Ethical Assembly

🌍 Welcome to Climate in Focus Issue #1 — Your biweekly digest for bold #climate action! As we step into 2025, the stakes for climate action have never been higher. But hope isn’t passive, it’s powered by bold action, shared responsibility, and the strength of community. For our first issue, we’ve curated a selection of impactful climate news, thought-provoking stories, and resources designed to enable societal transformation. 📰 Top Headlines: Climate stocktake, record-breaking 2024 impacts, and biodiversity wins featuring Atmos Magazine, DeSmog, The Guardian & Al Jazeera English 📖 Books & Podcasts: Adrienne Buller’s The Value of a Whale & Christiana Figueres Outrage + Optimism 🌱 Initiatives: Support APOPO ’s HeroRats saving lives globally 🤝 Events: From Climate Tech mixers to regenerative business discussions in #Portugal Dive in for fresh insights, inspiring initiatives, and a growing community fighting for systems change. 💬 Have a project, event, or story to share? Let’s hear it! 💌hello@ethicalassembly.com 📩 Read now & join the conversation →

What an incredible journey Ethical Assembly 2024 has been! 🌿✨ Over the past months, we poured our hearts into creating a space where ideas could spark, connections could thrive, and bold solutions could take shape. And wow, did we do it together! Ethical Assembly 2024 was more than an event — it was a celebration of collective action and shared purpose. With climate action and social justice at the core, we brought together changemakers from all walks of life to inspire, challenge, and collaborate. To our brilliant speakers, dedicated partners, engaged attendees, and unwavering supporters: thank you for believing in this vision. Your energy, ideas, and passion turned this gathering into something unforgettable. The future we dream of starts now! 🌍💚 #EthicalAssembly2024 #ClimateCommunity #SocialJustice #Lisbon

I can't believe it's already been a month since the Ethical Assembly annual event! It was an inspiring experience to connect with so many incredible people, exchange innovative ideas, and build meaningful coalitions focused on positive change. Check out the event highlights video here... you might recognise some familiar faces! #EthicalAssembly #Sustainability #Networking #PositiveImpact

🌍✨ What a powerful experience at the Ethical Assembly 2024! Over two days, we explored bold visions, inspired collaborations, and sparked countless conversations around the most urgent challenges of our time. From climate action and circular economy to sustainable finance and energy justice, our incredible speakers and participants joined forces to build a more resilient, inclusive future. Thanks to everyone who shared, learned, and took steps toward impactful change with us! 💚💡 Watch our event highlights and relive these powerful moments. 🎬 Video by Christopher Michael 📸 Photography by Fábio Cunha #EthicalAssembly2024 #ClimateAction #SocialJustice #Lisbon #ClimateCommunity

Whoooaaaaaaa, that was awesome!!! ✨ 🌍 We're filled with so much gratitude as we look back on this year’s incredible Ethical Assembly. Together, we created a unique space for powerful conversations, groundbreaking ideas and genuine connections, and we're excited for what the future holds for our community. Thank you to each and every single one of you — our fantastic speakers, partners, artists, dedicated crew, volunteers and everyone who joined us. This summit truly exists because of you. Your energy, vision and generosity brought these conversations to life, helping us build an independent platform where transparency and real impact take center stage, with no greenwashing or hidden agendas. 💚 The numbers speak to the dedication and love poured into this:  • 6,800+ hours invested by our team in planning and delivering the event • 152 speakers who shared their insights • 70 sessions fostering rich discussions • 63 hours of transformative content • … and countless new connections and ideas unlocked We’ve come a long way since our first gathering in 2019, and this year felt like a milestone. While we’re immensely proud of what we accomplished, we also know there’s plenty of room to grow. We learned so much this year, and we’re already buzzing with ideas to make next year’s summit even more meaningful! 🌻 As we remain deeply committed to evolving and serving you better, your insights and honest reflections are essential to help us grow in ways that resonate. If you've attended the Ethical Assembly 2024, we'd love to hear from you. Can you take a few minutes to share your feedback with us? Your thoughts genuinely guide our next steps, and every answer is read with care and consideration. 🌈 Share your feedback: https://lnkd.in/dvDUWG8V Here's to the journey ahead, to the phenomenal people who made this possible and to each of you for believing that a better world is worth fighting for. 🌱 #EthicalAssembly2024 #climateaction #systemschange Photography by Róża Kadi

