The Monster Inside
The Monster of the desert is devouring his way through Earth. This monster has been created because of our lack of attention. Every human being that is not taking care of the Earth is a monster to our Planet. Protect our water sources.
EPAL Water Museum Lisbon. Escola Básica e Secundária Alfredo da Silva, Sintra, Portugal. Mana Haghighi. Special Mention 2022 in Drawings, 6-12 years old.
Hourglass
All actions have consequences and all consequences have their results that will come in due time.
EPAL Water Museum, Lisbon. Agrupamento de Escolas da Bemposta, Portimão. André Correia, 7th Grade. Special Mention 2021 in Drawings, 13-18 years old.
The Water We Want
Our message behind this drawing is a metaphor. Water is represented by a chained woman , condemned by our selfishness and our greed. Water is losing its value because of us and our ignorance. Our water is precious, and so is our earth. When the last drop falls, will we still be able to save it? Let's stop being selfish and start conserving our planet's most valuable resource.
Mohammed VI Museum for the Civilization of Water. School Groupe Scolaire Jacques Majorelle, Marrakech. Lina Zrikem and Yasmine Ouagague. Winner 2022 in Drawings, 13-18 years old.
You Can Change The World With Actions. Join The Cause Of Taking Care Of Water
My drawing reflects water and life. In it, I have embodied my thinking and purpose to reflect upon what we can provoke, and therefore leave a landmark of willingness to change. As we know, the water is and will be the essential element that we cannot replace. When human beings first found water, they worshiped it and longed for it. But we always want more; every time there is something new, and this leads to the consumption of new products, producing garbage and provoking global warming, and droughts, leaving the surroundings in water need. These effects will not end until the human being realizes the mistake we have made, but there will be no remedy to it, being too late. We are the ones that could have found a treasure, but also the ones who can make it gone.
Agua Para Siempre, Mexico. School 'Conalep Calipam 151’.
Water – the Source of Life
Water is the source of life, without water, there will be no green world; without water, there will be no beautiful clouds in the sky. Everything will lose life without water. If we save a drop of water every day, it can bring a tree, a person, an elephant back to life and even save our earth. Please fasten the tap in time and cherish every drop of water in our life! Protecting water resources needs everyone to join together.
Yellow River Museum, China. No. 2 Primary School of Wenhua Road. Liu Yiyang.
The Water Shop
In the future, water will become the most precious thing on earth. Humans live under the management of robots that do not need water. Due to lack of water, the whole earth has become desert. This is a shop selling water. Not only does it cost ten dollars for every drop of water, but a person can only buy ten milliliters at most. If we do not save water and continue to waste water resources, this is likely to be our future life. Therefore, please cherish every drop of water, protect ourselves and protect nature!
National Water Museum of China. Hangzhou Chovan Century City Experimental School. Tong Zeping. Special Mention 2022 in Drawings, 6-12 years old.
Save Water
It is simple terms but they have a big impact on us. Every year especially in summer we face a huge scarcity of water. We say save water do we mean it? Not exactly. About 250 – 575 liters of water being wasted every day from that 0.5% of fresh and drinkable water. Many of the countries faced and are facing drought in this summer. People are running here to there for water. That one minute of letting open the tap while brushing can complete the thrust of a person. In this Summer the water scarcity rate has gone on a high level. We can create awareness for the same but again only we ourselves have to implement it. Some water harvesting techniques can be introduced for harvesting the rain water, reserving water at small area for everyone’s use, water tankers in every area, underground tanks etc. can be used. I have created this poster keeping in mind the main theme save water, a digital poster creating awareness for saving water with a slogan and important elements visualizing the written text.
Water Museum of Udaipur, Rajasthan. Sunbeam Lahartara, Varanasi, India. Armaan Ahmad.
