Looking back at Earth Week 2026

Over the last few months, we’ve taken stock of our 5th UAL Earth Week programme which was celebrated across UAL in April.

This year we examined Fault Lines, inviting staff, students and partner organisations to reflect on the fractures and pressures shaping their lives, learning, practices and futures in the face of climate and ecological crises. We set the stage for honest conversations around the tensions that exist in educating, making and designing with respect to planetary boundaries today.

This evaluative report captures and reflects on Fault Lines. It stands both as a document of our continued commitment to climate action at UAL, and as a means of understanding how an Earth Week programme goes beyond celebration to enrich student experience, culture and community inside of and beyond our Colleges – we are pleased to share what we have been working on.

In January 2026, we opened the Earth Week call out for one month, inviting staff and students from across UAL to propose workshops, panel talks, events and creative interventions in response to the theme of Fault Lines. Our response was strong: we received over 120 applications, with representation from all UAL colleges.

Written feedback cards, online survey responses and interviews with programme contributors have helped us to collaboratively define learnings which have informed recommendations for our Earth Week 2027 strategy.

Read the Climate Emergency Network’s 2026 Earth Week evaluation report of Fault Lines.

With thanks to the producers of Climate Action across UAL who contributed to this year's programme, and lead on this work in their practices. We are looking forward to Spring 2027.