Zoöp Connections – New networks for the living

About Zoöp Connections
Biodiversity loss, soil degradation and societal polarization on environmental issues in the Netherlands show us that ecosystems of all kinds are degrading, with some on the point of collapsing. Climate action and innovative ecological governance are needed at scale to regenerate these systems. Propelled by this purpose, Zoöp Connections creates opportunities for European practitioners—artists, ecologists, architects, anthropologists, designers, and community organizers—to engage with five pioneering cultural organisations in the Netherlands. Through the Zoöp model, participants will explore how principles of ecological regeneration and co-governance with non-human entities can show cultural organisations’ role in this larger transformation.

Who’s connecting?
Initiated by EUNIC Netherlands and coordinated by DutchCulture and Nieuwe Instituut in collaboration with the Zoönomic Institute, five EUNIC members (European cultural institutions) will invite a creative climate professional to the Netherlands to stay for at least a week of focused exchange at a local Zoöp-partner, all of which are Dutch cultural organisations committed to ecological and social regeneration. These are the duos:

Zoöp Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen and British Council Netherlands
Zoöp Stichting Bodemzicht/’t Gagel and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond,
Zoöp De Ceuvel and Goethe-Institut Niederlande
Zoöp Creative Coding Utrecht and Instituto Cervantes Utrecht
and Zoöp Nieuwe Instituut and Institut français NL

EUNIC Cluster Fund project 2025 from the Netherlands

The project has been realised by the EUNIC Cluster Netherlands: DutchCulture, Institut français NL, Instituto Cervantes Netherlands, Goethe-Institut Netherlands, Vlaams Cultuurhuis Brakke Grond, British Council Netherlands; and its partners: The Zoönomic Foundation, De Ceuvel, Kunstfort Vijfhuizen, Stichting ‘t Gagel, Creative Coding Utrecht, Nieuwe Instituut.