The Water We Want 2022 - Other Media

This animation aims to make us think about the impact of fresh water pollution and to assign to each one of us the responsibility of maintaining rivers and lakes pollution free. This action intends to promote the presentation of fantastic biodiversity of these ecosystems.

The video is a song that tells the story of a drop of water called “Azulinha”. During the song “Azulinha” explains that she has decided to travel the world, the water cycle is implicit in the whole song. On her way around the world, “Azulinha” encounters several dangers and to face these dangers, she had the help of children, who, better than anyone, know how to care of our planet’s water. The song is a traditional Portuguese song know as “As pombinhas da Catrina” with lyrics adapted to the theme of the contest.

Tis is a Bengali Folk Song of the Bhatiyali Genre also knwn as the boatmen songs.. "For men may come and men may go, I go on forever” Our Sail meanders and is guided by the ebb and flow in the greeat river of faith. However far we may drift yet we are insignificant in front of the unfathomable. Far far from the time unknown humans have tried to master the river, in search of civilization. Yet like our desires the journey a mock. The river remains unquenched.

Through the artistic work that I have done, I wanted to show the importance of water in our lives and for our health. Even a virus of the magnitude of Corona, which has put the entire planet on hold and shattered thousands of lives, does not overcome the power of water: the simple act of washing our hands with water and soap kills the Virus! Can you imagine that? The vaccine, which has saved us all from this epidemic, is itself made of water! So, without water, there is no life on earth and no hope for the planet. To illustrate this, I built a floor of dry, arid and thirsty earth, affected by the virus. A first dose of vaccine was needed to give a bit of life to this planet which began to regain strength and weaken the Corona. From there, trees and plants began to grow. Then, a second dose allowed the resurrection of the earth and of all humanity. Thanks to water, we all have been saved! Water has been able to spurt out from our thirst-quenched and soothed bodies to give life to our plains and valleys.

The #RESPECT educational project of the Bacchiglione Reclamation Consortium offered us the opportunity to structure an educational path which had water as main theme and which involved different school subjects. The water theme enable us to afford essential problems for human life on Earth as recommended in the 2030 agenda which sets the fundamental objectives for the sustainable development of the planet, including water as a source of life, the problems of access to water, the consequences of a lack of attention to water as a resource and as a risk. The school task is developing fundamental knowledge and attention to obtain an active and responsible "citizen of the world" through the languages of the various disciplines. It is fundamental to understand the lifestyles effects on the environment in order to better work on the formation and acquisition of suitable micro and macro-behaviors. Starting from a problem situation (waste of water at school), the path included experiences, observation and knowledge of the water element, starting from the activity of free play (perceptive, manipulative and sensorial), up to scientific experiment. The development of the ability to observe the environment and natural elements gave us the possibility to develop the basis for the formation of a scientific method

The class made a teamwork collage with tempera coloured papers and pencil and crayon drawings. In the video you can see the making of the poster. The hands symbolize the actions of man to preserve nature. Before the children had thought about how the rivers are important as ecosystems full of thousands of living beings. If we protect and keep them clean the rivers will be the home of a lot of creatures and we could enjoy their beauty. We cooperated with the students of class 5 B of our school.

It is beautiful to walk along the Dese River, observe the fast running of its waters, stop and observe. Observe and feel excited...in front of so much beauty. We love our river and for him we recite a poem by Gabriele D'Annunzio “Water”: Mountain water / Spring water / Rainwater / Soveraign water / Water I hear / Water I praise / Water that rings / Water that sparkles / Water that sings and cries / Water that laughs and bellows / You are life / And always always runs away

Cherish every drop of water. The creation of this song is inspired by the vision of being a responsible teenager who sees water-saving as our compelling obligation. Combining electric elements with pop music, the whole song exhibits a lively and cheerful mood, which is in line with children’s aspiration for an environment-friendly future. The lyrics and music were composed by LIU Yiming (10 years old) and ZHOU Jingl ing (11 years old), and their friends ZHANG Yaorui, YING Zimu and XIAO Wa were invited to sing the song together. Saving water and protecting water resources is the eternal theme of this song. The production team wish to spread the ideal of water-saving to every corner of the world because they believe songs could transcend the territorial boundaries and carry on the meaning to the bottom of listeners ’ heart.

This work is a poem, composed by the 8 years old student Ingrid Vastag. Entitled Water in Our Lives, the poem consists of nine quatrains that highlight the role and importance of water in our lives, for human health, for the ecosystems, its circuit in nature and the duty we all share for this resource – to use it responsible and protect it.