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GARN EU Hub x Confluence of European Water Bodies:
Rights of Nature Case Dialogue. A plunge into the river Reuss

We invite ecologists, lawyers, philosophers, artists, designers, and activists to join the first online GARN EU Hub x Confluence of European Water Bodies Rights of Nature Case Dialogue. A plunge into the river Reuss on May 7, 2026, at 7:30 pm. Reuss Initiative This online dialogue spotlights the Reuss Initiative —a pioneering popular initiative (and…

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The Diplomatic Suitcase travels to Slovakia

The Diplomatic Suitcase—the Confluence’s traveling exhibition— has journeyed to Galéria Jána Koniarka in Trnava, Slovakia, as part of the exhibition ´Contracts of Recognition´, curated by Lucia Bergamaschi & David Přílučík, on view until May 31, 2026. ´Contracts of Recognition´ depart from a set of intertwined questions: How can alliances be imagined beyond the human? What…

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Watch the short film of Confluence #3!

The third annual Confluence of European Water Bodies took our journey to Amsterdam and Bergen aan Zee. Taking place from 21 – 24 September 2025 and hosted by the Embassy of the North Sea, the 2025 Confluence brought together water bodies from all across Europe and beyond to gather, think, create, and strategize in workshops,…

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River Rights, Living Laws
How water can help us imagine life otherwise

Article by Katarina Rakušček “One way to stop seeing trees, or river, or hills, only as ‘natural resources,’ is to class them as fellow beings—as kinfolk. I guess I’m trying to subjectify the universe, because look where objectifying it has gotten us. To subjectify is not necessarily to co-opt, colonize, exploit. Rather it may involve…

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Looking back at the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025

A river is a gathering that seeks the sea. A confluence is the moment we begin to move together. The Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025, taking place in Amsterdam and Bergen aan Zee and hosted by the Embassy of the North Sea, brought together representatives of water bodies to imagine, discuss, and strategize on…

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Circling thoughts around Human-nature-water: Confluence 2025
Interview with Leon Lapa Pereira

When artist and curator Leon Lapa Pereira was conducting research on termites at V2_ Lab for Unstable Media in Rotterdam a few years ago, everything suddenly fell into place. He noticed how innovatively and sophisticatedly termites build their tunnel systems, collecting sand, soil, and saliva from various sources to reinforce the tunnels. He also saw…

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Confluence of European Water Bodies 2025
Full Programme

When two or more rivers meet in a landscape, they flow together and continue as one body of water: they ‘confluence’. From 21 to 24 September 2025, representatives of more than 35 European seas, lakes, rivers, wetlands, lagoons, and glaciers will confluence in the Netherlands.  The Confluence 2025 is a growing interdisciplinary community of water…

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Robert MacFarlane opens Confluence 2025 in Amsterdam

The third edition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies will take place in the Netherlands, from 21 – 24 September 2025. Famous author Robert Macfarlane will open the Confluence, Sunday afternoon September 21 2025 in De Balie Amsterdam, with a talk about his new book Is A River Alive? Whether it’s the Amazon or…

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Big succes for Vistula River & Polish Rivers Sisters: no new dam!

The River Sisters are one of the first members of our Confluence of European Water Bodies. Together with many NGO’s, united in the Save The Rivers Coalition, they have been campaigning for over zeven years to protect Vistula, the queen of Polish rivers. Its middle section is an example of a perfectly preserved, unique landscape…

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Call for contributions to a special issue / anthology

Water Bodies of Europe – flows, obstacles, convergences and ways forwards We invite all water bodies to contribute to a special issue / anthology about Rights of Nature and water representation in Europe. All contributions in the form of research articles, essays, artworks, opinion pieces, book reviews from the perspectives of law, academia, artistic, activism are welcome!…

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New Chapter Diplomatic Suitcase in Lisbon

From April 2 2025, the Diplomatic Suitcase will be exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lisbon as part of the exhibition Interspecies. The Diplomatic Suitcase is the travelling exhibition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies, our European community with now over 25 grass roots activists, artists & academics representing Europes glaciers, seas, lakes, lagunes and rivers.…

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Monthly online water bodies meeting

Every third Thursday of the month at 7.30 pm, our water bodies network comes together to exchange plans and ideas. Find bellow the schedule. Should you be interested to join one of these sessions to meet the network, please send an email to: info@ambassadevandenoordzee.nl to receive the agenda + Zoomlink. Thursday 20 March 7:30pm Thursday…

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Watch the video of the confluence 2024 in Venice!

From all over Europe, from Iceland to Poland and Sweden, and from Norway to Spain, to Serbia and the UK, representatives of Europe’s lakes, seas, rivers and glaciers confluenced for the second edition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024 at Ocean Space, Venice. Over 50 academics, lawyers, artists, ecologists and policy makers gathered…

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Looking back at the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024

Modes of activism for nature protection From all over Europe, from Iceland to Poland and Sweden, and from Norway to Spain, to Serbia and the UK, representatives of Europe’s lakes, seas, rivers and glaciers confluenced for the second edition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2024 at Ocean Space, Venice. Over 50 academics, lawyers, artists, ecologists…

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Online press confluence 26 September 2024

The Confluence of European Water Bodies will hold an online press confluence 26 September 2024 from 10:00 – 11:15. This online session will give insight in the foundation, aims, visions and methods of the Confluence of European Water Bodies and offers press and researchers the opportunity to ask questions. Several European water bodies will be…

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Watch the Confluence of European Water Bodies 2023 short film

The first Confluence of European Water Bodies took place in September 2023 on the shores of the Mar Menor, the first ecosystem with legal personhood in Europe. We weaved connectivity and collectivity with waters from Poland to Italy, from Sweden to France, from Serbia to Montenegro, to Germany and the UK. We mourned over lost landscapes…