From 28 to 30 June, non-profit organisation CELL is hosting the Transition Days festival centred around one simple question: how can the transition towards a more sustainable and social environment be made easier?
CELL is an eco-citizen movement with the goal of finding accessible solutions to climate change and any other societal challenges. They want to familiarise Luxembourg with the transition movement, encourage progressive climate policies in the country, and engage citizens as part of the ‘Climate Pact 2.0'. The pact aims to move away from centralised actors and instead towards a greater inclusion of local citizens and businesses, and to create a more sustainable and social work ethic in each municipality.
What is probably the most thing important to recognise is that anyone can participate in climate action, even if they don’t believe they would have much impact as one small entity on this globalised earth. CELL defines the transition movement as an “evolution towards a new economic and social model that provides global and sustainable solutions to major environmental challenges and threats facing our planet”.
To create a ‘resilient and sustainable development model’, any ecological transition asks for a questioning of past ways of consuming, producing, working, and life in general. Categories such as food, the economy, energy, governance, education, and health have to be rethought. So, to combine the transition movement with fun activities (in other words: to render it less dry) CELL has created this festival, which will take place at the Schluechthaus in Hollerich. The ‘Transition Days’ festival consists of three days of workshops, Yoga classes, musicals, gardening workshops, and games for kids. A special feature will be the Repair Café, where people can learn how to upcycle clothes.
Do not miss out on this event if you are interested in helping the environment, or even if you are just starting your journey to sustainability and are in need of some guidance.