It’s been an incredibly insightful, inspiring, and vibrant two days at the Ethical Assembly! We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to join, engage, and learn from so many passionate individuals with expertise across various fields of climate and social justice. 😊 Thank you so much for your insights and openness in sharing your knowledge, these conversations will definitely echo beyond this Assembly. Massive thank you again to Patricia Imbarus for making all of this happen! Here is a little glimpse into the panels with FairPlanet's Yair Oded and Lisa-Marie Bosbach! 👇 Dörte Schneider Garcia, Jolien Walhof, Flora Pereira da Silva, Kat Hamilton, Joana Feliciano, Joana Guerra Tadeu

Had a blast at Ethical Assembly last week in #Lisbon. Patricia Imbarus did an incredible job curating this event, bringing together a lot of passionate people from the impact space. Highlights for me were meeting my friend Christopher Storey from Sea Shepherd Global again and attending a massive cleanup with lots of volunteers. Also, I had the pleasure to speak about our work at Plastic Fischer GmbH and meet great people that I’m looking forward to deepen the conversations with. Thanks for your time and passion everyone 💙 Lisa Roolant Lisa-Marie Bosbach Nuno Lourenço João Pedro Machado Hugo Warner Julian Ellis-Brown Chris Hotell Sònia Hurtado Raquel Gaião Silva and many more 🙏🏼

PT: Demorei dois dias, mas depois de um pouco de descanso, finalmente encontrei palavras e energia para fazer um post sobre a Ethical Assembly, e tudo o que tenho a dizer é que foi MÁGICO ✨(merece mesmo um texto em maiúsculas). Para além de painéis incríveis liderados por pessoas cujo trabalho admiro (olá Hugo Warner e Islene Façanha), pude conviver com amigos queridos como a Verónica Belchior) e a Carlota M. (que finalmente tive o prazer de conhecer na vida real). A cimeira serviu de ponto de encontro e de comunidade para todos nós que trabalhamos com impacto social. Saí sentindo-me revigorada e pronta para continuar a agir. Poderia destacar muitos mais workshops e momentos (como aqueles com os Rebundance, Canela e Please Disturb - Tourism Experts), mas para sumarizar deixo-vos com um carrossel de fotos que resumem muito bem tudo o que estava a acontecer. Obrigado a todos os que organizaram este evento incrível 💗 Foi a minha primeira vez, mas definitavemente não a última. EN: It took me two days, but after some rest, I finally found the words and energy to do a post about the Ethical Assembly, and all I've got to say is that it was MAGIC ✨(it deserves an all caps really). Besides amazing panels led by people whose work I admire (hello Hugo Warner and Islene Façanha), I've got to hang out with dear friends like Verónica Belchior (she/her) and Carlota M. (whom I finally had the pleasure to meet IRL). The summit served as a gathering and community spot for all of us working in social impact. I left just feeling refreshed and ready to continue taking action. I could highlight many more workshops and moments (like those with Rebundance, Canela and Please Disturb Tourism Experts), but I'll leave you with a carousel of photos that pretty much sum up everything that was happening. Thank you to everyone who put this amazing event together 💗 It was my first time, but not last.

Over the past two days, I have been lucky enough to attend a variety of amazing talks, presentations and workshops at the Ethical Assembly in Lisbon, and it has been an incredibly rewarding and enriching experience! As a student, I was thrilled to be part of such a meaningful and dynamic event focused on three ever-prominent pillars of sustainability, social justice, and ethical innovation. The sessions have been eye-opening, with truly inspiring, powerful talks from Hugo Warner, Marta Cortegano, Pedro Conceição, and Kat Hamilton (to name a few!) covering topics ranging from climate action and equitable development to human rights, circular economies and regenerative agriculture. I was particularly inspired by the innovative solutions being shared, which highlight how impactful collaboration across sectors can be. This event has not only expanded my knowledge but also reinforced the importance of taking an active role in shaping a more just and sustainable world. The conversations, the networking with like-minded individuals, and the opportunity to learn from pioneers and entrepreneurs in the field have all been invaluable, and I am delighted to be leaving with fresh perspectives, practical insights, and renewed motivation to integrate these learnings into my studies and future works. A massive thanks to Deborah Gray at Canela for inviting me and hosting a wonderful presentation and workshop with Catarina Oliveira on leadership; and a huge congratulations to Patricia Imbarus for organising such a wonderful event.