upcoming events
Films for the mountains
The films intend to raise awareness of the beauty of pristine mountain nature and the threats to it. Screenings in Bern and Winterthur.
February 26, 2025
19.00 Uhr
Alpines Museum, Bern/ Kletterhalle 6aplus, Winterthur
Berry cutting course from Permablitz BENE
March 7, 2025
16.00 - 17.30 Uhr
near Bern, you will get the location after your registration
EPFL Sustainable Innovation Challenge
Pioneering event at EPFL Lausanne designed to connect students, researchers, and industry leaders from across Europe around the shared mission of sustainability and developing student-driven innovation.
March 13, 2025
whole day
EPFL, Lausanne
Networks4Sustainability - Get Connected!
Join our next Networks4Sustainability event on Friday, March 14, 2025 at 6 pm! We are organising a network apéro for sustainable development at Bern's universities.
March 14, 2025
6pm
Kuppelraum (501) Universität Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern
Let’s talk about Racism – Workshop for all university members in the region of Bern
Workshop on the topics of individual, structural and institutional racism and exclusion in education.
March 21, 2025
1.30-4.30 pm
Room 220, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43
Self-empowered against racism – Empowerment-Workshop for students who experience racism
Exchange and development of experiences and concerns as well as perspectives and visions for a racism-free university.
March 21, 2025
9-12 am
Room 220, University of Bern, Mittelstrasse 43
Walk-in Event @ Ideenlabor
Whether you want to further develop your ideas or submit a ready-made project proposal, the Walk-in Event is your chance to ask your questions.
April 8, 2025
2.45-5.45 pm
Ideenlabor, vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
100 years SUB
Students Uni Bern are celebrating their 100 year anniversary, save the date!
April 9, 2025
Permaflash BENE
Spring is just around the corner which means it’s time for another Permablizt!Are you looking for fresh air and some physical work? Then this is the event for you. We will spend the whole day at the garden and get to know the principles of permaculture and nature-friendly gardening.
April 12, 2025
10am - approx. 5pm
near Bern, you will get the location after your registration
The Millennium Flood - Politique en scène, a Real-Fiction
A science-based pre-enactment by the think tank foraus and the theatre and social project Proberaum Zukunft as part of ‘Politique en Scène: Zukunftentscheiden.
April 23, 2025
7 pm
Rathaus Bern, 3011 Bern
Students organising for Sustainability - International summit 2025 in Belgium
This inspiring annual event brings together students, staff and changemakers from across the higher education for sustainability community in whole Europe.
May 8, 2025
all day
Stadsacademie / Green Office Gent / Green Hub
31 Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 9000 Gent Belgium
Actionweek "I can consent!"
Consent means that all people involved in an action agree with it. Various formats such as workshops, film screenings and keynotes will take place during the action week
July 19, 2025
all day
Bern
Networks4Sustainability - vol. 3
Save the date for our Networking Event in autumn 2025
September 19, 2025
evening
Walk-in Event @ Ideenlabor
Whether you want to further develop your ideas or submit a ready-made project proposal, the Walk-in Event is your chance to ask your questions.
October 14, 2025
2.45 - 5.45 pm
Ideenlabor, vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
Past events
Pizza, Philosophy & Science
Join us on February 20 as we gather around Pizza to discuss: “Does science need democratic legitimacy?” Together with the philosophers T.Y. Branch and Hannah Hilligardt, we’ll reflect on how values shape scientific research, the importance of public participation, and what it means for trust in science.
February 20, 2025
6pm- 9pm
aki Bern, Alpeneggstrasse 5, 3012 Bern
Let's play the 2030 SDGs Game!
Prepare for an immersive experience with the 2030 SDGs Game, a serious play workshop. Together, the participants will explore how to transition from educating about sustainable development to educating for it—an essential evolution in creating a sustainable future.
December 9, 2024
6pm
Bakery Bakery, Gertrud-Woker-Strasse 3, 3012 Bern
Film evening at Kino Reitschule: Swamp Dialogues
The Danube Delta in Romania is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Swamp dialogues is based on extensive field-research in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.
December 12, 2024
7.30 pm
Kino Reitschule
Film evening at Marzili: Animals
Bella and Vipulan are 16 years old, a generation convinced that their future is under threat. So they decide to get to the bottom of the problem: our relationship with the living world. On an extraordinary journey, they realize that we are deeply connected to all other species. And that if we save them, we will also save ourselves.
With plant-based apéro!
November 28, 2024
Door opening: 5.30pm Movie start: 6pm
Aula BFH Marzili, Brückenstrasse 71
Film evening at Marzili: Butenland
Butenland shows the example of a farm that has become a living farm. The film questions the current status of farm animals in our society and invites us to think differently. With plant-based apéro!
