Sponsland exhibition at Noorderzijlvest
In Groningen’s culturally and historically rich landscape, we are on the brink of major changes—changes driven by climate change. The traveling exhibition Sponsland shows us what our world might look like in 100 years when sea levels rise and extreme rainstorms lead to flooding. When heat makes cities unpleasant places to live. What the impact of prolonged drought is on the quality of nature and agricultural production. And what consequences salinization, peat oxidation, and subsidence have on the Groningen countryside. Sponsland will be on view from March 22 through 30 during opening hours at Noorderzijlvest Water Authority. There, visitors will also be able to see how the water authority water in the changing landscape.
Sponge Land
Inspired by contributions from various regional parties, including the Noorderzijlvest and Hunze & Aa’s water boards, landscape architects have looked ahead to the year 2121 for the Sponsland exhibition. Based on designs for four rural and four urban locations in the northern Netherlands, they visualize what our landscape might look like in 100 years' time, given the changing circumstances. Sponsland zooms in on a section of the Groningen landscape. The journey begins on Schiermonnikoog and goes from the Hogeland to the Reitdiep, via the city center of Groningen and then to the Hondsrug.
Locations
(Parts of) this exhibition will be on display until the end of May 2022.
| Date | Project | Location |
|---|---|---|
| March 22 - March 30 | Edible coast Hundred Water Elements ++Water Heritage | Noorderzijlvest Water Authority Stedumermaar 1, Groningen |
| April 4 - April 12 | Water battery | Municipality of Midden-Groningen Gorecht-Oost 157, Hoogezand |
| April 14 - April 25 | Water battery | Municipality of Aa’s en Hunze Spiekersteeg 1, Gieten |
| April 27 – May 12 | Water battery | Province of Drenthe Westerbrink 1, Assen |
| May 16 – May 30 | Edible Coast | Lauwersnest Activity Center De Rug 1, Lauwersoog |
Climate adaptation Groningen
The "Sponsland" exhibition is part of "Climate Adaptation Groningen," with the changing climate and its consequences as one of its key themes. It is an initiative of the Global Center on Adaptation and the Groningen Agreement—comprising the Province of Groningen, council , the University of Groningen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Alfa College, Noorderpoort, and the University Medical Center Groningen—in collaboration with the National Program Groningen.
More information can be found at: www.sponsland.nl