The Water We Want 2021 - Videos

In the video we wanted to talk about water pollution, especially how we can make those around us more responsible with nature.

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) reports that the problem of marine debris has seriously polluted the oceans affecting the survival and reproduction of marine life. From this perspective, the 11-year-old author uses stop-motion animation to show a turtle’s happy life and natural reproduction in the sea. After the baby turtle is born, it has successfully escaped the natural enemies but finally gets entangled in the garbage in those beautifully. The sea is polluted by garbage but marine creatures cannot escape their homes! The author hopes this video could increase people’s awareness towards the protection of marine ecology. And it calls action to protect our common blue planet!

Pupils of grade 3C who are members of the drama and music club have tried to capture the importance of water for all living creatures in their performance water is life. It is a shadow theatre performance. The pupils wrote the script and made the dolls themselves. The topic of the performance is related to their hometown Karlovac which is located at the confluence of four rivers. Dora Kučinić (17) student of the Karlovac Gimnazija Grammar School helped with the shooting and editing.

We are from Karlovac, a city situated on the banks of four rivers – the Mreznica, the Dobra, the Korana and the Kupa. Everything in Karlovac is connected to the four rivers – the freshwater Aquatic Aquarium, the romantic walks along the banks and the drinking water. We use rivers to name everything weekend – kindergartens, sports clubs, restaurants, our own children. Our rivers are very clean, beautiful and full of life. We want them to stay that way. With this video we want to remind people all over the world that nature is our treasure, that the Earth is our responsibility not our property.Nature gives us everything – food, protection, fun in life. We have to appreciate what we have because the Earth is the only one. Give nature of the same treatment we get from it. For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; In this century he is beginning to realise that in order to survive he must protect it. We hope that this work will help save our greatest treasure – nature! We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children. The environment is no one’s property to destroy, it’s everyone’s responsibility to protect.

The video is about what we can do to safeguard the environment. We explained why we need to save the water, with the photos we want to show how it is now and what the water used to be. In the images the water can be clear or polluted, but we have put more clear photos because it is a positive view on what we can do. Behind each photo there is a reasoning that can change from person to person.

The work is a short movie made by the students of the class I B of our middle school in Mezzolombardo (Tn) Italy. It is a set of simp:e solutions to prevent water Ioss during our daily routine. The studcnts understood thcir own impact on thc environment and on die climate change after their studies ofthe waterproperties and cycle in science and the measurement oftheir ecological and water footprint. After studying the goals of2030 Agenda, theyunderstood that big changes can be reached not only at high level but also with a Iot of small changes in everyone's everyday life. After a short introduction, the students show some of their small actions to avoid the water Ioss. It is diffcult to think about the Iack of water in a region like ours, full of mountains, waterfalls, rivers and lakes, but we are all connected and what a Child do here can have a negative or positive effect on the life of another Child in another place ofour planet Earth.

Video made of all the children’s drawings

The 3rd and 4th grade at Educative Center of Espinhal, (Which is a part of the Infante D. Pedro School Group, Penela), participates in the “The Water We Want” contest in the video category. The story narrated by the students defines a timeline from the origin of the oceans until present time. The message is clear: Let´s protect the oceans before it´s too late!”. Protection and Valuation of water resources must be teaching cornerstones early on. This was the main premise for the development of this project.

"The video “Water is…” is the composition of drawings made by girls and boys during the performance of some activities concerning environmental issues. They demonstrate how lively their environmental sensitivity is, and how enthusiastically they are willing to fight to defend a heritage that they already realize is theirs. It is also noted how broad their horizon on the world is, and how they are already determined to identify causes and responsibilities, and to envisage their personal future commitment."

The class received the virtual visit of a nature guide who talked to the children about plants and animals that live near the rivers of their territory. Trought some drawings, the children represented the story of the willow that saved the kittens.

This video illustrates a day spend in nature. The happy drops listen in turn to the wind, the thunder, the rain and then they start dancing while waiting for the rainbow to appear. Children are happy and dance together, enjoying “the water we want”.

This video shows a barren land where a man is fighting to survive the intense thirst, suddenly he receives help and quenches his thirst without forgetting the tree that is suffering just like he was, and so life comes back.

The future of humanity is based on water. Without water, there is no life. Perhaps wars will erupt in the future because of the absence of water. Neither oil nor gold will solve the earth's problems. Let's conserve water. A drop of water on your white day will help you in your dark day