On 4 July, in Saarbrücken, for the Rivers beyond Borders project with the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the Goethe-Institut Nancy and partners from the Greater Region…
An art-science-citizen process initiated to recognise the Rhine and its watershed as a “transnational legal person”.
Here, at Kulturgut Ost, a cultural third place, during the opening event presenting the “global turn towards the rights of nature”…
Throughout the day: workshops, experiments and discussions…
“I am the Saar and the Saar is me”, echoing the Whanganui River in New Zealand: “I am the river and the river is me”.
Above an immersive “game”, the “banners for a change of world”, textile works recounting major decisions around the world that have recognised the rights of nature.
The “cards” of the transformation game present a speculative treaty to recognise the rights of the Rhine and its watershed… these cards feed workshops across the Greater Region to advance this turn…
In Berlin, at the magical cultural third place Floating University, in July 2025, the programme created with the Institut Français, “We are the river”: two days of performances, debates, discussions and sensory experiences around the rights of rivers.
On the night from Friday to Saturday, projections… for a programme centred on water and rivers…
The enchanting setting of Floating University at night, where all the voices of the more-than-human world are invited in.
Preparing for the two days…
Elizabeth Gallon-Droste during a listening session connected to the Atrato River in Colombia.
Performance by Jérôme Bel…
Performance around “terrestrial workers” …
The “cards” of the transformation game present the “law to come” recognising the rights of the Loire and its watershed… these cards feed workshops across the territory…
At Le Lieu Unique in Nantes, the public enters for the final highlight of “Towards an international of rivers and other elements of nature…”, an art-science-citizen process seeking to establish a new political economy…
Gonzalo Sozzo, legal scholar (Argentina), during the public session presenting the “law to come” recognising the Loire and its watershed as a legal person.
Deputy Charles Fournier, who is carrying the citizens’ initiative for the process, as it meets the political sphere to “change” the ontology of modern law.
Presentation of the three citizens’ law proposals to MPs during the first conference on the rights of nature at the National Assembly (30 April 2025).
The first conference at the National Assembly on the rights of nature, bringing together the various collectives active in this field in France, including Notre Affaire à Tous and the international of rivers.
The “council of witnesses” of the internationale of rivers presents the first citizens’ law proposals…
In 2024, the “Council of Witnesses” at work at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Preparing public events and discussing the hypotheses advanced by the “Towards an international of rivers” project.
Marie-Angèle Hermitte, legal scholar, pioneer of the rights of the living in France and adviser to the international of rivers project.
2019–2021: Camille de Toledo orchestrates the “hearings of the Loire Parliament” and brings Christopher Stone’s ideas and the rights of nature into the public sphere of the Loire region.
Hearings of legal scholars Leroy and Marguénaud at the Blois School of Landscape, moving towards recognition of the Loire and its watershed as a “legal subject”.
Hearing of philosophers Matthieu Duperrex and Catherine Larrère during the “hearings of the Loire Parliament” cycle curated by Camille de Toledo
On 4 July, in Saarbrücken, for the Rivers beyond Borders project with the Käte Hamburger Kolleg, the Goethe-Institut Nancy and partners from the Greater Region…
An art-science-citizen process initiated to recognise the Rhine and its watershed as a “transnational legal person”.
Here, at Kulturgut Ost, a cultural third place, during the opening event presenting the “global turn towards the rights of nature”…
Throughout the day: workshops, experiments and discussions…
“I am the Saar and the Saar is me”, echoing the Whanganui River in New Zealand: “I am the river and the river is me”. 
Above an immersive “game”, the “banners for a change of world”, textile works recounting major decisions around the world that have recognised the rights of nature.
The “cards” of the transformation game present a speculative treaty to recognise the rights of the Rhine and its watershed… these cards feed workshops across the Greater Region to advance this turn…
In Berlin, at the magical cultural third place Floating University, in July 2025, the programme created with the Institut Français, “We are the river”: two days of performances, debates, discussions and sensory experiences around the rights of rivers.
On the night from Friday to Saturday, projections… for a programme centred on water and rivers…
The enchanting setting of Floating University at night, where all the voices of the more-than-human world are invited in.
Preparing for the two days…
Elizabeth Gallon-Droste during a listening session connected to the Atrato River in Colombia.
Performance by Jérôme Bel…
Performance around “terrestrial workers” …
The “cards” of the transformation game present the “law to come” recognising the rights of the Loire and its watershed… these cards feed workshops across the territory…
At Le Lieu Unique in Nantes, the public enters for the final highlight of “Towards an international of rivers and other elements of nature…”, an art-science-citizen process seeking to establish a new political economy…
Gonzalo Sozzo, legal scholar (Argentina), during the public session presenting the “law to come” recognising the Loire and its watershed as a legal person.
Deputy Charles Fournier, who is carrying the citizens’ initiative for the process, as it meets the political sphere to “change” the ontology of modern law.
Presentation of the three citizens’ law proposals to MPs during the first conference on the rights of nature at the National Assembly (30 April 2025).
The first conference at the National Assembly on the rights of nature, bringing together the various collectives active in this field in France, including Notre Affaire à Tous and the international of rivers.
The “council of witnesses” of the internationale of rivers presents the first citizens’ law proposals…
In 2024, the “Council of Witnesses” at work at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Preparing public events and discussing the hypotheses advanced by the “Towards an international of rivers” project.
Marie-Angèle Hermitte, legal scholar, pioneer of the rights of the living in France and adviser to the international of rivers project.
2019–2021: Camille de Toledo orchestrates the “hearings of the Loire Parliament” and brings Christopher Stone’s ideas and the rights of nature into the public sphere of the Loire region.
Hearings of legal scholars Leroy and Marguénaud at the Blois School of Landscape, moving towards recognition of the Loire and its watershed as a “legal subject”.
Hearing of philosophers Matthieu Duperrex and Catherine Larrère during the “hearings of the Loire Parliament” cycle curated by Camille de Toledo
