Sustainability as the art of becoming
by Johannes Kronenberg
Between greenwashing, geopolitical change and the search for spiritual orientation, the World Goetheanum Association Forum in Sekem is developing a new understanding of sustainable development – not as a goal or programme, but as an inner and outer process of transformation. A fundamental contribution to the question of how humans and the earth can become one. At the centre of the newly developed ‘Sekem Sustainability Flower’ is the inner, spiritual source of the human being. The contribution shows why sustainable development remains incomplete without conscious inner training and spiritual anchoring – and how this gives rise to a new, holistic model.
What stories will we tell ourselves?
by Friederike Mainz
What really sustains a sustainable economy? This contribution takes us right to the heart of the Forum 2025 and makes it clear how cultural, social and spiritual dimensions are moving back into the centre of economic activity. An invitation to question our own thinking about the future.
Entering into a new dialogue
by Lin Bautze-Boeke
‘Accompanying the old system with dignity as it dies’ – a sentence from the Forum becomes the starting point for personal reflections on sustainability, empathy and the ability to engage in dialogue. The article connects the big questions of our time with concrete experiences.
How does one become a climate hero?
by Andrea Valdinoci
How do you become a climate hero? Not through appeals, but through clear structures, concrete incentives and an economy that combines ecological, social and spiritual dimensions. The example of Sekem shows how sustainable transformation can become real, meaningful and sustainable for farmers.
