Everyday, indeed every hour Water is disappearing from our lands, forests, lakes, rivers, streams, estuaries and more. This is a worldwide disaster and has already caused starvation and death in many countries. Climate change is responsible for melting ice, rising sea levels, floods and droughts.
In BC, along with many other provinces in Canada where land and water are considered to be abundant, we are feeling the destruction caused by the rising temperatures and warming waters. Many of these disasters are man-made, starting as far back as the Industrial Revolution, and it has only continued to escalate rapidly over the last fifty to sixty years.
Throughout the Middle East, rainfall continues to decline, and along with scorching heat, it is causing severe drought. Clean water is essential to survival. No potable water means dead animals, no crops, and as a result no food.
Most other countries throughout the world (though, perhaps not in quite as much danger as the desert areas) are beginning to suffer in various ways due to the increasingly extreme weather patterns.
Everyone knows the saying “Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink” while this isn’t an exact quote of the original poem, it has never been truer in our changing world.
71% of the earth is covered by it, yet less than 3% is drinkable. It is an inorganic compound described by the simple formula of H2O, transparent, tasteless, odourless and nearly colourless, it exists in all forms solid, liquid, and gas, and it moves continually through a cycle of evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation and run off. Yet it is one of the compounds in our world that life would be impossible without.
This month our Artists will be showing how much we need to protect this giver of life in all its forms. Join the Village Gallery as we draw attention to this integral element of our very existence
The show will run from April 8th until May 3rd at the Village Gallery
