# @walkwithamal on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Eh-PXITBa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17805958-walkwithamal-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-04-22T16:40:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Little Amal (The Walk) (@walkwithamal) — https://gondola.cc/walkwithamal

## Caption

On this #EarthDay we are excited to reveal a very first glimpse behind the scenes of the Cape Town puppetry workshop of our 2025 climate action project THE HERDS. 

the__herds will be public art and climate activism on an unprecedented scale. In Spring 2025, across 15 countries from Central Africa to the furthest tip of Europe, massive herds of life-size puppet animals will invade city centres as they journey north, fleeing the depredation of their environments.

Throughout human history, storytelling has been a catalyst for change. We will harness its power to create engagement on a scale never previously attempted. THE HERDS is an invitation for communities, climate experts and organisations, artists, youth movements and civil society from Kinshasa to Tromsø to join together, awakening us to the urgency of our common situation.

THE HERDS puppet animals - pictured here in their very first prototypes - are designed by Amir Nizar Zuabi and Ikapa Gazellas, a collective of puppetry designers in Cape Town, who have designed, built and brought to life some of the world’s most famous puppet creations including Little Amal. 

The puppet animals will be built everywhere along our route by local people led by universities, art colleges and grassroots groups of many kinds. We are thrilled that one of our Foundation Partners is wimbledonual unioftheartslondon 

Join us the__herds to learn more about how to become a part of our growing network of partners. 

📸 antstrack featuring Siphokazi Mpofu, Luyanda Nogodlwana, Sipho Ngxola, Craig Leo and Simon Dunckley.

#EarthDay
#EarthDayEveryDay 
#TheHerds
#JoinUs

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