On 29 June, the Socialecological Forest Management study programme, in cooperation with the ECONICS INSTITUTE, presents an evening of political reflection, cultural dialogue and multimedia performance at the Eberswalde Univerisity for Sustainable Development. Under the title Pluriversum – Conversations for a Just Future, Alberto Acosta, Sandra Weiss and GRUPO SAL will bring together ideas, perspectives and artistic expression around the major challenges shaping our shared future.
The evening will address climate justice, human rights, the rights of nature, Indigenous perspectives, the role of civil society, and the question of how stronger connections can be forged between the Global South and the Global North. Political analysis, development perspectives, music and large-scale visual projections will come together in a powerful programme guided by a central question: what must change now to build a more just world?
Alberto Acosta is widely regarded as one of the leading international voices for socio-ecological transformation. As president of Ecuador’s Constituent Assembly, he played a key role in bringing the concept of Buen Vivir to wider international attention and in embedding it in Ecuador’s constitution in 2008. He has also served as Ecuador’s Minister of Energy and Mining and, in 2014, ran for president as the candidate of the Pachakutik party. Acosta is also known internationally for his role in the Yasuní-ITT Initiative, which proposed leaving part of the oil reserves in Ecuador’s Yasuní Biosphere Reserve untapped in return for international financial support. In his writings, Acosta has long explored alternatives to development models centred on economic growth and resource extraction — including his 2015 book The Buen Vivir: An Opportunity to Imagine Other Worlds.
A special live contribution will come from Patricia Gualinga of the Pueblo Kichwa de Sarayaku. An internationally renowned Indigenous activist, she is a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). Her work has been recognised with numerous honours, including the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, the Olof Palme Prize, and the Hans Carl von Carlowitz Sustainability Award.
The event will be accompanied musically by the sextet GRUPO SAL. Projection artist Johannes Keitel will create a visual setting for the evening, using large-scale projections to deepen and connect its themes. It is hosted by the Socialecological Forest Management bachelor‘s programme at HNEE together with ECONICS INSTITUTE e.V., with support from CHORONA Immobilien GmbH and Globus Naturkost.
Time and venue
Monday, 29 June 2026, 8:00 pm
Wilhelm-Pfeil Auditorium, Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development (HNEE)
Alfred-Möller-Straße 1, 16225 Eberswalde
Admission is free.