Critical Signals
Critical Signals is a gathering place for people who believe communities shape their own futures.
Critical Signals hosts talks, workshops, and gatherings, where our local community can navigate disruptions in our society, culture, and climate.
We connect artists, academics, activists and makers with the public to explore challenges and solutions, sparking critical discourse and action.
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Upcoming Events
1 September 2026 How to be a Good Ancestor: an Economics Guide
2 September 2026 Community Tech Co-working Wellington Climate Festival in Review
3 September 2026 Deliberative Democracy Workshop
5 September 2026 Sculpt the City

Recent Events

2026 Themes
Democracy and Energy
Stuff that Sustains
The life, culture, energy, and resources that sustain us, and what might be enough.
Community Energy
The infrastructure and the people that keep us alive, with the collective will to act together.
Unfolding Futures
The multiple futures unfolding before us, and how we prepare in community.
Next Step Democracy
What comes next for the ways we work, decide, and build our own worlds together.
Politics of Space
How we utilise the power of space and place in ways that enable us all.

Areas of Focus
- Next Step Democracy
- The Future of Energy
- Te Tiriti + Land Based Futures
- Disaster Preparedness
- Community Infrastructure
- De-Growth / Post-Growth
- Commoning Spaces Together
- Thriving Social Hubs
- Housing Cooperatives
- Sufficiency / Enough
- Reclaiming the Future
