Governance and participation processes that formally include non-human interests alongside human ones. Developed through the Zoöp framework and tested across all seven locations.

Participatory processes for collecting and sharing the stories, memories and knowledge embedded in coastal communities, combined with digital tools that make those stories accessible and place-specific. Developed in Genoa.

Educational and cultural programmes that deepen people’s understanding of and connection to aquatic ecosystems – through science, art, food and direct sensory experience. Developed in Oeiras, Malmö and Hamburg.

Co-design and digital prototyping processes that centre the experiences and knowledge of older residents and that address the specific challenges of ageing in coastal cities. Developed in Venice.

Hands-on experimentation with sustainable, sea-based materials – biomaterials, circular production techniques, nature-inspired design – as a way of connecting ecological innovation to local cultural heritage. Developed in Lisbon.

Food-based programmes that use local, sustainable and ecologically grounded ingredients and practices to reconnect communities with the ecosystems that feed them. Developed in Lisbon, Venice and Hamburg.

Experiential and educational formats that engage communities in the lived realities of water – flooding, adaptation, risk, resilience – through participatory, embodied and scenario-based methods. Developed in Rotterdam.

Design and planning workshops that address the spatial and architectural challenges of living with rising seas, tidal dynamics and climate-induced water uncertainty. Developed in Venice and the Delta.