Generation Symbiocene, or Gen (S), is a community led by the young, using art to reconnect humans with nature and to change the mainstream environmental narrative. We focus on cultivating emotional symbiosis, meaning the art of 'living together', to tell the story of the Symbiocene. Coined by philosopher Glenn Albrecht, this concept envisions a new era of companionship in human-nature relationships.

Experimenting with artistic tools such as story-telling, creative writing, music, dance and painting, we aim at (re)creating emotional bonds with the other-than-human world, starting in Athens’ green spaces. In parallel, a series of community-building meetings are set to take place in the city center, where we can share thoughts and feelings, meet other grassroots initiatives and explore different ways to raise ecological awareness.

It is time for all of us to unite and demonstrate humans can live with the rest of life. 

Join us.

Let Gen (S) arise!

Symbio(s)Art started as an attempt to create emotional bonds between humans and nature through two artistic workshops. One spanned over three days and saw children (age 6-12) build a hedgehog house for winter while learning about the animal's ecosystem through painting with two artists. The goal was for children to experience emotional connection to nature through an act of care towards non-human beings, while deepening their understanding of the animal's needs. In the second workshop, adults of all ages looked back at their life from the perspective of their relationship to nature and wrote their 'Sumbiography', guided by a creative writing instructor. The aim was for them to recall emotional bonds they have shared with nature and to reassess their current relationship with it. Both workshops intertwined in the project's closing event featuring photos of all activities, the exhibition of the children's drawings and the reading of the adults' texts.