20 Jun 2024 – 21 Sep 2024

This summer, various environmental and nature-themed activities are taking place in Geneva. This page offers a list of suggestions on exhibitions, workshops, shows, contests, outdoor activities, online resources and tips to stay refreshed and healthy for a green summer in Geneva.

Exhibitions and Guided Visits

Les plantes qui soignent les femmes

18 June 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

International Year of Camelids 2024 Exhibition at the Palais des Nations

24-28 June 2024 | Palais des Nations, Bar Serpent

Reconnaître et identifier les plantes toxiques de nos jardins

2 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

La Nuit de la Science

6 – 7 July 2024 | Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle

A chocolate memory: children's discovery tour

7 July 2024 | Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

BOTANICA 2024 - Plants for Our Future

Until 7 July 2024 | Conservatory and Botanical Garden

Si tout va bien, la forêt tropicale se répand !

16 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Le laboratoire de botanique moléculaire

30 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Voyage au Maghreb : dédicaces des plantes d'Afrique du Nord

20 August 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Les Characées : un monde submergé fascinant et aujourd’hui menacé

17 September 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique

Les forêts sous-lacustres

Until 20 September 2024 | Espace Léman

VÉLO | ÉQUILIBRES EN MOUVEMENT

Until 13 October 2024 | Musée Rath

Collector

Until 20 November 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques

L'oiseau bleu

Until December 2024 | Palais des Nations

Dialogues insolites

Until December 2024 | Ville de Genève

Janus au Bioparc

Until January 2025 | Bioparc

Green Areas and Activities to Refresh from the Heat

Îlots de fraîcheur en ville

Until 31 August 2024 | Seven micro-oasis where to repair from the sun and refresh during the summer are located in:

Pâquis (rue du Léman)

Grottes (rue de la Faucille)

Acacias (rue du Grand-Bureau)

Eaux-Vives (rue de Montchoisy)

Ge-Soif Application

The GE-Soif app allows to identify fresh drinking water fountains

Where to go Swimming in Geneva?

Map of public swimming areas in Geneva

Cool breeze: Operation Heatwave at MEG

21 June – 30 August 2024 | Musée d’ethnographie de Genève

Outdoor Activities

L'été au Jardin

10 June – 10 September 2024 | Jardin botanique alpin de Meyrin

Balade: reconnaître et attirer les oiseaux ?

19 June 2024 | Cimetière des Rois

Sentier culturel : art contemporain

20 June 2024 | Espace de quartier Plainpalais

A la recherche des hirondelles genevoises

20 June 2024 | Patinoire des Vernets

Balade à vélo "cyclocryptique"

29 June 2024 | Musée Rath

Tour à bi-cycle-ttes d'époque

7 July2024 | Musée Rath

Rallye Gourmand sur le thème de l'Inde

10, 11 August 2024 | Ecole Robert-Hainard in Bernex

Éveils du Léman | Sortie artistique

16 August 2024 | Association pour la sauvegard du Léman

La nuit des chauves-souris 2024

23 August 2024 | Parc des Evaux/Onex

Éveil du Léman | Destination nature

31 August 2024 | Association pour la sauvegard du Léman

Voyage à Jaman

31 August 2024 | Groupe Ornithologique du Bassin Genevois

Soirée chauves-souris

6 September 2024 | Pont de Lully, Bernex

Un été à la Canopée

Until 8 September 2024 | Free sport classes | Canopée Quai Gustave Ador

Araignées, tisseuses acharnées

14 September 2024 | Centre Nature du Vallon de l’Allondon

Grand Nettoyage Clean up Day

14 September 2024 | Carouge

Vélotour des Arbres d'Onex

14 September 2024 | Onex

32ème Edition du Nettoyage Annuel du Lac

14-15 September 2024 | Bains des Pâquis

Fête du sport

14-15 September | Parc des Bastions et en Vieille-Ville

Visite au potager

20 September |Parc des Evaux

De parc en parc avec les Bibliothèques municipales

The municipal libraries allow you to discover various parks through cultural activities. From 2 to 13 July in Parc Baud-Bovy and from 6 to 27 July in Parc Beaulieu.

Excursions | La Libellule

Guided Excursions | La Libellule

Sentier climatique: un parcours didactique en 11 étapes

Learn about climate change in the 11 stops of the climate path designed by the City of Geneva

Nature - Que Faire?

Dans Ma Nature

The platform dansmaNature.ch aims to increase public awareness of biodiversity. A collaborative work by the Canton of Geneva and local associations and institutions, the platform brings together all the activities organized in Geneva, including excursions and nature-friendly outings.

Bioparc Genève

The Bioparc offers a wide range of activities for young and old alike. You can discover animals from near and far, learn more about the biology of species and how to help preserve them, all while having fun. By taking part in these activities, you directly support the Bioparc’s missions of awareness-raising, conservation and zootherapy.

