Events

From Sea to Sky: Island Systems from Taiwan to Hawai’i to the Desert Southwest - at the Learning Planet Festival

Panel at the Learning Planet Festival 2026; seeking to build a collective atmosphere for island and desert studies, a space where desert(/)islands can share the same critical air.

Start: 27 Jan 2026 @ 4:00:pm

Finish: 27 Jan 2026 @ 6:00:pm

Location: Online

Pursuing Climate Justice in a Climate Crisis - at the Learning Planet Festival 2026

Join scholars and authors working at the intersection of story, justice, and science.

Start: 26 Jan 2026 @ 8:00:pm

Finish: 26 Jan 2026 @ 9:30:pm

Location: Online: Zoom.

Environment, Health, and Education: Hope in Times of Global Change

Since its inception, this conference has engaged more than one-hundred scientists from six continents as well as more than a thousand students and other young scholars from throughout the hemispheres to bring diversity to scientific areas, while unifying an interdisciplinary commitment to abandon archaic and siloed towers of thought.

Start: 15 Jan 2026 @ 9:00:am

Finish: 16 Jan 2026 @ 6:00:pm

Location: Online or Room 0.34 IBW Building, University of Cologne, Hertbert-Lewin Str. 2, 50931 Köln

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society - Prof. Dr. Franz Krause: Co-Creating Knowledge: Environmental Ethnographic Research on Climate Change with Indigenous Partners - Prof. Dr. Roman Bartosch & Tanya Gautam: Ecological Transformation Through Music and Literature: Transdisciplinary Research in the Project Eco-lit.

Start: 13 Jan 2026 @ 12:00:pm

Finish: 13 Jan 2026 @ 1:00:pm

Location: Conference Room, Seminar Building, University of Cologne

MESHscreens | More Than a Fish Kill | Public Film Screening with Podium Discussion

“More than a fish kill” is an inspiring short-form documentary (2024, Australia, 38 mins) exploring how artists, fisheries managers and First Nations custodians came together in the aftermath of devastating fish kills along the Barka (Darling River) in far western New South Wales. These unlikely collaborators undertook a remarkable journey, turning these devastating ecological disasters into catalysts for cultural healing and revival. More than a Fish Kill shares how art, science and ancient knowledges were interwoven in the spirit of care, revealing new possibilities for honouring our places and communities in this time of environmental change. Co-produced by the National Museum of Australia, the Cad Factory and Otis Filley Studios.

Start: 4 Dec 2025 @ 5:45:pm

Finish: 4 Dec 2025 @ 9:00:pm

Location: Turistarama (Mauritiussteinweg 102, 50676 Cologne)

Upcoming and Past

From Sea to Sky: Island Systems from Taiwan to Hawai’i to the Desert Southwest - at the Learning Planet Festival

Pursuing Climate Justice in a Climate Crisis - at the Learning Planet Festival 2026

Environment, Health, and Education: Hope in Times of Global Change

Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research: Building Bridges Between Science, Practice, and Society

MESHscreens | More Than a Fish Kill | Public Film Screening with Podium Discussion