For the first time, the many innovative adult education institutions, that have arisen all over Europe in recent years, will come together for a collaborative festival. They all investigate in different ways how lifelong learning can contribute to a sustainable and joyful world. In the beautiful environment of Järna near Stockholm they will connect, collaborate and celebrate for a week. They have been invited by the International Partnership for Transformative Learning (IPTL), which emerged from an EU-funded partnership. (Here’s an article about the learning partnership in the OYA.) The IPTL is also publishing the book “Hosting Transformation – Stories from the edge of change making”, which will be presented at the festival for the first time to the public. The hosts are the members of the IPTL: Akademie für Visionautik (Germany) Art Monastery Project (Italy) Edventure (UK) Embercombe (UK) Knowmads (Netherlands) Pioneers of Change (Austria) SoL Hungary (Hungary) Youth Initiative Program (Sweden) Beneath the ones who have booked so far are: Centre of environment and development studies (CEMUS) (Sweden) euforia (Swizerland) future@ducation (Germany) Global Action Plan (GAP) HLSS (Healthcare Leadership Summerschool) Impuls – Agentur für angewandte Utopien e.V. Institut für angewandte Kreativität (Germany) Master´s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) (Sweden) Nova Earth Institute (USA) On Purpose (UK) Power of Youth (UK) present!(Austria) Schumacher College (UK) Here you find further information on the festival.