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Confluence of European Water Bodies

Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024, TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space, Venice. Photo by Nicolò Miana.
Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024, TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space, Venice. Photo by Nicolò Miana.
TBA21–Academy

An initiative by the Embassy of the North Sea, ILP Mar Menor, and TBA21–Academy

Water is vital for all life on Earth, yet the voices of water are rarely heard in political decision-making. Current laws and policies cannot stop the loss of biodiversity or the poisoning of soils, lands, waters, and air, because they are grounded in the fiction of the natural world as property or ‘resources’ for human desires.

 

Born out of growing water challenges and demands for water democracy worldwide, the Confluence of European Water Bodies sprang from a collective pursuit of a deeper understanding of the ‘Rights of Nature’ in Europe. As a learning system for water diplomacy, new strategies for effectively representing water in Europe’s cultural, legal, and political realms are being explored, rehearsed, and advocated. 

 

As a grassroots, growing community of care and concern, the Confluence of European Water Bodies aims to foster new dialogues and relationships with water. We invite you to explore, exercise, and advocate the representation of Europe’s rivers, seas, lakes, glaciers, and lagoons with us.

 

See more about the initiative at water-bodies.eu.

 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Voices of the River: Weaving Connections with the Ouse

Workshop

May 31, 2025

Lewes, United Kingdom

See more

 

Voices of Water
Event

September 6, 2025
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom

 

Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025

September 21–25, 2025
Netherlands

PARTICIPATING WATER BODIES

Akerselva, Baltic Sea, Doggerbank, Drina, Genova waters, Klarälven, Loire, Mar Menor, Mediterranean, North Sea, Ouse, Pek, Piave, Reuss, Rhône, Snæfellsjökul, Spree, Tara, Tejo, Vättern, Venice lagoon, Viskan, Vistula, Wattenmeer and Zenne.

PARTNERS

The Confluence of European Water Bodies was founded by the Embassy of the North Sea, ILP Mar Menor, and TBA21–Academy. 

 

The 2024 edition was supported by the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice: NICHE (THE NEW INSTITUTE Center for Environmental Humanities), GARN (Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature), the Italian Buddhist Union, Sea Shepherd, Creative Industries Fund NL, and the Venice Climate Change Pavilion.

RELATED PROGRAM
Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024 Venice, Italy
“River Running Free / You Know How I Feel” Considering Rights of Nature for European Water Bodies, from the Venice Lagoon and its Basin