A 3-day festival exploring soil, regeneration, and our living connection with Earth.
Presented by Living Soil Asia as part of their CoThink Lab fellowship, the Living Earth Festival will round off the year-long Living Soil Series, where they will return to the grounding world of soil and everything in between, guiding us into the roots of what matters most: our connection to land, home, food, and one another.
This three-day gathering invites artists, educators, growers, community weavers and curious city dwellers of all kinds to reconnect with our kinships to the natural world.
Join us for an immersive weekend of hands-on workshops and explorations, meaningful dialogues, a community market, soil art appreciation and more!
Together, let’s slow down, tune in to our interbeing, and re-imagine what it means to live in reciprocity and belonging.
In this complex and challenging time, the Living Earth Festival is a space for regeneration and renewal, to re-member ourselves into wholeness, shed the illusion of separation, and come home to ourselves in community and the Living Earth.
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3:00 PM: House Open
3:30 PM: Welcome to Living Earth Festival
4:00 – 6:00 PM: Film Screenings
6:00 – 6:30 PM: Guided Tour of the Living Map
7:00 – 8:15 PM: Gardenside Chat 1: In Harmony With Our Living Earth: Moving Beyond The Nature And Urban Development Dichotomy
With Anuj Jain, Marla Lise, See Yong Feng, moderated by Shaikh Fairul Edros Bin Shaikh Ahmad)
8:30 PM – 9:45 PM: Gardenside Chat 2: The Role Of Art And Culture In A Changing Climate
With Elizabeth Mak, Jennifer Teo, Natalia Tan, moderated by Ethel Pang
10:00 PM: House Close
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9:30 AM: House Open
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Community Market
10:30 – 11:45 AM: Soil Painting Competition Honouring Ceremony
12:00 – 12:30 PM: Guided Tour of the Living Map
12:30 – 1:00 PM: Mindful Tasting - You Are What You Eat
1:00 – 1:30 PM: Research Spotlight: Gut and Soil Connection - You Are What Your Food Eats
1:30 – 2:00 PM: Break
2:00 – 3:15 PM: Gardenside Chat 3: Food Security and Climate Change
With Catherine Loke, Ong Chun Yeow, Kenny Lek, moderated by Peck
3:30 – 4:45 PM: Gardenside Chat 4: Digging Deeper into Urban Soil
With Ang Ee Peng, Cai Bingyu, Koh Yong Zhi, moderated by Toh Han Jing
5:00 – 6:15 PM: Gardenside Chat 5: Local and Bioregional Food Systems
With Ayaka Fujii, Bjorn Low, Imran Aljunied, Leong Man Wei, moderated by Vivian Lee
6:30 – 7:30 PM: Dinner Break
7:30 – 9:30 PM: Film Screening and Facilitated Conversation by Post-Growth Singapore
10:00 PM: House Close
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11:00 AM: House Open
11:30 AM – 12:45 PM: Gardenside Chat 6: Navigating Indigenous Kinships
With Chloe Chotrani, Daniel Teoh, Firdaus Sani, moderated by Aditi Punj Sood
1:00 – 2:30 PM: A Communal Nasi Ulam Experience
With Suria Insyirah & Megan Sin
2:30 – 3:00 PM: Final guided tour of the Living Map
3:00 – 5:00 PM: Workshop: Death and Composting
5:00 – 7:00 PM: Workshop: Seventh Generation Practice
Facilitated by Denise Pang
7:00 – 8:00 PM: Dinner Break
8:00 – 9:30 PM: Mycelial Body: Movement Workshop and Closing Party
Facilitated by Chloe Chotrani, with music by The Weatherman
10:00 PM: House Close
Living Soil Asia, part of the Foodscape Collective ecosystem, champions a balanced ecosystem built on equity, care, and regenerative practices. Their mission is to broaden knowledge and accessibility of regenerative methods in Singapore, emphasising a community-oriented, care-based approach. They merge ancient wisdom with modern technology to regenerate soil and reconnect people with the land, advocating for soil's crucial role in climate change, food security, and sustainability discussions. This organisation stands as a beacon for environmental stewardship and community-driven sustainability, committed to nurturing each person's unique contributions to a healthier planet and fostering a culture of care and personal engagement.