Reconnecting People & Planet
An Earth Day webinar exploring the connection between people and planetary resilience in the context of today’s polycrisis.
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 (Earth Day)
Time: 4:00 PM CET / 6:00 PM GMT+3
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: Live online (link shared upon registration)
About the Event
This Earth Day, we invite you into a deeper conversation on resilience.
One that recognizes that the challenges we face are not isolated and neither are we.
We are living through a polycrisis, where climate, social, economic, health, and political pressures overlap and reinforce one another.
Yet many of our responses continue to treat these challenges and ourselves as separate.
From nature.
From each other.
From the systems we are shaping.
But in reality, we are part of the same living system.
Reconnecting People and Planet is a 90-minute live online dialogue exploring the relationship between human wellbeing, the environments we design, and the natural world we are inherently connected to.
It brings together perspectives across wellbeing, psychology, leadership, and the built environment to explore how reconnecting these dimensions can support more regenerative, life-centered responses.
Agenda
A 90-minute live online experience combining expert dialogue, guided reflection, and experiential practices to support deeper awareness, connection, and integration.
Opening remarks: Arriving and connection
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Panel 1: Inner landscapes - human wellbeing
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Panel 2: Outer landscapes - systems & spaces,
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Q&A and shared reflections
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Closing Remarks - integration and inspiration
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What we’ll explore
Living Within the Polycrisis
We are living in a time where multiple crises intersect and reinforce one another, shaping both our environments and our inner worlds. Understanding this interconnected reality invites us to move beyond fragmented thinking and recognize how separation shows up in the way we design, decide, and respond. These overlapping challenges impact not only ecosystems, but also human wellbeing, placing increasing demands on our capacity to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and emotional pressure with clarity and care.
Because the polycrisis is not only a systems challenge. It is a reflection of disconnection. The spaces, systems, and structures we create are a direct expression of how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the planet.
Reconnecting people and planet is not an idea.
It is a practice and a design imperative.
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• How inner states influence perception, decision-making, and leadership
• Sustaining energy, clarity, and purpose in long-term impact work
• Recognizing signs of overwhelm, burnout, and disconnection in climate and impact work
• Cultivating presence, awareness, and emotional regulation in times of uncertainty
• Reconnecting with purpose and meaning to sustain long-term engagement
• The role of compassion, both for self and others, in navigating complex systems -
• The built environment as a mediator between people and planet
• How cities, buildings, and public spaces shape behaviour, wellbeing, and ecological impact
• Designing for health, equity, resilience, and connection, not just efficiency
• Integrating nature, biodiversity, and local ecosystems into our spaces
• Moving from extractive and fragmented systems to regenerative, place-based approaches
• The role of policy, finance, and cross-sector collaboration in enabling systemic change
• Creating environments that support both human flourishing and planetary boundaries
Who this is for
Professionals in wellness sustainability, policy, social impact and the built environment
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Leaders, designers, and policymakers navigating complex, interconnected challenges
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Practitioners interested in bridging inner and outer approaches to change
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Anyone interested in the relationship between people, place, and planet