The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) launched the German Sustainability Action Days on the occasion of the United Nations World Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012.
The German Sustainability Action Days 2025 will focus on the topic of nutrition - with the motto: ‘Can we eat the future?’. Photo: Pexels/Kampus
Registration is now open for the German Sustainability Action Days 2025, which will take place from 18 September to 8 October. During this period, initiatives, organisations and individuals will demonstrate how the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be incorporated into everyday life in practical and imaginative ways at local, community and regional levels.
The goal of Action Days is to showcase exemplary commitments throughout Germany, raise public awareness of sustainability and encourage more people to embrace sustainable practices.
Everyone can make a positive change. With this in mind, the German Sustainability Action Days are open to private individuals, clubs, associations, initiatives, foundations, schools, nurseries, universities, churches, companies, social institutions, environmental and development organisations, municipalities, public utilities, authorities, offices and ministries.
Visibility for role model projects
We publicise the campaigns on social media channels and include them in the ‘Joint Action for Sustainable Development’ database. There is also the chance to be highlighted as a particularly inspiring lighthouse project.
Since 2015, the Action Days have formed part of the European Sustainable Development Week, an initiative launched by Germany, France and Austria in which people from all over Europe can participate. From 2022 to 2024, the German Sustainability Action Days were directly linked to the ‘Joint Action for Sustainable Development’. The fact that, as of 1 January 2025, the ‘Joint Action for Sustainable Development’ will be implemented by Engagement Global rather than the German Council for Sustainable Development does not change this. More information can be found here: https://gemeinschaftswerk-nachhaltigkeit.de/en/aktions-tage.
German Sustainability Action Days 2024
From September 18 to October 8 2024, various participants presented their activities on the Joint Action for Sustainable Development platform and invited people to join them. In total, they reached an impressive 1,925 activities in over 420 cities. The focus was on biodiversity to draw attention to the dramatic decline in biological diversity. Of all the activities, 187 addressed the issue of biodiversity.
Picture gallery German Sustainability Action Days 2024
Manuela Piott
German Council for Sustainable Development
Junior Project Manager
manuela.piott@nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
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10785 Berlin