Join a virtual interactive workshop translating planetary boundaries science into action and exploring the vital connection between a healthy planet and healthy societies. Attending one of the workshop sessions serves as an entry point to Planetary Health education across sectors and scales.
Close-up of a participant highlighting key connections during a Planetary Boundaries Fresco session in Leiden, the Netherlands.
The workshop makes planetary boundaries science accessible and actionable, showing how human pressures ripple through the Earth system and where our strongest opportunities for transformation lie.
Joy van Breda
Developer & Community Manager, Planetary Boundaries Fresco
Engage your team, community, or students in the science and importance of Planetary Health with the Planetary Boundaries Fresco!
This highly interactive 3.5-hour workshop makes planetary boundaries science accessible and raises awareness of the crucial link between a healthy planet and healthy societies. Grounded in the latest scientific research, participants explore how human activities drive changes across Earth’s systems, trace their ripple effects, and reflect on what it will take to guide humanity back within the boundaries of the one planet we call home.
Available in multiple languages and formats, the workshop is well-suited for education, professional training, conferences, and public engagement. Professional workshops can be adapted on request to focus more deeply on specific themes (e.g., food systems, Planetary Health, policy, organizational change, or local action). A train-the-trainer format is also available. Explore the upcoming sessions on this webpage.
Interested in hosting, participating, or using the tool yourself? Contact Joy and Elise van Breda, who steward the workshop’s ongoing development and global community.
A pilot session of the Planetary Boundaries Fresco facilitated by Joy and Elise van Breda with researchers from the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Stockholm, Sweden.
Joy and Elise van Breda facilitating the Planetary Boundaries Fresco workshop at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research with the research team behind the Planetary Health Check Report in Potsdam, Germany.
Close-up of Planetary Boundaries Fresco cards during a workshop session at the Mural Fest community festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Participants discussing the Planetary Boundaries Fresco during a workshop at the Equinox community event in Stockholm, Sweden.
