equinox#4 festival in Stockholm

The AwareNest team thanks everyone who joined and participated in EQUINOX#4!

We are looking forward to seeing you at the next edition: Equinox#5 on March 21st, 2026!

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Welcome to the fourth edition of the Equinox festival - a full day to invent the future together  🎉🎉
An event by the Swedish not-for-profit network AwareNest. Find our FAQ below!
This year's festival is supported by the European Climate Pact, a movement of people united around a common cause - building a more sustainable Europe for us all.

Program

08:30 Check-in and networking - coffee

09:00-12:00 MORNING WORKSHOPS (pick one in the tickets)

12:00 Lunch mingle: buy a wrap from us (pick in the tickets), or bring your own

13:00-16:00 AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (pick one in the tickets)

16:30 Group picture and more networking!

17:00 Hangout at a café nearby

Explore our workshops

We will play these world-famous workshops in parallel in small groups (up to 7 people), in the two sessions of the day.
Pick one workshop in the morning and/or one in the afternoon!
Good news: after playing them, you will be able to get trained as a facilitator, and maybe join us at AwareNest?
Duration: 3 hours for each workshop
Language: English unless specified
What to bring: just yourself and your water bottle! No prerequisite.

The Biodiversity Collage
Understand the challenges and pressures around biodiversity, through a fun, collaborative, visual and accessible workshop, based on the IPBES report. Learn more HERE

2tonnes
Discover the individual and collective levers of the transition to a low-carbon society, project yourself until 2050 and identify the role you wish to play in this transition! Learn more HERE

The Digital Collage
A workshop to understand, as a team and in a fun way, the impact of digital technologies on the environment. Learn more HERE

The Ocean Collage
A collaborative workshop to collectively understand ocean issues, both in terms of threats and opportunities, and how to act at the individual and collective level! Learn more HERE

The Energy Collage
The Energy Collage aims to create an informed and nuanced debate on energy, so that the world can quickly choose the best courses of action that respect planetary boundaries! Learn more HERE

The Planetary Boundaries Fresco
Discover all the processes compromising the habitability of our planet and adopt a systemic vision to limit your impact! Learn more HERE

The Food Collage
This workshop is designed to help participants adopt a more sustainable approach to food, and become more aware of the various impacts of their food (climate, biodiversity, health and territorial resilience). Learn more HERE

Textiles Untangled
Discover the life cycle of fabrics, the social and environmental impacts of the textile industry, and alternatives for sustainable textiles. Learn more HERE

The Circular Economy Collage
Look at our existing (linear) economic model, highlight its impacts and be invited to explore a different model, that uses fewer resources, designs out waste and respects the limits of our planet. Learn more HERE

Step into the Doughnut
This workshop developed by the Doughnut Economics Action Lab aims to introduce the theory of Doughnut Economics in an experiential and accessible way. Learn more HERE. We will also hold more Doughnut-related exercises and a workshop on future visions within the doughnut.

Dreaming Sustainable Futures
This time we are trying a new experimental concept which will have more focus on your imagination and creation. We will explore our own vision for a sustainable future, through creativity and art work. We will speak in Swedish, if you understand you are welcome to speak English as well.

Climate Fresk
In just 3 hours, the collaborative Climate Fresk workshop will teach you the fundamental science behind climate change and empower you to take action. With now more than 2 million participants all over the world, its pedagogy and community model have inspired tens of other workshops. Learn more HERE

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is AwareNest?

We are a joyful open community of sustainability workshop facilitators in Sweden, rooted in the local Climate Fresk network. Our goal is to trigger the personal and collective shifts required to bring back societies within the principles of the doughnut economics: wellbeing for all, within safe planetary boundaries!

We spread sustainability awareness and engage people from all backgrounds by using collective intelligence workshops (often inspired by the pedagogy of Climate Fresk).

How can I help you?
What we need the most is outreach, attracting more participants to the event. We rely on you to invite your networks and friends!

You can find here our A4 poster and here an email template that you can use to communicate around you.

Will there be food?
Thanks to your participation, we will make sure that sugar and caffeine will not run out. We will serve fika throughout the day with tea, coffee, and light snacks.
If you want to have lunch on site, you have two options: bring your own (cold) food, or buy a yummy vegan wrap through us for 95sek. Please select the option in the order form :)

How much does the event cost?
We want everyone to feel welcome to the festival. This edition has a 75sek registration fee per workshop + adjustable donation (set at 100sek by default - please put more if your financial situation allows it or less if you can't afford it!).

All facilitators and organizers are happy volunteers. Our costs: rental of the venue, fika, and paying train tickets for the facilitators who don't live in Stockholm. Any excess will be used by AwareNest for future events like this one!

How can I pay?
You may pay by card via Stripe at checkout, or by Swish within 24h. Just follow the instructions in the order form. If you need another form of payment, contact us via the email at the bottom of this page!

Can I invite my colleagues?
This event is organized and run by volunteers, and the main goal is to invite general public.
Although the topics are relevant for your professional activities, we expect you to join primarily with your "private person" hat on, just like us. Our community is happy to deliver all these workshops in professional context, if that is of interest for your organization. Therefore, our rule of thumb is: maximum 3 participants from the same company. This does not apply to not-for-profit organizations.

Can I come late/ leave early?
Please reward yourself and the groups by attending the full duration of the workshops that you register to! Arriving late or leaving early could significantly affect everyone's experience. You are of course welcome to register to 1 workshop only (1/2 day), if the full day is too big a commitment. 

I can't join... will there be other opportunities?
Who makes other plans on a Saturday?! :)
We at AwareNest want to continue organizing events, in Stockholm and throughout Sweden, so stay tuned on our social media @awarenest-se. We are also very happy to collaborate with other organizations on engagement and education projects!

What is an equinox?
Equinox is the English word for "dagjämning": the astronomical event happening twice a year in March and September,  when the Earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays.
On these days, every place on Earth gets the same amount of day and night, and many countries define it as the shift to a new season. This gave us the inspiration to organize a recurring festival on these dates!

Are you ready? Register now!