transformation.

Cultivating Sustainable Futures 2025/2026

Cultivating Sustainable Futures ran its 5th edition under the project series Sustainable Together and explored the power dynamics and alternative sustainable practices within food systems across South Africa. Through a series of decentralized public events with panel discussion, exhibitions, participatory creative workshops, and culinary experiences, the project aims to raise awareness of the inequalities embedded in food production and distribution and the importance of promoting sustainable and traditional food practices for a juster and more sustainable food system. By bringing together diverse voices and practices, it seeks to reimagine food systems in ways that are more equitable, resilient, and sustainable.

Werbegrafik mit dem Titel ‚Cultivating Sustainable Futures‘, zwei Bildern einer Person in einem hölzernen Speiseraum und einem Tisch mit verschiedenen Gerichten sowie dem Text ‚2025/2026‘ und den Logos des Goethe-Instituts und Sustainable Together. © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Previous Themes

  • 2022/2023

    Sustainable Fashion

    The 2023/24 version of Sustainable Together focused on the topic of Sustainable Fashion...

    Sustainable Together @ Goethe-Institut @ Goethe-Institut

  • 2021/2022

    Communities of practice

    The idea of the 2021 version of Sustainable Together was to create, to encourage and maintain sustainability...

    Waste Not Want Not © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg

  • 2020/2021

    Circular Economy

    In 2020, Sustainable Together provided small grants to three South African organisations and creative practitioners...

    Precious Waste © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg © Goethe-Institut Johannesburg

Digital Booklet

‘Sustainable Together’ is a regional project that focuses on sustainability and civil society initiatives that seek to make an impactful contribution to improving (local) environments.

Read more about the projects here by downloading the Digital Booklet.

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