WWF Suisse Sorties Nature

WWF Switzerland

Nature actions, hikes, lectures and training courses for young and old throughout Switzerland. Thanks to WWF Events, you can discover nature from a different angle, see its beauty with new eyes, experience it more intensely and learn more about the careful management of its resources. All offers are accompanied by professionals.

Pro Natura Genève

Pro Natura Genève

Pro Natura is the oldest organization for the protection of nature in Switzerland. Since 1928 in Geneva, it offers various types of activities for both adults and children to cultivate their relationship with nature and to teach how to preserve it.

Parks in Geneva

Parks in Geneva

There are more tham 40,000 trees in Geneva. The educational app of Parcs Genève invites the public to discover around 300 trees on self-guided walks. These trees have particular characteristics that make them essential to the city’s tree heritage.

Walks and bike rides in Geneva

Walks and Bike Rides in Geneva

Discover Geneva on foot or by bike thanks to a series of themed circuits.

Promenades à la rencontre des arbres

Trees-discovering walks

The APP  “Genève en poche” proposes walks around the parks of the city to discover its rich tree heritage.

Nature in the city

Onex

This walking route is composed of 12 terminals, divided between the City, the Parc des Evaux and the southern hillside of the municipality of Onex. With a length of 6km, it allows you to discover different aspects of biodiversity in the city and its green spaces.

Cedar Trees

Genève-Plage to Bout-du-Monde

This walking circuit allows the public to discover a cityscape scattered with cedar trees. There are 3,800 of these trees in Geneva, representing a precious botanical heritage that the city makes an effort to protect.

Bois-de-la-Bâtie

Bois-de-la-Bâtie

An urban forest unique in Geneva, the Bois-de-la-Bâtie is home to a wildlife park offering the public the chance to see native wildlife species. The park contributes to the conservation of heritage species and also uses a forest management approach promoting the natural regeneration of the oak trees.

Birdwatching

Marais de Sionnet Nature Reserve

An ideal location for birdwatching in the canton of Geneva.

Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve

Moulin de Vert Nature Reserve

Located in Cartigny, this nature reserve is rich in biodiversity.

Cycle the Rhône

Teppes of Verbois

This area is ideally located along the Rhône, a real vegetal artery and votal lead for the migratory water birds. This complex of exceptional natural circles on the scale of Geneva and Switzerland is recognized to have national and international importance.

Hike the Rhône

Geneva to La Plaine

Hike from Geneva to La Plaine and see the natural beauty of the Rhône and the Moulin-de-Vert Nature Reserve, as well as the charming villages of Cartigny and Avully.

Nature Walks

Jussy to Asnières

This walking route takes you through one of the most beautiful regions in the Canton of Geneva. Along the way, discover vineyards, mountain views, the lake and, of course, biodiversity with a variety of bird species.

Le sentier des découvertes de Lancy

Lancy

An educational nature train lined with organic wooden totem poles: the Lancy Discovery Trail offers an unexpected idea for a walk on the outskirts of town, combining originality and a bucolic change of scenery.

Festivals, Thematic Weeks and Markets

Evaux en Fêtes 2024

May to October 2024 | Parc des Evaux

La ville est à vous

May to October 2024

Les camps d’été de l’ASL

1 July – 10 August | Association pour la sauvegarde du Léman

Fête de la musique

21 – 23 June 2024 | Various Locations

Scène Ella Fitzgerald (Musiques en été)

22 June – 23 August 2024 | Parc La Grange

Fête des écoles 2024

26 – 28 June 2024 | Parc des Bastions

L'AMR aux Cropettes

26 – 30 June 2024 | Parc des Cropettes

Transforme Festival

28 – 29 June 2024 | Alhambra

Léman Bouquet Festival

28 – 30 June 2024 

AGRI.FÊTE

5, 6, 7 July 2024 | Place de Sardaigne, Carouge

Fête nationale Suisse

1 August 2024 | Parc La Grange

Genève Genève

14 – 18 August 2024 

Emportons malin!

22, 27, 30 August & 2, 4 September 2024 | Various Locations

Back to school party at the MEA

21 August 2024 | Maison de l’enfance et de l’adolescence

Don't make a big cheese of it!

24 August 2024 | Dardagny

Festi'terroir, Festival de la vente directe et du bio

30 August – 1 September 2024 | Parc des Bastions

Fête du vélo

31 August – 1 September 2024 | Parc des Bastions

Fête des Vendanges de Russin

14, 15 September 2024 | Village de Russin

Fête de l'Alimentation Durable

14 September | Ecoquartier de la Jonction

Les 20 ans de la Libellule !

15 September 2024 | Centre Nature La Libellule

Alternatiba Léman, 10th Edition

15 – 21 September 2024 | Village Alternatiba

Fête de l'Abeille et du Terroir

21 September 2024 | Lancy

Legumes en ville

May to November 2024

Conferences and Courses

Jean-Jacques Rousseau et la botanique

20 June 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Drôles de métiers! - Horticulteur·rice

3 July  & 7 August 2024  | Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique

Champignons: un monde sans fin

11 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Connaître pour nommer, nommer pour protéger

18 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Méditer en été

25 July 2024 | Musée d’art et d’histoire

Berne is Everywhere

28 July 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

Pourquoi les fleurs sont-elles si diverses ?

