| Your Name | Janneke Leenaars |
|---|---|
| TRP Cohort Assignment | Europe Summer-Fall 2023, Cohort 2 |
| Study Cohort Members | Melina Merdanović, Phyllis Wong, Janneke Leenaars, Jacques Abelman (TBC) |
| Working Title of The Project (which we will use to refer to it throughout the series) | Zoöp – for more life |
| Project Location | The Netherlands |
| Nature of The Project (e.g. building, new community, economic development, etc.) | Zoöp is an organisation model for cooperation between human and other-than-human life that safeguards the interests of all life. Zoöp is a governance model in combination with a learning process. A Zoöp makes the interests of other-than-human life part of organisational decision making, by installing a so-called Speaker for the Living as advisor, teacher and board observer in the organisation. The Zoöp model was developed at Het Nieuwe Instituut, in a public research process in several stages, by a large group of legal experts, ecologists, artists, designers, entrepreneurs and philosophers. |
| Why do you think this project is appropriate for the course assignment? | This project already has a strong regenerative approach at its core. We would like to explore it even further and look at the implementation of Zoop approach in practice, any challenges and success factors as well. Furthermore, we would like to unpack even deeper potential of the Zoop approach. |
| Additional Useful Information | Link to the website: https://zoop.earth/ |
| Date Created | October 9, 2023 |