Festival venues
- Flagey
- La Cambre Abbey
- Solbosch Campus – ULB
Information
Accessibility
We encourage sustainable and eco-friendly transportation : the festival is accessible on foot, by bike, and by public transportation. Nevertheless Parking is available nearby if you need to come by car.
Bicycle
Bicycle parking is available at all three festival venues.
Public transportation
- Common route: Bus 71 passes through all three venues.
- Place Flagey: Bus 38, 59, 60, 71, 96 | Tram 81 (interruption → take bus 96)
- Abbaye de la Cambre: Bus 38, 71 (Géo Bernier stop) | Tram 7, 8, 93
- Solbosch Campus (ULB): Bus 71 | Tram 8, 25
Train
- Brussels-Luxembourg Station → Bus 38 → Place Flagey
- Central Station → Bus 38 or 71 → Place Flagey
- Midi Station → Metro 2/6 → Porte de Namur → Bus 71
Taxi
- Taxis Verts
- Collecto 0070 – Flagey/Corner of Rue Vergnies (shared taxi, €6)
Car
Parking in Ixelles (Find out more). Paid parking nearby :
- Indigo – Place Flagey
- Parking Bascule – Rue Saint-Georges 107
- Q-Park Bascule – Chaussée de Waterloo 715
Access for people with reduced mobility
Facilities are in place to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility.
Most of the festival venues are accessible, as they are on the ground floor.
-Abbaye de La Cambre site (paved): permanent access ramp to Building A, temporary ramp installed for Building K, which can be shared on request with the SAFFCA Building and the Tapta room (not for the Stynen Auditoruim).
-Faculty of Architecture site: access on request via the back door: 21 rue du Belvédère.
The team
The festival is organized by the Studio Biorama team, supported by interns, volunteers, experts, and external advisors from the fields of research, ecology, visual arts, performing arts, and events sector.
- Programming and organization Olivia Willems-Bara, Gregory Lang, Alice Vogt
- Exhibitions Gregory Lang
- Workshops Olivia Willems-Bara
- Production Clémence Bellisson, Claire Stockel, Celia Carballar
- Partnerships Gregory Lang, Jusyna Gajko, Laura Del Mar Guzman
- Coordination Sarah Drapeau & Mélanie Ganino - Mosss collective
- Communication Simon Laroche
- Reception Maëva Mezzasalma
- Cultural Mediation Valentine Himpens-David, Violette Rousseau, Juliette Viole
- Interns and Volunteers Róża Boratyńska, Fanny Gelas Mignon, Vincent Bentolila, Olivia Sylvestre, Quentin Delvaux
- Technical Direction Charles Gohy, Philippe Guilmot
Stage management Abbaye de La Cambre Alexandre Barbé - Stage management Nathan Lerat
- Sound and lighting Alice Vogt, Antoine Steier, Herman Sorgeloos
- Special thanks to Jean-Christophe de Biseau, Hélène Perreau, Marcelle Rabinowicz, Céline Rase, Julie De Saedeleer, Marie-Sophie du Montant, Aurélie Rousseaux, Pierre Meerts, Grégory Thirion, Margaux Fomont, Frédéric Blondeau, Shirley Auspert, Philippe Declerck, Isabelle Wargnies, Cécile Stas, Pierre Lombart, Alain Mallard, Émilie Dujat, Françoise Caron, Natacha Mottart, Thomas Leysen, Frédéric de Goldschdschmidt, Stéphane de Bruyn, Catherine Lemaire, Merlijn Beullens, Zoe Bouckaert, Sarah Pialeprat, Alain Thuleau, Florence Maille, Marie-Grance de Broqueville, Etienne Toffin, Paul Monville, Anita Van Belle, Frédérique Müller, Pierre-Philippe Hofmann, Erwan Mahéo, Marie Vander Elst, Michèle Loneux, Matthieu Lassablière, Pierre Lhoas, Alix Sarrade, Mélanie Rainville, Franck Hidvegi, Françoise Hendrickx, Isabelle Bourne, Benedicte del Marmol, Philippe Aisinber, Lidia Szynkiewicz, Barbara Wolff, Lillo De Wit, Isabelle Arthuis, Silvia Botella, Elias Sanhaji, India Jonckheere, Quentin Delvaux, Thibaut Leu-Cauvin, Anouk Lewkowicz, Damian Jodorowsky, Timoté Rouffignac.
