Hope is Action
Ecopolis 2023
“Hope has to be earned," Greta Thunberg says in The Climate Book. That is why ECOPOLIS this year takes on the challenge of igniting hopeful activism. How do you turn concern about climate and nature into commitment? Where is the middle ground between being naïve and a doomsayer?
For the 2023 edition, ECOPOLIS is back in Brussels. Under the theme 'Hope is Action', Ecopolis wants to contribute to a better world without at the same time forgetting the often harrowing reality and giving particular attention to voices that usually are not heard. Let writers, artists and other thinkers inspire you. Explore special places in the city and attend workshops by enthusiastic doers. Come along to ECOPOLIS 2023 and contribute to positive change.
PROGRAMME
(read full programme here)
10:30-14:30 SOLD OUT Cycling tour Brussels on the move: Cycling tour of hopeful places
in NL & FR
11:00-13:30 Walk Meet the trees in Brussels
Starts at Muntpunt | in FR
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11:30-13:00 Panel What we knew already then. With Geert Buelens and Catherine Joie
De Markten | in ENG
13:30-15:00 Panel Resistance as Hope. With Hannah Ghulam Farag, Warda El-Kaddouri and Tom Hannes
De Markten | in NL
14:00-15:30 Book presentation The Power of Change. With Ana Iris Simón
Muntpunt | in EN
14:00-14:50 Performance Sébastien Hendrickx - Moddertong
Kaaistudios | in NL (read more)
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15:30-16:30 SOLD OUT Performance Flora Van Canneyt - Swallow me Whole
Kaaistudios | in ENG (read more)
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16:45-17:30 Talk Facts in Fiction. With Sebastien Hendrickx & Flora Van Canneyt
Kaaistudios | in ENG
16:00-17:30 Panel The new green colonialism. With Diego Marin, Yblin Román Escobar, Thomas Craenen & Philsan Osman (moderator)
De Markten | in ENG
16:30-17:30 Panel The Economics of Hope. With Lara Ferrante, Julie Steendam & Jonas van der Slacken
Muntpunt | in NL
18:00-19:30 Panel HOPE IS ACTION. With Stephanie Collingwoode Williams and Jan Mertens
Les Riches Claires | in ENG & FR
19:00-19:50 Performance Sébastien Hendrickx - Moddertong
Kaaistudios | in NL (read more)
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20:30-21:30 SOLD OUT Performance Flora Van Canneyt - Swallow me Whole
Kaaistudios | in ENG (read more)
And also: sewing & silk printing workshops, 'HOW TO' – conversations on fair fashion, energy sharing and housing cooperatives, a film screening of Nic Baltazar’s Duty of Care, a Climate desk and a Marathon of Reading Experiences. More info on ecopolis.be
Ecopolis 2023 is a project of Oikos | together with Kaaitheater, VUB Crosstalks, De Transformisten, Muntpunt, De Markten, Brussels Academy, Masereelfonds Broederlijk Delen, Reset.Vlaanderen, Etopia | with the support of Green European Foundation, Literatuur Vlaanderen
