Events

RE[act] Festival

Festival for a Sustainable Belfast, 12 – 14 November 2024

RE[act] brings together sustainability experts and champions to help inspire change and define a sustainable path towards a better Belfast. The Festival is aligned with COP29 but follows the themes of a homegrown year of culture, with three days of events focusing on “People, Place, and Planet.”  There are 40 events taking place over the three days of the festival, covering a wide range of topics.

See the full list of RE[act] Festival events here.

The keynote address will be made by Nicholas Boys Smith on Wednesday 13 November. Nicholas is the founder of the influential think tank Create Streets, who is endorsed by Carlos Moreno as “the UK’s leading figure in urban living and the beauty of cities.” He will discuss his work in the UK and abroad and his work with the UK Government on English planning and place policy. He will also discuss Create Streets’s practical work for councils, landowners, neighbourhood groups and developers into regenerative development and the importance of sustainable places not just sustainable buildings.

Where are people happy? Why? How can councils enable change? How do you “engage wide” and “engage deep” without spending a fortune? How do you work around “culture wars” on cars and parking and instead build consensus about place and neighbourliness?  What are the implications for the present and future of Belfast?

And how can we take people with us to a city which is bigger, better and more beautiful?

RSVP to the keynote talk here.