THE HERDS is public art and climate action on an unprecedented scale – an ambitious coming together of culture and climate.
From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals stormed through a 20,000km route from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, symbolizing their flight from climate disaster. They now continue their stampede across the world, arriving in Rotterdam as part of the ICAF Festival.
From the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, we crafted world-class artistic events that challenged perspectives on the climate crisis. By collaborating with leading artists and environmentalists from Africa and Europe, we aim to spark meaningful change and drive global awareness.
THE WALK PRODUCTIONS presents large scale participatory public art that brings people together in events of artistic excellence, challenging assumptions, rethinking narratives and provoking change. Led by producers David Lan and Tracey Seaward, Artistic Director Amir Nizar Zuabi and Executive Producer Sarah Loader, The Walk Productions was founded in 2019 to create the journey of Little Amal, the 12 foot high puppet of a refugee child and has since created their second work - THE HERDS.
Their award-winning work – THE HERDS and Little Amal - has been experienced by more than 2 million people in 26 countries across five continents.
“The Herds is an unprecedented work of climate theatre, turning migration, extinction and ecological collapse into a living, breathing spectacle.”
"A vast, haunting procession of animals moving through cities and landscapes, The Herds transforms the climate crisis into something immediate, physical and impossible to ignore."
“THE HERDS brings the fierce, exciting beauty of nature right onto the streets, into people’s lives, with hope, imagination and excitement.”
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