Experience the World

We start the day with a theatrical performance that invites wonder and reflection. Themes such as uncertainty, change and justice are central to this inspiring opening of Groene Peper. Accompanied by Marjolijn Zwakman and Jiske van Oeffelt.

Collective responsibility

Injustice on Sneakers (NL)
Speakers: Annemarie Bergsma (60 minutes)
In this stimulating workshop, you will look at injustice in times of transition from a different perspective. You will explore how injustice is reinforced and how these insights can contribute to a fairer education system and society.

Future awareness and acting in the present (NL)
Speakers: Ine Mols & Merlijn Koch (60 minutes)
Thinking about the future is essential during transitions, but is often forgotten. This session will help you strengthen your future awareness in your educational practice.

True Pricing (NL)
Speakers: Evert Helfferich (30 minutes)
Discover how to make the hidden costs of products – such as environmental impact and social inequality – visible. Learn how education can respond to this and contribute to fair pricing.

Creativity, design and art

Biomimicry Design Jam
Speakers: Dr. Laura Lee Stevens (90 minutes)
Be inspired by nature as a teacher. In this hands-on session, you will design solutions based on principles from nature.

Rights for nature

Nature in education for a just society (NL)
Speakers: Jolande Lutteke & Ju Laclau Massaglia (60 minutes)
Learn how you can teach with, from and through nature based on current insights from research. Discover how nature-inclusive education contributes to justice and get practical ideas to apply this in an accessible way in your lessons.

Let’s GO for Rights of Nature – ‘onboarding’ Nature as a next step
Speakers: Nienke Blauw & Rolf Pronk (30 minutes)
The Green Office of the Open University is investigating how the rights of nature can be embedded in education and policy. In this interactive session, you will contribute to the idea of giving ‘nature’ an official voice within the board – with a view to a broader movement in higher education.

Building bridges in classrooms

Equity in Action: facilitating Multi-stakeholder Co-creation for inclusive education (NL)
Speakers: Daphne Kuijlenburg (60 minutes)
Discover how to effectively guide co-creation in higher education and learn what role you play as a facilitator in the process. This workshop offers working methods, reflection tools and handles for sustainably embedding co-creation in the curriculum.

A lecturer’s dilemma – to be neutral or not to be neutral (ENG)
Speakers: Paul Santman (30 minutes)
How do you, as a teacher, deal with topics such as climate justice without (unconsciously) influencing the world view of students? In this open workshop, we will explore together the areas of tension between neutrality, involvement and moral responsibility in the classroom.

Justice in the institution

Green skills in the digital world (NL)
Speakers: Jan Schravesande (30 minutes)
Learn about the hidden environmental impact of digitization and how technology can be used sustainably. You will get to work with practical tools for sustainable ICT in educational institutions.

Imagination as Changing the World & the Model of Plant-Based Universities (ENG)
Speakers: David Shaw (90 minutes)
In this workshop you will discover how imagination can contribute to sustainable change, with inspiring examples such as Plant-Based Universities – a worldwide student-led environmental campaign. You will explore theory, practice and reflection to shape your own vision of the future.

Visit the inspiration market

During Groene Peper, the Rachel Carson Graduation Prize is awarded to the best university theses on sustainability and environmental research. Nominees present their work and have the chance to win a cash prize, a publication and a place in the network of environmental professionals.

Students present their inspiring ideas for making their school or environment more sustainable. During Groene Peper, the winning initiatives are rewarded and shared with the audience.

Collective responsibility

In search of a shared dream for a better world (NL)
Speaker: Niko Roorda (90 minutes)
In this workshop, you will explore shared values and dreams for the future together. Through dialogue and imagination, you will discover how we can jointly give direction to sustainable transition.

Voices of Change in the Climate Crisis (ENG)
Speakers: Yasmine Rugarli & Szilvia Csevár (90 minutes)
This workshop in English explores how intersectional thinking and storytelling can contribute to just climate solutions. You will learn how stories from marginalized groups can help to break through dominant narratives and bring about real change.

Creativity, design and art

A CO₂ coupon booklet elaborated in art (ENG)
Speakers: Maaike de Loor, Marleen van Beek (60 minutes)
How do students emotionally react to a personal CO₂ budget as a climate measure? In this English-language workshop, you will experience through art and video how such a scenario is made open for discussion in education – and what it unleashes.

Stories that Change the World (NL)
Speakers: Jara van den Bosch, Finn van den Ijssel (30 minutes)
Discover how art and storytelling can spark social change. We will let you experience how stories can shift the narrative and add a deeper layer of education.

Building bridges in classrooms

Sustainable Didactics: Eco-justice in the classroom (NL)
Speakers: Rosa Groen & Dick van der Wateren, Roaslie van den Berg, Geert Gratama (90 minutes)
The authors of the book ‘Sustainable Education. Fair, Inclusive, Hopeful’ discuss the concepts of eco-justice and planetary citizenship.

Justice in the institution

Justice in food systems transformations: taking the next step (ENG)
Speaker: Bram van Helvoirt (60 minutes)
Our food chains reinforce inequality and climate change. In this English-language session, you will explore how we can design fair food transitions worldwide.

Time for a break.

Which university or college of higher education is the most sustainable in the Netherlands? The results of this benchmark will be announced during Groene Peper! The award ceremony will be presented by Studenten voor Morgen and Arjen Wals.

An experience you will not forget. Bas van den Berg helps you reflect on the day and turn it into action.