NEB Stewardship Lab

As the world is facing existential threats of climate change where social and ecological systems are disrupted - urgent actions are needed. It requires swift and decisive action on multiple levels from local to European and global. The New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative provides an enabling context for this transition by calling people to imagine and build together a future based on values of sustainability, inclusion and aesthetics. In this context, the academic-led NEB Lab project, NEB Stewardship Lab, seeks to enhance and clarify the role of higher education to support the needed societal transition. The project will further co-develop the model of NEB Stewardship, which combines the NEB values to three stewardship dimensions: knowledge, agency and care. This combination draws the attention to capacities needed for effective individual and collective actions pursuing sustainability. At the same time, the NEB values describe the aspired characteristics of both the development process and its outcomes. The NEB Stewardship Lab is a joint effort of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), University of Turin (Italy), IADE - Universidade Europeia (Portugal), NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Italy), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), Cyprus Institute (Cyprus) and Green Growth Generation (Italy). The group of coordinators stands behind the common goal of nurturing the transition from climate anxiety to NEB stewardship and thus, motivating for actions that contribute to positive change. We invite all the interested partners to join us on this journey to move from climate anxiety to stewardship action!