equinox#5 festival in Stockholm by AwareNest

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Welcome to the fifth 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!

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🎉 Program overview 🎉 

09:00 Check-in and networking - coffee

10:00-13:00 Food for Thought (pick one workshop in the tickets section)

13:00 Lunch mingle: bring your own food, or buy a wrap through us in the order form!

14:00-14:45 and 15:15-16:00 Food for Action (registration on site during the lunch break)

16:30 Group picture and more networking!

17:00 Hangout at a café/restaurant nearby

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💡Morning: Food for Thought 💡 
One session 10:00-13:00  
(pick one workshop in the tickets section)

We will play our famous workshops in parallel, in small groups (up to 7-10 people).These workshops aim to help us find meaningful individual and collective actions based on a robust understanding of a topic, that is built together as a group.
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

Learn more about the morning workshops:

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.

Adapting to Climate Change
Climate change is here. Its impacts are becoming widespread and intensifying.
This workshop provides a method for collectively making the best possible choices and discovering the co-benefits of mitigation, biodiversity, justice, and equity.

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.

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. Choose a workshop in English, Swedish, or French.

Deep Time Walk
Explore the Climate Emergency via a transformative walking experience that leads participants into a profound connection with the more-than-human world. We will walk 4 kilometers outside in Vasastan, and come back to Folkuniversitetet. Learn more HERE.

Drömmar om en hållbar framtid - Skapande för barn på Svenska
Nu öppnar vi för att även barn kan delta, så ta med er barn som är nyfikna på att skapa en vision om en positiv framtid. Vi använder lek, kreativitet och våra sinnen för att utforska framtiden. Passar för åldern 9-14 år.

Memories of the Future: Do you remember what it was like when we won?
In the Memories of the Future workshop, we challenge the common image of the future as a depressing apocalyptic dystopia with eternal darkness and misery. Instead, we travel to a future where change is actually taking place and where we have also changed our view of society and what a good life can consist of. In Memories of the Future, we not only go on a mental journey of discovery, but we also use LEGO® to build models of what we see and experience in the future. 

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.

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.

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

Morning workshops

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✨ Afternoon - Food for Action ✨ 
Two sessions: 14:00-14:45 and 15:15-16:00
(registration on site during the lunch break)

In the afternoon, we’re excited to welcome you to an inspiring program created together with fellow sustainability organizations and networks. 
Through short, engaging sessions, you’ll explore practical sustainable actions, take part in meaningful emotional work guided by a climate coach, or meet people who are passionate about strengthening democracy.

The full programme will be shared ahead of the event, and registration will happen on site during the lunch break. 
Some cherries on top of our afternoon of action (more will come)

👉 Fix holes in your clothes (jumper, socks, T-shirts, jeans) at the Repair Café with Valentina, Jocelyn and Zugania from Women and Climate. Learn more about WAC here.

👉 Contribute to the Ecosystem of Hope by embroidering together with artivist Carmen Blanco Valer (in Swedish)

👉 Join a Green jobs coaching circle - Leave inspired to get the job you are looking for and get to know fellow job hunters. With Rosanna and Adrian from Young Sustainability Professionals. Learn more about YSP here.

👉 Become a Zero Waster - from food boxes to tool libraries, where to find tips and systems that help us reduce our waste in Sweden? With Anne from Zero Waste Stockholm. Learn more about ZWS here.

👉 Relaxing Into Green Eyes - Zen coach Jens Malmström invites you to a relaxing journey inwards, with a mixture of guided meditations, mindful pauses and interactions, and music, looking for an authentic and sustainable relationship with ourselves, other humans and the non-human world. Learn more about Jens and Zen coaching here.

👉 It is Difficult to Talk About Difficult things -  Explore ways to express yourself from a compassionate standpoint, without blaming or arguing, by tapping into your needs and emotions. Learn more about the workshop and facilitator Oskar here.

👉 Low Tech: new buzzword, or radical cultural shift? - Discover this global movement that reimagines the role of technology in society, and explore resources to apply this mindset in the context of urban lifestyles. With Andrea and Antoine. Learn more about Low Tech Sweden here.

👉 Solutions Exhibition by Snowball Effect  - Let’s replicate what already works to solve today’s biggest social and
environmental problems at scale! Join a mini-workshop and an exhibition to find inspiration, knowledge and connections to take action for a better future. Learn more about Snowball Effect here.

📧 Write to us (equinox-festival@proton.me) if you would like to offer an activity on a 45 min slot! 📧

Join us for a day where science meets creativity and community becomes a source of hope.

AwareNest's partners for Equinox#5

Many thanks to our host, Folkuniversitetet

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).

Learn more about us at www.awarenest.se

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!

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 100 sek registration fee + adjustable donation (set at 100sek by default - please put more if your financial situation allows it or less if you can't afford it!). The workshop ticket includes all the afternoon activities.

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 the 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 a professional context, if that is of interest to 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 for! Arriving late or leaving early could significantly affect everyone's experience.

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 sparked the idea for us to host a recurring festival on these dates.

Are you ready? Register now!