Culture is not a luxury—it is a transformative force. We stand where heritage meets innovation, and we know that stories, music, design and craft do more than delight; they have the power to heal communities, spark new industries and build a world where no one is left behind. Global Culture & Sustainability Foundation (GCSF), is a platform that turns these insights into action. We bring together artists, entrepreneurs, policy‑makers and communities across continents to prove that creativity lights the path to a future that is sustainable, inclusive and just.

Our Purpose

Featured Initiatives

Creative Africa Week Amsterdam is our annual celebration of African and diaspora brilliance. For one week each summer, the city becomes a runway, a gallery and a classroom. Designers unveiling garments woven from recycled fishing nets share the stage with poets from Soweto and social entrepreneurs from Accra. The event is both a festival and a forum, uniting industry leaders and grassroots innovators to rethink the fashion economy and celebrate cultural pride.

Climate × Culture Labs are intimate residencies where artists, scientists and activists co‑create solutions for a warming planet. In one lab, a Ghanaian designer and a Dutch engineer built a portable solar‑powered loom. In another, a storyteller from Kenya and a French botanist produced an augmented‑reality exhibition that teaches visitors about the role of mangrove forests in combating floods. Each lab culminates in public prototypes and conversations that resonate far beyond the studio.

Grant & Fellowship Programme invests directly in those whose ideas can change the world. A microgrant might allow an Indigenous filmmaker to finish a documentary about disappearing languages; a mid‑sized grant might fund a collective of musicians exploring the mental‑health impacts of displacement; a fellowship might support a fashion entrepreneur developing a circular supply chain. We pair funding with mentorship, networks and global exposure.

Global Culture Heritage Festival is an immersive event that honours the wisdom of our ancestors while mapping new futures. Food markets showcase heritage grains alongside modern zero‑waste recipes. Dancers from across the world perform rituals that speak to resilience. Workshops teach visitors how to mend textiles, plant urban gardens, build fair cooperatives and harness digital tools to share knowledge across borders.

Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is painfully slow. Across the globe, millions of people still face hunger, gender inequality, digital exclusion and climate threats. Yet beneath those statistics lie bright sparks: young people turning plastic waste into fashion, elders reviving drought‑resistant crops and filmmakers using virtual reality to build empathy for climate migrants. GCSF exists to nurture and connect those sparks. Founded in Amsterdam by a collective of cultural leaders from Africa and Europe, we believe that bold cultural innovation is essential to overcoming the global development emergency. We fund and showcase projects that bridge heritage and technology, design and social justice, art and science—because these bridges help humanity cross from crisis to transformation.