Water and the Earth
The title ‘Water and the Earth’ represents that the Earth can’t live without water, moreover, people can’t live without water. At the bottom of the picture is the dry surface of the Earth, it shows the current situation of water resources reduction. With such an emergency, we can imagine that maybe in a distant future, we will have no water in the Earth, all the river, the sea will be filled with sand. The water, mountains and trees which appear in the space mirror are what people wish to have in the future. It also advocates that people all over the world need to protect water resources as soon as possible. Protect our common blue planet!
National Water Museum of China. Hangzhou Xiaoshan No. 2 Vocational School. Li Jiacan.
Water of Life
Our thoughts about water are linked to everyday life and to what happens every day in our homes. All of us, young and old, need water to live. Water is fundamental and necessary for human beings and it is essential for plants and animals subsistence. Thanks to water, wonderful colorful flowers bloom on the green meadows, all animal species breed and populate the Earth. In the rivers, flowing water tells the story of the planet: it reminds us of the past, it gives us the present and, if we learn to respect and care for it ...it will be our future! Thanks water!
Water Museum of Venice, Italy. Primary School ‘G. Leopardi’ of Campagna Lupia. 2^A and 2^B.
The Rainbow Farm
The drawing is a reflection of colors in the farm which are brought through sustainable practices and constant irrigation facilities in the villages of India. The story of life on the farm and its rich biodiversity has also been displayed through the drawing. The drawing depicts the importance of dams, the canals which have reached the interior villages and the rivers which bring minerals and life to the crops and the produce. The waters from the rivers truly bring ‘rainbows’ to the farms and people’s lives.
Living Waters Museum, India. Manthan Educational Programme Society and aProCh. Ayaan Jariwala/ 4. Winner 2022 in Drawings, 6-12 years old.
Protection of water
We talked about protecting the water and how really important water is to our lives and planet, so we decided to make pictures using wooden colours and some felt tip pens that would describe the importance of water in our role in protecting it from disappearing. She was interested in the project and was really happy about the scene. The water in Croatia is still clean and she realises that she is the one who will in the future protect the cleanliness of the water.
Aquatika – Freshwater Aquarium Karlovac, Croatia. Elementary school Grabrik. Nela Bolfek.
Utilization Diagram Of The Recycled Water
In the future, more and more water will be used, which will lead to a shortage of water resources. So I sent this illustration of recycled water to the future, and I believe that future technologies can do it all. We can build a huge space station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and we can use it while we are studying the effects, and we can put filters on the space station at the same time. We put filters on the space station and we put huge tubes on it, and when the water goes up into the sky, the water becomes a cloud. When it begins to rain, there is more fresh water; The other half is transported to land for human use; The little water left over is used to water the seeds so that the fruit will grow and man can squeeze the juice to quench his thirst. Now we can recycle water.
Changjiang Civilization Museum, China. School 'Wuhan Optics Valley No.1'. Guo Limingzhe.
The Danube I Want
My sturgeon swims peacefully in the Danube without the risk of boats and anglers. That is what I wish, but the reality is different, and sturgeons are endangered by mankind.
Danube Water-Adventure, Engelhartszell, Austria. School 'Natternbach'. Classroom 4th
The Baiheliang
Baiheliang is the first underwater museum. It is the pride of my hometown. It lives in the river, giving us memories of history. We can’t live without water. I love Baiheliang and love the river and water.
Baiheliang Underwater Museum, China. No.5 Middle School in Fuling. Xu Ziting.
The Woman of Waters
Through this picture, I’ve tried to represent water in the shape of a pregnant woman who has the planet’s image instead of an infant. Water gives life to the entire planet, only with its help both plants and animals grow and develop… What is life!
Leonida Trutà Water Museum Cluj-Napoca, Romania. 'Mihai Eminescu' Gymnasium School Zalau. Diana Drajan.
