Climate change brings rising temperatures, extreme weather and disruptions to our ecosystems. Our inconsiderate hunger for Earth’s resources causes deforestation and loss of biodiversity. Environmental degradation hits the vulnerable communities the hardest, making social inequalities even worse. Our future requires action! The stakes are now very high, and the call for a green transition is relevant as never before.
The green transition is the urgent shift from a fossil fuel-driven economy to one powered by renewable energy, sustainable practices and circular systems. It's a fight to reclaim our planet from the grip of pollution, corporate greed and environmental destruction. We must act now!
With this call echoing, Trans Europe Halles together in collaboration with partners from 9 countries in 4 continents introduces #GET – the Good Enough Transformation project. Supported by the Globus Programme of the Nordisk Kulturfond (2024-2025), this initiative aims to form a community of practice made up of academics, architects, designers, cultural institutions and grassroots communities. GET's mission is to research, document and develop affordable, sustainable and immediately accessible green transformations combining sustainable innovation with the cultural and natural heritage of local communities worldwide.
The seeds for a global green transition don’t need to wait for big technological revolutions. They can be found in small landscapes of local grassroots communities around the world, in the places where our green future is already happening now! A community of practice is a powerful force for change, where people with a shared passion and purpose come together to learn, collaborate and drive collective action - this is what GET wants to achieve. GET wants to create a community of practice that will be about breaking down silos, challenging the status quo and building a movement of shared knowledge and skills that push boundaries and ignite progress.
What is #GET exactly? GET offers a unique perspective on a sustainable green transformation that is driven by local collectives, collaborative social networks and the interaction between traditional knowledge systems, small creative economies and accessible urban innovation.
Since February 2024, GET has been on a quest to find and share affordable, sustainable and immediately accessible green transformations —combining sustainable innovation with the cultural and natural heritage of communities worldwide: from nature-based agricultural heritage in Mexico, vernacular architecture in Burkina Faso, community gardens in Cyprus and upcycling material explorations in Malaysia. The Good Enough Transformation framework prioritises incremental, locally driven climate action over perfectionism.
Community-based practices (mentioned above) are powerful catalysts for systemic change from the micro-local level that can impact the global scale. They serve as invaluable repositories of vital vernacular knowledge, essential for seamlessly implementing the green transition at the microlocal level.
While communities can't lead the full transition alone, they can enact what we like to call a "good enough transformation". This involves engaging people, fostering low-cost, locally sourced sustainable solutions and harnessing traditional knowledge and collective creativity to transform their immediate environment into greener, more sustainable spaces. Precisely this approach will be embraced by #GET.
Building a community of practice that unites, exchanges and shares insights, learning and discoveries on the #GET green transition, rooted in local community-based sustainable practices from across the 4 continents - Europe, Asia, Africa and America! So, let’s kick off the #GET movement.
#GET is a community of practice that is all about breaking down barriers, challenging the status quo and building a movement of shared knowledge and skills that push boundaries and ignite progress.
In that spirit, #GET shares a set of open tools and resources to spark and support change, inside and beyond the cultural world.
No need to wait for the perfect moment. Transformation starts here, now - from the bottom up - together! Take a look at the free resources below.
RTDA Studio is a scenography and architecture studio based in Paris and Casablanca, specializing in heritage spaces and energy diagnosis.
Tamadia is an international art collective of dancers and choreographers based in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso. Working across the fields of dance, education and professional training, artistic production, social work and environmental work, Tamadia started the international dance festival In and Out in 2009 in Bobo Dioulasso. Founded by Philadelphia-based, internationally trained burkinabe contemporary choreographer Aguibou Sanou, Tamadia initiated in 2021 Arts Green Culture - Bio Farming Project, a citizen-led project supported by artists.
Gardens of the Future is grassroots, citizen-led organization based in a repurposed heritage space in Nicosia, aiming to build the capacity of diverse communities to engage into environmentally and socially sustainable practices, and develop agro-entrepreneurship skills, through responsible farming, waste recycling, and food sharing. Gardens of the future is a multi-awarded organization, national winner of Climathon in 2020, Winner of Pusulas Competition in 2021 and European Winner of the New European Bauhaus Prize in 2022.
Borneo Laboratory is a multidisciplinary platform for the experimentation of Borneo Aesthetics - an aesthetics that emphasizes collaboration and open dialogue. Their movement is inspired by the idea of "Berjalai" - conversing with the world, which is also a deep-rooted cultural idea in the Borneo landscape. Since they started 5 years ago, they have explored several cross regional collaborative workshop projects that involved collaborators from France, Germany, UK, Italy, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. So far, they have produced publications, documentation, crafts, curation and architectural design. In their collaborations, they have been consciously engaging people from diverse disciplines. Regardless of whether it is a publication or building, it is crucial for Borneo Laboratory to see their projects deliver an empathetic experience with universal value.
Trans Europe Halles,
and two Trans Europe Halles full members (from France and Denmark),
and two Trans Europe Halles associate members (from Canada and Mexico):
The project had been finilised in August 2025. A huge thank you to everyone in the #GET consortium who brought their ideas, time, energy and expertise to this project. This couldn't have happened without all of you! Listed in alphabetical order:
Aguibou Sanou | Amine Slimani | Anais Casas | Eleftérios Kechagioglou | Fran Erazo | Ian Clarke | Ida Hartwig | Jasmine Cardenas | Jennie Suddick | Kari López | Katerina Flora | Liene Jurgelāne | Leo Lethielleux | Maïa Paounov | Mads Peter | Majo Fagioli | Mathilde Lajarrige | Mieke Renders | Natasa Christou | Olga Zaporozhets | Sara Maclure | Sarita Srivastava | Ranee Lee | Tiffany Fukuma | Wendy Teo
The development and creation of resources of The Good Enough Transformation was a collective endeavor, born from a spirit of collaboration and shared learning across diverse geographies and cultures.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes to the many communities across the nine participating countries who opened their doors, shared their lived experiences, and enriched our understanding in countless ways. These are the communities that are enacting the Good Enough Transformation and are now developing mechanisms of a green transition.
We are especially grateful for the learnings from communities in Mexico City, Xochimilco (Mexico), Kuching (Malaysia), Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), and Nicosia (Cyprus). The generosity of spirit and depth of knowledge encountered in these places have left a lasting impact on us.
While it is impossible to name every individual who contributed, we acknowledge each and every person who participated: you made this possible.
