By Rune Engelbreth Larsen

Step into a thought-provoking talk that weaves together nature, culture, and the way we understand our place in the world.

Rune Engelbreth Larsen invites us into a reflective space where history, philosophy, and storytelling meet the living landscape around us. Drawing on his work with topics such as animism, biodiversity, and the relationship between humans and nature, he opens new perspectives on how we can reconnect with the more-than-human world.

Rune is an idea historian, author, speaker, nature photographer, and poet. He has been a member of the Danish Ethical Council and is actively engaged in the Danish Society for Nature Conservation. Through his many books and public contributions, he has become a strong voice in conversations about nature, ethics, and culture.

Join this inspiring session and explore new ways of seeing - and relating to - the world we are part of.

By Aiah Noack

Discover the incredible diversity of perennial edible plants and learn how to create a productive, nature-friendly garden. In this workshop, Aiah Noack introduces a wide range of organic edible plants, including onions, cabbages, spinach, salads, edible shoots, and selected berries and fruits. Participants will enjoy tastings while exploring cultivation techniques, companion planting, and practical ways to use these plants in the kitchen. Whether you are an experienced gardener or just getting started, this workshop offers inspiration for growing food in harmony with nature.

Aiah Noack holds a degree in Horticultural Science and a PhD in Botany and Plant Physiology. For more than four decades, her work has focused on plants, nature, cultivation, and the positive impact that living plants have on human well-being. She has worked as a researcher, project manager, consultant, and entrepreneur, including founding the consultancy Team Grow-how in Denmark and a plant breeding nursery in South Africa. Today, she continues to share her extensive knowledge and passion for sustainable growing, edible landscapes, and nature-based living.

By Jens-Otto Andersen

Join this thought-provoking talk and explore what truly defines the quality of our food. In a time of rising consumption of ultra-processed products, we pause to ask: what is real food and how do we choose it?

Through engaging insights and real-world examples, you’ll be introduced to the concepts of resilience and vitality in food, and learn how both growing methods and everyday choices shape what ends up on your plate.

The workshop is led by Jens-Otto Andersen, a farmer, agronomist, and PhD, who has spent 30 years researching food quality at the Biodynamic Research Association. His work, including a recent international study, highlights how organic and biodynamic foods can offer significantly higher resilience and vitality than conventional produce.

With Saul Avery

Discover how we can work with nature’s own systems to grow more abundant and resilient ecosystems. In this interactive workshop, Saul Avery introduces the principles of Syntropic Agriculture and explores how thoughtful planting in space and time can maximise photosynthesis and support regeneration.

Through playful exercises, plant “lucky dips,” and audience participation, we will explore how plants cooperate and how we can design more diverse and productive landscapes. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the chance to take seeds home and continue their own growing journey.

Saul Avery is a regenerative farmer and agroforestry practitioner based in Lejre. He co-directs the non-profit SolRa, which promotes the teachings of syntropic agriculture in a temperate climate. With a deep belief that good ideas are rooted in ecology, Saul works to inspire new ways of growing and relating to the living world.

By Rune Engelbreth Larsen

Step into an inspiring talk on rewilding, biodiversity, and the role of large grazers in shaping the Danish landscape.

Rune Engelbreth Larsen explores what rewilded nature really means and why wild horses and other large animals are crucial for restoring ecosystems and creating more diverse, living landscapes in Denmark.

Rune is an idea historian, author, speaker, nature photographer, and poet. He has been a member of the Danish Ethical Council and is actively engaged in the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, where he has become a strong voice in conversations about nature, ethics, biodiversity, and culture.

With Anders Boisen

What does a good life look like when we choose to live with less? In this inspiring talk, Anders Boisen shares his six-year journey of building and living in a sustainable tiny house in the forest of Djursland.

Through stories of challenges, discoveries, and everyday life off-grid, Anders explores how small-scale living, resource awareness, and a closer connection to nature can create new perspectives on housing, freedom, and well-being. From harvesting rainwater and solar energy to growing food in his permaculture forest garden, he invites us to rethink what we truly need to thrive.

