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Spanish Congress votes for a new law creating legal personhood for Mar Menor
Congratulations to our Spanish partners ILP Mar Menor! Yesterday, July 13 2022, the Spanish Congress voted in favor of a new law, creating legal personhood for the Mar Menor Lagoon, the first European ecosystem to enjoy that status. Under the new law, public administration is ordered to “immediately restrict those activities that may lead to …
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the Audement no.2 in Museum Arnhem
In the renovated Museum Arnhem, the Embassy of the North Sea presents the Audement no.2 in the exhibition Consume by. the Audement The Embassy of the North Sea listens to the political voice of the North Sea. To enable ourselves to listen to the voices of non-humans, we are building a new political arena called …
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(Re)Configuring More-than-human Normativities
The Embassy of the North Sea participates in the conference: (Re)Configuring More-than-human Normativities. Strategic Litigation, Collective Actions, and Sensing Technologies 20 May 2022 @ De Ceuvel, Amsterdam Which modes of collective action, disruptive experimentation, and technological design can help resist, refuse, and repair endemic ecological harms? How does law order relations between human and nonhuman …
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Publication F/EEL by Sheng-Wen Lo & Yi-Fei Chen @Jeu de Paume
Thanks Jeu de Paume & Federica Chiocchetti for publishing the F/EEL project, by Sheng-Wen Lo & Yi-Fei Chen, commissioned by the Embassy of the North Sea! Federica Chiocchetti: ‘’F/EEL, a complex interspecies design installation by Sheng-Wen Lo and Yi-Fei Chen that homages the everyday traumas of one of the most mysterious and slippery fishes of …
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Spanish Mar Menor to become legal entity with own rights
On Tuesday 5th of April at 3 PM the Spanish Congress in Madrid decide to grant legal personality to the Mar Menor, a lagoon near Murcia in southern Spain. It is the first time in Europe that an ecosystem has been granted enforceable rights. In 2016, due to nitrate pollution 85% of the seagrass and many …
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LISTEN TO SEASYNTHESIS: SOUND COMPOSITION FOR RĪVUS BIENNALE OF SYDNEY, 2022
The Embassy of the North Sea is participating in the 23rd Sydney Biennale together with artist Xandra van der Eijk. The title of this international contemporary art event, from March 12 to June 13, 2022, is rīvus – “flow” in Latin. At rīvus, the Embassy of the North Sea and Xandra van der Eijk will …
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Bewegung für die Rechte der Natur — review in Taz
Berlin-based daily newspaper Taz published a great article by Astrid Kaminski, 8 februari 2022 with the title: Bewegung für die Rechte der Natur: Robben und Seepferdchen, The article features the Dutch launch of the compendium Rights of Nature. Casestudies from six Continents February 2 2022 at Framer Framed and the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crime, exhibition at …
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Ghost Reef at the biennale of Sydney
The Embassy of the North Sea is participating in the 23rd Biennale of Sydney, together with artist Xandra van der Eijk (1985) The title of this major international contemporary art event, which will be open to the public from 12 March to 13 June 2022, is rīvus, meaning ‘stream’ in Latin. Situated along the waterways of …
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International Panel: La ILP del Mar Menor
On February 9, 10 and 11 2022, the Embassy of the North Sea will participate in the international panel Rights of nature on six continents, the sea and the oceans: the ILP (Popular Legislative Initiative) of Mar Menor, organized by the University of Murcia, Spain. A political campaign is currently underway to grant legal personality …
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Dutch launch: Compendium Rights of Nature @ Framer Framed
The Embassy of the North Sea and Framer Framed cordially invite you to the event Rights of Nature in Europe, on the occasion of the launch of the Dutch edition of the Compendium Rights of Nature — Case studies from six continents. The programme takes place on Wednesday 2 February from 2 – 4 pm in Framer …
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