What Is ACAN?
ACAN is a network of individuals and organisations within architecture and related built environment professions taking action to address the twin crises of climate and ecological breakdown. ACAN operates as a network, bringing together governments, businesses, civil society organisations, and individuals, united by a shared commitment to building a sustainable and resilient future.
Our goal is for you to be a part of the change we need!
Did you know we’ve moved to Discord?
ACAN’s thematic groups have moved over from WhatsApp to Discord. Click here to join our Discord community.
Struggling with how to navigate the ACAN Discord server? Check out our quick video walkthrough
We have three overarching aims:
DECARBONISE NOW!
We seek to radically transform the regulatory, economic and cultural landscape in which our built environment is made, operated and renewed in order to facilitate rapid decarbonisation of the built environment.
ECOLOGICAL REGENERATION!
We advocate the immediate adoption of regenerative & ecological principles in order to green the built environment, prioritise communities and ecosystems at threat and promote the recovery and restoration of natural environments.
CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION!
We call for a complete remodelling of our professional culture. We must challenge and redefine the value systems at the heart of our industry and education system. We seek to create an open network to share resources and knowledge to aid in this transition.
Become An ACAN! Member
Join a people-powered movement and help to support many great ACAN initiatives.
As a member you receive a regular newsletter, have voting rights, receive early alerts to ACAN events, and can help steer the direction of the organisation. If you want to help ACAN flourish and grow into an ever more effective, energetic climate action network, then membership is for you!
ACAN will always remain an open network, free for all to participate in our events and actions, but our members are crucial in supporting ACAN in carrying out its pioneering work.
Choose from the various membership options available and sign up today!
From Assembly to Action: A Just Transition for Our Built Environment
As an “Assembly for a Just Building Transition", we use our diversity and differences to recognise strong points of convergence and a shared responsibility to act now. By working across contexts, we are building a collective European process that remains open, iterative and representative.
LESS CARBON: MORE TRUTH – Get involved in our new campaign
We're launching a new campaign- LESS CARBON: MORE TRUTH- and we're holding an open meeting to hear your pitches on the campaign's direction
ACAN Education Youth Sustainability Workshop
We kicked off our Youth Sustainability Workshops Series at the end of 2025, with our very first workshop, and it was an absolute blast!
Dispatch from the European Assembly for a Just Building Transition
The 2nd European Assembly for a Just Building Transition, hosted by Architects 4 Future Germany in Frankfurt (21–23 November 2025), brought together over 15 organizations and initiatives from across Europe working towards a systemic transformation of the building sector.
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CONNECTION
CONNECTION
Join a community of energetic changemakers and ‘can do’ individuals.
Network. Exchange knowledge and ideas.
Fuel collective power.
ACTION
ACTION
BE the change! Join ACAN as a Coordinator for one of our Thematic Groups.
Volunteer at an event. Attend an ACAN event.
Spread the word.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
Help with research, reports, policy scoping, consultation.
Shape and support the next generations of architects and built environment professionals.
Join a working group
ACAN currently has nine ‘Thematic Groups’, each designated to work on a carefully considered theme. These themes were selected on the basis of relevancy towards helping our three overarching aims being met.
Each group’s purpose is to explore their selected theme, and use it as a platform for research, to learn, to start a conversation, build a community, and most importantly, find meaningful ways to take action.
