Making space for long-term thinking
Futures & Sustainability is a platform for people who want to navigate transition with clarity, imagination, and agency.
We bring together practitioners from sustainability, policy, design and business to explore how organizations can thrive in a world where uncertainty is the norm and long-term thinking is no longer optional.
What began as a sold-out event series has grown into a broader set of experiences:
gatherings, workshops, collaborations, and soon—
new formats for learning and exchange.
We help people and organizations build the literacies needed for the next era.
September 24th, 2026
→ Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
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Futures of Governance
An evening on the futures of governance: resilient, diverse, and inclusive of more than just human interests.September 24th, 2026
→ Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam
How might new and diverse forms of governance help us navigate the transitions ahead?
On September 24, Futures & Sustainability brings together thinkers, practitioners and designers in Amsterdam to explore what it means to design governance differently, for businesses and institutions in a world our current models were not built for.
The room will bring together a diverse group of people working across sustainability, impact, foresight, design, policy, business, and the creative industries. This mix is intentional: insights emerge through difference, not sameness.
For people working on sustainability and complex societal issues, this is an opportunity to step beyond linear problem-solving, broaden perspective, and develop a deeper understanding of the systems they are trying to influence — together with others who are navigating similar challenges.
"Many in the sustainability community carry deep questions about the impact of their work. To me, it felt like everyone who came to the event was seeking an answer.
The combination of sensorial experience, group play, and powerful storytelling created a space where those questions could be explored - not necessarily resolved, but witnessed, shared, and reimagined together."
Anna Krotova
Sustainability Lead @ Picnic
Author of “How to be a Chief Sustainability Officer"People leave our gatherings with renewed clarity, unexpected connections, and a sense of what is possible when futures thinking meets real-world sustainability challenges.
“This event feels like a new league of its own. I left energized, inspired, and full of fresh ideas. The space that Darina Elencheva and Alba Tiley curated was deeply thoughtful—inviting real conversations, envisioning new futures, and a sense of collective momentum.
It wasn’t just talk; it was a meaningful push toward reimagining what sustainability can truly become.”
Marlot Kiveron
Sustainability Director at Karl Lagerfeld | Speaker | Author of the book ‘De impactmissie’SUBSCRIBEStay close to the community.
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