AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

Akar Rumput Forum:
Culture, Ecology & Social Impact

A space for conversations on culture, ecology, and social impact

Indonesia House Amsterdam hosts a day of conversation, connection and root-level thinking. Initiated by Pariveśa Magazine, Akar Rumput Forum brings together Indonesian and Europe-based environmental professionals, young changemakers and early-career practitioners around one question: what does it mean to build things people can actually trust, in our cities, our systems, our stories?

Across the day:

The Credibility Triangle: ESG, Systems, and Creative Economy
Where ESG, creative economy and consumer trust meet, and whether the metrics we track address root causes or just displace harm.

Building Belonging: Architecture, Culture and the Future of Urban Life
How the spaces we build shape the communities we become.
Pecha Kucha: Systems Thinking & Cultural Sustainability Transition
Fast, sharp ideas on shifting how we think about change.

Pecha Kucha: Birdhousing
A Pecha Kucha by Paul Grandchamp on birdhouses, precarity, and organising between birdhouses and bureaucracies at Helsinki's Lapinlahden Lähde.

Community, Communication and the Stories That Shape Climate Action
Coastal protection, environmental media, Indigenous knowledge and visual storytelling, woven together.

Workshop: Sustainable AI
The true cost of AI through an ESG lens, ending with your own AI manifesto.

Art Performance
Closing the day with a live performance bringing the forum's themes to life.