And all participants, technicians, temporary workers, and volunteers.
Responsible publisher
Studio Biorama
Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, CP 160/12
1000 Brussels
Website: www.biorama.org
Contact
If you have any questions, please feel free to write to hello[@]living-earth-festival.be.
Becoming Volunteer
About
From 9 to 12 October 2025, the Living Earth Festival will mingle culture, life sciences and society at Place Flagey, Abbaye de La Cambre and the Solbosch campus. Four days and evenings of meetings, performances, conferences, workshops and exhibitions to rethink our place within the living world and take action in the face of its collapse.
An inclusive, collective, pluridisciplinary project
Led by independent platform Studio Biorama’s team, the Living Earth Festival brings together artists, scientists, and citizens committed to an habitable future.
A world in common
How to invent a future in which we stop being threats to the ecosystems and to ourselves? In the context of a quickening collapse of biodiversity and an increasing denial of its causes, this festival was born of a necessity to take action. The intention is to spread the ideas of scientists, thinkers and all those who get involved in their local communities. Between informational confusion and political inertia, how can we bring our ways of doing and seeing to an earthly scale? The aim of this yearly cultural event is to discuss these issues in order to move forward together, highlighting alternative stories and courses of action.
Breaking down the barriers between disciplines
The Living Earth Festival combines life sciences, humanities, arts, and grassroots initiatives. This convivial moment offers to invent a common ground in which knowledge can circulate, and where thoughts and conversations revolve around and include the nonhuman. We want to create a space where the complexity of the stakes becomes perceivable, as we are well aware that knowledge and ecosensibility cannot do without levers of engaged action.
Studio Biorama
Studio Biorama is a platform working to create inter-transdisciplinary events, sharing and disseminating knowledge from the life sciences, research, and the arts. It created the first edition of the Living Earth Festival, at the crossroads of scientific knowledge and ecology, artistic experiences, and citizen initiatives.
Hospitality policy and eco-responsible commitment
From its inception, the Living Earth Festival has incorporated the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) criteria to limit its ecological footprint and promote responsible organization.
Our commitments
- Eco-design: recycled materials, reusable furniture, enhanced waste sorting.
- Green mobility: promotion of sustainable transport, encouragement to take the train for long-distance travel.
- Responsible use of digital technology: image optimization, reduction of mass mailings, local service providers.
- Environmental awareness: reduced paper communication, risograph printing, partnerships with local producers for catering.
Bookstore Area
La Cambre Abbey - Building A
- Thursday, October 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, October 10
- Saturday, October 11
- Sunday, October 12, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
In partnership with Librairie Peinture Fraîche. Works by the authors, artists and speakers invited to the festival.
Presentations and signings of new publications with our publishing partners
Actes Sud, Wildproject, Le Bord de l'eau, Manuella Éditions, La Lettre volée.
Food service + Bar
Chalet Bar
- Thursday, October 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, October 10
- Saturday, October 11
- Sunday, October 12, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Outdoor bar (weather permitting)
- Thursday, October 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Friday, October 10
- Saturday, October 11
- Sunday, October 12, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Food Truck
- Thursday, October 9, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Credits
Design and visual identity
Luuse (Romain Marula, Léonard Mabille) et Paper Tiger (Aurélien Farina)
Programming
Romain Marula et Quentin Jumelin
Partners
Institutional partnerships
Cultural partnerships
Other partnerships
Publishing and media partnerships