Anders Boisen is a tiny house builder, author, and speaker known for his work within the Danish tiny house and off-grid movement. After leaving his office job to pursue a more sustainable and independent lifestyle, he built his own tiny house primarily from recycled and sustainable materials - creating a life experiment that inspires others to imagine alternative ways of living.

By Cathrine Dolleris

In this workshop on forest gardens and permaculture, we will explore how nature’s own principles can be used to create productive, resilient, and biodiversity-rich growing spaces. How does a forest garden work when it mimics the structure of a natural woodland edge while being designed to meet human needs?

Through practical examples and shared reflection, you will gain insight into how the interactions between trees, shrubs, herbs, and the life within the soil form the foundation of this regenerative cultivation system.

Cathrine Dolleris has worked with forest gardens since 2014, when she created her own on Orø, where she now lives a self-sufficient life close to nature. She teaches permaculture and co-founded the Nordic Permaculture Academy.

By Birthe Holt

Get a practical and simple intro to get started with growing your own life-giving vegetables and an introduction to the biodynamic, which is food grown in harmony with nature and the universe. Bring some soil from your garden if you're already growing and bring your burning questions.

Birthe Holt is a biodynamic gardener at Hertha Levefællesskab and provides vegetables to the community from the CSA model with the social-economic protected workshop. She has 40 years of experience as a gardener and teacher from the USA, Australia, and Denmark. Sits on the board of the Biodynamic Association.

With Catrine Grønberg Jensen and DN

How do we create the right conditions for nature to thrive? In this talk, Catrine Grønberg Jensen shares insights from Danmarks Naturfond’s rewilding project at Skovsgaard Estate on Langeland, where natural processes are given space to shape the landscape.

Through examples from six years of restoration work, Catrine explores how natural grazing, restored hydrology, and natural vegetation development can help create richer ecosystems — by setting the right framework and then allowing nature to take the lead.

Catrine Grønberg Jensen is director and land manager at Danmarks Naturfond. She is a biologist with nearly 20 years of experience in strategic nature development, nature management, and environmental governance. Today, she works to protect and restore valuable natural areas across Denmark.

With Gitte Sofie Jakobsen

Discover how plants and kitchen scraps can transform old textiles into beautiful new creations. In this creative workshop, you will explore the art of natural dyeing and learn how to create unique colours and patterns using materials from nature and everyday bio-waste.

Together, we will experiment with different dye baths, techniques, and materials such as string, ice sticks, and plant-based colours to give fabric a new life. You will receive a piece of cotton fabric to dye and take home your own handmade creation, with the option to also dye a small silk scarf.

Gitte Sofie Jakobsen is a creative soul passionate about sustainable living and upcycling. She began her journey with plant dyeing by transforming stained children’s clothes using natural materials and kitchen waste. Since then, she has created a wide range of projects with plant-dyed textiles, inspiring others to give old fabrics new life through creativity and sustainable practices.

With Sanketossen (Mette Maulitz)

Join Sanketossen on a foraging walk and discover the edible plants, berries, and wild treasures growing around us. Learn about the plants we find, their benefits, and how they can be used in everyday cooking. After the walk, we will prepare and taste small samples together using what we have gathered.

Mette Maulitz, also known as Sanketossen, has a lifelong passion for foraging and connecting people with the natural world. Growing up close to forests and the coast, she has collected wild plants, berries, and nuts since childhood. Through her foraging walks, Mette shares her curiosity, knowledge, and joy of nature, inspiring others to see the landscape around them in a new way.

By Maria Wiese

How would it feel to stand stronger in yourself - with nature’s support close at hand?

In this inspiring and hands-on workshop, Maria Wiese opens the door to nature’s medicine cabinet and shares practical knowledge on how plants, herbs, and everyday ingredients can support health, wellbeing, and the body’s natural ability to heal.

Drawing from more than 10 years of experience in Peru and knowledge rooted in both Scandinavian and South American plant traditions, Maria explores simple and accessible ways to work with nature in everyday life.

The workshop touches on topics such as immunity, colds, viruses, stress, fatigue, and natural skincare - while also sharing cultural practices and practical preparation methods that can strengthen the effects of natural remedies.

