The German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) launched the German Sustainability Action Days on the occasion of the United Nations World Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012. Almost 2,000 activities were registered this year - making the Action Days colorful and exciting. The focus of the 2024 Action Days was on the topic of biodiversity in order to draw more attention to projects that promote biological diversty. Next year, from September 18 to October 8, we once again want to encourage many people to set an example for a more sustainable world in numerous actions. Be part of it!
Goal of the Action Days
The Joint Action for Sustainable Development community is active all year round - no question about it. However, the goal of the Action Days is to make exemplary commitment visible throughout Germany within a certain period of time, to attract public attention to the topic of sustainability, and to encourage more people to act sustainably. Everyone can change something for the better! The more people participate, the stronger the signal we send out together with the Action Days.
And this signal is sent out internationally: Since 2015, the Action Days have been part of the European Sustainable Development Week, an initiative launched by Germany, France and Austria in which people from all over Europe can participate. By participating in the German Sustainability Action Days, you automatically take part in the European Sustainable Development Week as well - without any additional effort for you as participants.
How can you get involved in the German Sustainability Action Days?
You want to take part but still have questions about the participation? Here we want to answer some common questions and facilitate your start.
Who can participate in the German Sustainability Action Days?
What actions can you participate with?
How do you register an action?
What did the focus topic biodiversity stand for?
How to promote the actions?
More questions?
Lighthouse projects
Lighthouse Projects are particularly successful and effective examples of action. Every year, we select such particularly beautiful actions from the previous year. Here are the Lighthouse Projects of 2024:
Sustainability-Action: 15.000 Euro for an Action-Fund
Find out moreUrbanInsects - Investigation of building physics aspects and social attitudes towards facade-integrated habitat systems for insects
Find out moreHarvest festival on the Action Day
Find out moreBioDivHub networking meeting at the ÖBZ
Find out moreKlimadialog: Biodiversitätsfördernde Fassadenbegrünung (Eltern-Kind-Programm)
Find out more#gemeinsamfuermorgen
Actions for sustainability attract more attention if as many people as possible participate. That is why we focus on networking and cooperation with other actors in the field of sustainability. With the #gemeinsamfuermorgen campaign, we are working with our partners to ensure that sustainable action ideas are implemented and noticed.
Each #gemeinsamfuermorgen partner is calling for more commitment again this year during a campaign period that overlaps with the German Sustainability Action Days (18 September to 08 October). In this joint action period, we are collecting our plans, your ideas, actions, challenges and events under the hashtag #gemeinsamfuermorgen. Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn!
With #gemeinsamfuermorgen we create the attention that sustainable ideas and sustainable living deserve! Get to know our partners and get involved: