Saturday 29 August

Designing Flags for the Lake Geneva Bioregion

This hands-on workshop invites participants to design a flag expressing personal connections to water in the Lake Geneva bioregion. Participants are encouraged to draw on memories of rivers, streams or the lake—walks, swims and family gatherings—and to combine drawings, symbols and words. The session examines how personal narratives reveal ecological relationships and encourages reflection on the vulnerability of these places to climate change, fostering creative responses that link emotion, place and environmental awareness.

Rue des Cordiers 2,
1207 Geneva
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Photo Credit: Collectif Hydromondes

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