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On KCET.org Char Miller reviews the Smithsonian Institution‘s traveling exhibit, “Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography” now on at the Ontario (CA) Museum of History and Art until September 23.
Related link: Ontario Museum information for Lasting Light.
July 12 to September 23, 2012. 12:00pm to 4:00pm, Thursday through Sunday. Free.
How much water is needed to produce our food?
How does water scarcity affect our food security?
Can we produce more food with less water?
These are the questions the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization is focusing attention on in this year’s World Water Day.
The World Water Day website has more information, photos, and animations about how water and food security are closely intertwined and what we can do about it.
One of the Elemental Arts themes is WATER . Here is an inspiring example of how one artist brought her awareness of water issues and her art to the community at large.
Art for Water is an organization founded and directed by artist Christine Destrempes in New Hampshire. Art for Water draws attention to global and local water issues through monumental public-participation art projects.
13,699 is an installation by Ms. Destrempes made of clear plastic, recycled, water bottle caps representing each person who dies every day from preventable, water-related diseases. Pictured is an installation at Annmarie Garden Art Center & Sculpture Park in Solomons, Maryland, October 2010. A crocheted coral reef by Mary Ellen Croteau with Aviva Alter and Mary Buczyk from Chicago is in the background.
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Pre-Conference Lecture
Thursday, October 27, 2011, 7 pm
Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College
Bill McKibben will lecture on his new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, on the Pomona College Distinguished Lecture Series.
Tickets for the Claremont Colleges will be available 9/26/11 at the Bridges Auditorium box office. Tickets for the general public will be available 10/3/11. Tickets are free. Limit two per person.
For more information on tickets call Bridges Auditorium (909) 621-8031.
Pomona College
Bridges Auditorium
450 N. College Way
Claremont, CA 91711