November 8, 2024
Door opening: 5.30pm Movie start: 6pm
Aula BFH Marzili, Brückenstrasse 71
Workshop: Empowering Students with Inner Development Goals (IDG's)
As part of the Sustainable University Day in Zurich, Marlies from the Management Team conducts an hour-long workshop on the topic of internal development goals.
November 12, 2024
15.30 - 16.30
Zürich
Films for the Earth Festival
From October 25 - November 1, 2024, impressive environmental documentaries on the theme of act & protect - unknown worlds in nine Swiss cities will be shown at the Films for the Earth Festival.
October 25, 2024
in nine cities troughout Switzerland,
Bern: Kino Cinématte
Farm visit in Mattstetten by Public Eye
In addition to exciting insights into everyday life in arable farming and calf rearing, Public Eye asks what challenges local farmers face, how they look to the future and what they think about global connections in agriculture.
September 29, 2024
13.30- 16.00 Uhr
Climbing with the eClimber
The project team is organizing an eClimber afternoon for students and employees of Bern's higher education institutes.
November 28, 2024
13.00- 15.00 Uhr
Sportscenter Magglingen
Minanga - Amnesty International games afternoon
Minanga is an educational board game that brings the conflict between mining, human rights and environmental protection to the table.
October 27, 2024
3pm
Stube Progr, Speichergasse 4, Bern
Open Door Event: Students4Sustainability Grant Applications
Whether you want to further develop your ideas or submit a ready-made project proposal, the Open Door Event is your chance to ask your questions.
October 21, 2024
09:30 - 13:30
Room A002 (Ideenlabor)
Fabrikstrasse 8,VonRoll Areal
3012 Bern
Focus Sustainability - Student Engagement without Burning Out
Join Focus Sustainability for a workshop with Seraina from the Student Minds Network, dedicated to advocating for student mental health in Switzerland.
November 6, 2024
18.30-20.00 Uhr
online
Focus Sustainability - Introduction to System Change
Join Focus Sustainability to learn how to tackle today’s most complex problems with an awareness-based approach.
October 22, 2024
18.00-19.30 Uhr
online
Focus Sustainability - Inspiration by Student Minds Network, youngCaritas und act now!
Looking to connect with organisations and movements that act for sustainability? This workshop is your gateway!
October 16, 2024
18.30-20.00 Uhr
online
Focus Sustainability - Design Thinking
Join Focus Sustainability's Design Thinking workshop, part of the START programme, and explore a creative, people-focused approach to developing impactful projects.
October 2, 2024
18.00- 19.30 Uhr
BFH, Brückerstrasse 73, 3005 Bern / Room: Greenfield
Sustainable University Day 2024
The Sustainable University Day is the annual conference of the U Change funding program of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
November 12, 2024
ganztags
Zürich
Networks4Sustainability - made visible
In cooperation with the student association BENE, we are organizing a large networking event for students of the Bernese universities. The film“The Invisibles - modern slavery in Europe” will be shown and its contents discussed.
September 20, 2024
18.00- 21.00 Uhr
Aula BFH, Brückenstrasse 73
Permaculture garden planting day
BENE, the student association for sustainable development at Bern's universities, is organizing a planting day in its permaculture garden on Sunday 9 June from 13:00 to 17:00.
June 9, 2024
13.00 Uhr
Permakulturgarten BENE
Ciné liminal "Dos Rios"
Ciné liminal is showing the documentary “Dos Rios” about environmental justice in Guatemala and Honduras. A unique movie experience is guaranteed!
May 16, 2024
19.30 Uhr
Kino Reitschule
Films for the Earth Pop-up Cinema
Films for the Earth is showing the documentary “Sharing the Harvest” on solidarity agriculture. A unique movie experience is guaranteed!
May 24, 2024
18.00 Uhr
Aula BFH, Brückenstrasse 71
Awarding Bern Environmental Research Prize
The Bernese Environmental Research Prize will be awarded on March 20.
March 20, 2024
19.00 Uhr
Bern
Workshop: Fast track your project idea
Come to our networking workshop during Sustainability Week and design your own project idea!
March 12, 2024
16.30- 18.00 Uhr
vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 8
Sustainability Week Bern
Sustainability Week Bern will take place from March 11 to 17, 2024. The topic of sustainability will be widely discussed at numerous events and the public will be informed and sensitized.
March 11, 2024
ganze Woche
Bern
Sustainability Day 2023
At their joint Sustainability Day 2023, the three Bernese universities showed how they are helping to create visions for a sustainable future.
November 3, 2023
8.15 - 17.00 Uhr
vonRoll, Fabrikstrasse 6+8, 3012 Bern
