The lucid optimist: how to navigate towards sustainability in a time of crisis and uncertainty.

04/09/2025
1h30
L'archipel à Sion

We are currently facing major ecological, economic and geopolitical challenges. How do we keep the momentum going, when we're facing headwinds? What stories can we tell to regain the power to act? A conference to question our narratives and think about sustainable futures.

Human beings are not only rational beings: numerous studies show that our behavior is linked to our values, emotions, social norms and unconscious worldviews, rather than to an analysis of the facts.

So…. What if we first had to change the story to change the world?

Chantal Peyer will talk about the uncertain times we live in, and the importance of storytelling. She will explore the representations of the future with which we are collectively imbued, through the films we watch or the books we read. And talk about the impact of these imaginaries on our resilience and our ability to mobilize for change. It will get you thinking about the new narrative in which you’d like to place your action and your business. Finally, she will suggest a few keys to finding the courage to act with lucidity and optimism, in these uncertain times.

Practical information:

The conference takes place on September 4, 2025 at 7:00 pm.

This conference is being organized by the Archipel third-party space in Sion, Valais. L’Archipel aims to raise local awareness of the circular economy and the importance of social ties.

With :

Chantal Peyer is a political consultant, professional coach and explorer of futures. She seeks to understand how to create the momentum and courage to build a sustainable world in which to live.

In 2023, Chantal Peyer co-founded le Hub des possibles, an association that aims to support the posture of lucid optimist, the emergence of a new narrative and the move to action. She launched the podcast “2040 j’y vais!”, which meets with change agents in French-speaking Switzerland and imagines with them the horizon of 2040. Le Hub des possibles also offers forward-looking and imaginary workshops to explore futures and shed light on the challenges of the present. Chantal Peyer is also president of the jury of the Swiss Ethics Prize and an independent coach. She has trained at the Wa-Kan Institute in Geneva, the Presencing Institute in Berlin, the Institut des Futur Souhaitables and the Institut Futuribles in Paris.

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