How to Zoöp

Workshop for individuals

Are you part of an organization that might want to become a Zoöp, or do you simply want to learn more about the organizational model and how it works to see if it can do something for your organization? Then sign up below.

In the How to Zoöp workshop you will learn how the organizational model works, what it takes to become a Zoöp, and how the Zoöp movement works as a whole. Using various casestudies, you will practice how Zoöps include the voices and interests of non-human life in their decision-making

Duration: 1 day.
Price: Solidarity payment* (see below), between €195,- and €400,-.
For whom: Employees of companies, social enterprises, start-ups, public institutions, foundations or private individuals who want to know more about the organizational mofrl, about starting a Zoöp and the work of a Zoöp. The workshop will take place with a minimum of 8 participants. There is room for a maximum of 16 participants.
Taught by: Representative of the Zoönomic Institute and a Speaker for the Living.
Language: Depending on the participants, Dutch or English.
Location: At a Zoöp, to be determined.
Date: To be determined.

Foto: De Ceuvel, 2024, Patricia de Ruijter, mediakaal.nl

What will you learn?

  • You will be introduced to all the basic principles and working methods of a Zoöp: What is the role of the Speaker for the Living? How do you work with a Speaker for the Living? How does a Zoöp baseline measurement work, and how does the learning process of the zoönomic annual cycle work? How do you work together with non-human life?
  • You will experience what it is like to look at an organization as an ecosystem with both human and non-human participants, and will be given tools to assess the health of this ecosystem;
  • Based on this, you will get new ideas about what needs to change and what decisions you need to make to promote the quality of life of the entire Zoöp;
  • You will be introduced to the Zoöp where the workshop takes place and will learn how it works in practice;
  • You will meet a Speaker for the Living and learn how they fulfill their role in a Zoöp;
  • You will meet like-minded people and learn from each other.

*We like to take into account different incomes. This is why we maintain a solidarity payment scale for the workshop. This consists of two alternatives:
Participation workshop, for non-profits: €195,-
Participation workshop, for-profits: €400,-

If you can pay more, please do! In this way you make participation possible for a less wealthy participant. Interested? Mail to hello@zoop.earth.