Nature's Voice Our Choice

Poster By: Veronica Gayle Tiu Tangcueco, Age 10, Manila, Philippines

With rising global temperatures, depleting water resources, thousands of threatened species, and serious concerns about adequate world food supplies; there has never been a more critical time to think about the importance of water in our lives.  In celebration of World Water Day, 2008 nearly 800 students from 12 different countries participated in our International Poster Contest.  Winning posters were selected last week by a panel of four judges specializing in children’s environmental education, anthropology, and international development.  The posters were judged on visual message, impact, and creativity.  To view the Winning Posters and the names and origins of the students that drew them click here.

Nature’s Voice Our Choice received posters from students organizations, schools, and individuals from the Philippines, Indonesia, India, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Sweden, Ghana, Canada, the United States, and New Zealand; all concerned about the state of water in their communities.

The posters were on display at the Earth Day festival on April 20th on the National Mall in Washington DC, USA and other earth day events in April and May.  We would like to thank all the students who put such creative energy into expressing what water means in their lives.  We believe that these posters will make an impact on their viewers and inspire them to become more proactive in the preservation and conservation of their community’s water resources.

Action Phase 

The level of creativity, passion, and energy that students brought to this competition was incredible.  After we began to see the impact these posters could have on increasing public awareness of water issues, we added a unique ‘action phase’ to the project.  The winning posters will be used in a world wide water conservation campaign.  All funds generated from this campaign will be used to develop water preservation, conservation and restoration projects in each of the winners’ communities.

Poster By: R. Sindu Devi, Age 7, Madurai, India

NVOC has been working closely with each of the winning students to create a committee of the students’ peers and mentors.  They have each identified a water resource related problem within their community and designed a solution with technical support from Nature’s Voice Our Choice.  We are now seeking funding to implement each of the student initiated water projects.