A grounded and empowering workshop about reconnecting with the healing potential already surrounding us.

Maria Wiese has spent more than a decade working with plant knowledge and natural healing practices in Peru, inspired by traditions from both the Andes and the Amazon. Her work focuses on making practical plant wisdom accessible, grounded, and relevant for modern everyday life.

By Miriam Ariana Kielberg

Join us on the dance floor and experience the joy of folk dance—where simple steps quickly turn into shared rhythm, laughter, and connection. Folk dance has a unique way of bringing people together across ages, cultures, and experience levels. No partner or prior knowledge is needed - everyone can join.

At Positive Trace Festival, we’ll explore folk dances from different parts of Europe -dances that have travelled across borders and generations, inviting us into a living tradition of movement and community.

The session is guided by Miriam Ariana, an experienced musician, dancer, and teacher who has inspired thousands of people to dance - also those who thought they couldn’t. Drawing on her travels and deep passion for folk traditions, she creates an open and welcoming space where everyone can be part of the dance.

By Rune Harder Bak

Step into a calm, flowing practice and experience how gentle movement can create both energy and inner stillness. QiGong is an ancient Chinese movement art that connects body, breath, and mind—helping you feel more grounded, open, and alive.

Through a mix of soft, meditative movements, simple physical exercises, and moments of stillness, you’ll be guided into a state of balance and presence. No prior experience is needed—just come as you are.

QiGong is for anyone seeking more vitality, strength, and calm in everyday life—whether you want to support your health, deepen your awareness, or simply take a mindful pause.

Give yourself the gift of both energy and relaxation, and discover this 4,000-year-old practice that still feels deeply relevant today.

By Birgitte Thorsen Vilslev

Start your day with a gentle and energising yoga flow in beautiful surroundings. As the morning sun rises over the landscape, you’ll be guided through simple sequences that awaken the body and calm the mind.

Through sun salutations and meditative flows, we focus on breath, strength, flexibility, and balance - creating a soft yet powerful start to the day. The class is open to everyone, and all movements can be adapted to suit your level and needs.

The sessions are led by Birgitte Thorsen Vilslev, a teacher at Siala specialising in hatha and vinyasa yoga. She will guide three morning flows during the festival, creating a welcoming space for both beginners and experienced practitioners.

Yoga mats and equipment are available- just arrive a little early, settle in, and ease into your morning.

By Cirka Cph

Do you know that feeling of coming home from a festival filled with new insights, new relationships, new skills, renewed courage and a renewed sense of purpose - yet still lacking a clear sense of how to put all of that into practice back home? How to go from personal development to collective impact?

We do and that’s why we’re inviting you to a collective conversation where you alongside other participants explore what prevents and enables you in creating positive traces in your own neighborhood. We promise to bring great questions and inspiration from succeeding green neighborhoods to help you get closer to answering what kind of difference is my neighborhood actually ready for, once I come back?

Andreea and Josephine represent Cirka Cph and share a passion for engaging more people in shaping sustainable futures. Combining expertise in facilitation, nature-based experiences, performance, psychology, and climate communication, they support communities in taking meaningful climate action. Their work focuses on helping people identify both the possibilities and challenges involved in creating positive change where they live.

By Cirka Cph

How do we stay connected, resilient, and engaged when facing the realities of the climate crisis?

Eco-Emotions is an immersive workshop that explores the role emotions play in both personal healing and collective climate action. Through guided reflection, small-group conversations, and interactive exercises, participants will explore feelings such as hope, anxiety, grief, or numbness in a supportive and welcoming space. You will leave with practical tools for understanding and expressing emotions, deeper experience in collective processing, and greater clarity about the actions your emotions may be calling you toward.

Andreea and Josephine represent Cirka Cph and share a passion for engaging more people in shaping sustainable futures. Combining expertise in facilitation, nature-based experiences, performance, psychology, and climate communication, they support communities in taking meaningful climate action. Their work focuses on helping people identify both the possibilities and challenges involved in creating positive change where they live.