29 August 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

La vie secrète des chauves-souris en forêt

10 September 2024 | Collège de Saussure

Cycles de Claude Marthaler | Conférences Illustrées

11 – 14 September 2024 | Musée Rath

Les sols : ces compagnons que nous méconnaissons

19 September 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

La tomate de A à Z – Conférence gourmande

21 September 2024 | Jardin Botanique Alpin de Meyrin

When you have your fangs!

Until 20 December 2024 | Musée d’Histoire naturelle

Cinema, Theater and Music

Summer Concert 2024 | "Summer Lovin"

June – July 2024 |  Concerts Genève

Théâtre de l'Orangerie

12 June – 8 September 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

Abri x Arboretum – Fête de la musique

22 June 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

CinéTransat 15h Edition

11 July – 18 August 2024 | Perle du Lac

GTG x Les Bains des Pâquis

15 August 2024 | Bains de Paquis

Les Aubes Musicales

Until 15 August 2024

Cube !

6-7 September | Devant la bibliothèque de la Jonction, Bd Carl-Vogt 22, 1205 Genève

Workshops and DIY

Atelier p’tits jardinier - Jaune comme une tomate

17 June 2024 |  Espace de quartier Plainpalais

Atelier mobile de réparation de vélos

20 June 2024 | Cité Seniors

Création de papier végétal

23 June 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Libellule et Potager

23 June – 8 September 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

Zéro déchet et cuisine durable

24 June 2024 | Maison de l’alimentation MA-Terre

Atelier cosmétique pour enfant: fabrication Gel douche tropical

26 June 2024 | Espace de quartier Eaux-Vives

Réparation : On raccommode ses pantalons

26 – 27 June 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

Dites-le avec des fleurs - Atelier d’écriture pour les enfants

14 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

La poésie des fleurs - Atelier d’écriture pour les adultes

14 July 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Construction : fabrique ta lampe solaire

7 – 8 August 2024 | Théâtre de l’Orangerie

Nomadic Drawing

21 August 2024 | Bains de Paquis

De toutes les couleurs - les encres végétales

25 August 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique

Atelier sur la pêche de vigne

31 August 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Atelier "théâtre et bricolage"

From 4 September to 16 October 2024 | Bioparc Genève

Biodiversité des Tomates

7 September 2024 | Berges de Vessy

Calligraphie au naturel

15 September 2024 | Berges de Vessy

Une plante ça se déplace ?

15 September 2024 | Berges de Vessy

Reliure au Jardin

15 September 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Une plante ça se déplace ?

18 September 2024 | Berges de Vessy

Atelier de Céramique sur le Paysage

21 September 2024 | Musée Ariana

Comment sauver cette plante?

Until 30 November 2024 | Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques

Competitions and Contests

34ème édition du La Tour Genève Triathlon

6 July 2024 | Association Genève Triathlon

Agir à Genève

From 30 August to 29 September | online

Nature Documentaries and Series

Restore Season II: Films from the frontiers of hope

United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization

Restore: Films from the frontiers of hope

United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration | United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization

Earth School

TED Ed and United Nations Environment Programme

Les lacustres - Mémoires d'outre-lac

Les lacustres – Mémoires d’outre-lac

Our Planet

WWF

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, watch the award-winning docuseries Our Planet that WWF and Netflix has made available for free on YouTube.

Online Resources

Consomm'action

Discover the keys to responsible consumption

This guide published by the canton brings together tips to limit the impact of our consumption on our health and that of the planet.

«Bien manger à prix raisonnable»: Mode d’emploi

Eat in a balanced way, taking into account the well-being of farmers and respecting the environment while limiting your expenses? It is quite possible!

Faites le plein de fruits et légumes de saison!

A poster of the seasonal fruit and vegetable calendar.

Rock’n’Sobre

The show Rock’n’Sobre takes you to the discovery of local and sustainable initiatives throughout the Geneva territory.

The UN Forest Podcast | UNECE

The UN Forest Podcast | UNECE

Let's Talk Ecosystems Podcast

UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) | FAO & UNEP Europe Office

Interactive Nature Map

Canton of Geneva

Discover the protected, natural and observation areas of the canton with an interactive map, suggesting various hiking, walking and cycling routes adapted to every age.

Geneva's Biodiversity

Patrimoine Vert Genève

Learn more about the different species of flora and fauna in Geneva.

InfoSpecies

InfoSpecies

Learn about the different species of flora and fauna in Switzerland.

Science Guide

Science Academy of Sciences

Mobile app to learn about science, biodiversity and nature activities in Switzerland.

Nature for All Discovery Zone

International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Nature-based resources to connect people with nature.

WWF Wild Classroom

WWF

Bring conservation and science to life with these videos from WWF experts sharing their stories and experiences working to protect wildlife and habitats around the world.