Wastefulness Is a Privilege
Water is essential to our survival, all life comes from water, and through water it endures. There’s enough water on the planet for seven billion people, however, not everyone has access to it. This valuable resource is unevenly distributed and much of it is polluted or otherwise inaccessible. In the drawing, the abundance of water is personified in a woman, desperately trying to reach every person in need, but being dragged away, held back. Such life-granting beauty, confined inside a sink, falling from a tap left open. The same water that some people can afford to leave running down the drain, for others could make the difference between life and death. Being wasteful is a privilege that not everyone can afford.
Ecomuseum Martesana, Italy. IIS Niccolò Macchiavelli. Silvia Elena Rovagnati.
A Man With His Careless Behaviour Has Polluted Rivers
Soon fish and their families will be left without their habitat, and it will be a great disaster. It is important to preserve the rivers in the place where we live. We should all change our way of life and our behaviour in the place where we live in order to preserve and protect the waters for the future survival of human beings on the planet Earth.
Aquatika, Croatia. School ‘Oš Turanj’. Sara Papić. Special Mention 2020 in Drawings 6-12.
Forest Water
The water she wants is untouched by pollution, surrounded by greenery.
Water Museum Bangladesh. Happy Home By Action Aid. Ashamoni. Winner 2020 in Drawings 6-12.
Water For Generations
Water, which is important for survival, is at high risk. Global warming, pollution from industries, overuse or wastage of water, etc, are some of the main causes for which waterbodies are drying or becoming too polluted for usage. Half of the world's wetlands have disappeared. In my piece of art, it is pointed out that due to the drying up of water, the path the people used to enjoy for shipment and trading is now just a barren land in which there is little hope that if we stop, man-made causes of pollution maybe this barren land will be filled with water again. Using the children to portray that just like they are sailing the paper boat in the puddle of water, there is a hope that ships will be sailing one day. So wake up, young generation! Let’s protect our planet and make it a better place.
Living Waters Museum, India. Marian Co-Educational School. Sarmistha Dutta.
My Wish
The painter placed her best wish of protecting his mother river in a floating bottle, following every river with the pure stream of his hometown. The drawing is composed of a fresh form of paste and a new style of tone, which clearly express the painter’s best wish: life needs water, let us save every drop of water!
Baiheliang Underwater Museum, China. Chongqing Hongfan Middle School, Fuling. Wang Haixin.
Water is Life
The water I want is pure and clean. Our body is 75% water. Our planet is so beautiful, blue and alive because of the water. So, please, keep our planet clean and safe! Don`t poison the water! The water is a great miracle in the universe, the key to survival. The water is LIFE.
Aquapic, Romania. Liceul Teologic Ortodox ‘Sfantul Antim Ivireanul’. Ana-Sofia Ciuhandu.
The Acheloos River Struggles Against Its Diversion
Inspired by an ancient vase decoration picturing Acheloos River struggling against Hercules, the great hero.
Hydria - Mio-Ecsde, Greece. 'Vocational High School''. Classes A-B.
Enfrascados - Bottled Up
In the drawing, there is a plastic bottle representing the Earth planet floating in the sea. The bottle is not completely full, and the colour of the water is turning brown. It represents the contamination and waste of water, which is causing the lack of this vital liquid in many parts of the world. Through the nozzle of the bottle, brown water emerges with garbage, plastic bottles, plastic covers, cans, chemical waste and tires. This refers to a large percentage of our oceans contaminated by a large amount of garbage. On the other hand, at the base of the bottle, there is a polar bear that represents melting ice due to global warming and the considerable loss of habitat of the Antarctic species. Radioactivity symbols represent acid rain caused by nuclear accidents and polluting spills
Yaku Parque Museo Del Agua, Ecuador. School 'Educativa Municipal Fernández Madrid'.
Paper Boat
There I sit above the stream. Where my childhood memories breath. So eager to float my paper boat. That the joy in my eyes would reflect in the cold water I'd watch my boat float away with the fast current of the stream. Filled with the simple happiness of knowing that my boat is not sinking. But now, my boat is being pulled down by the polluted waters. Sinking slowly, it is suffocating. My boat is sinking My boat is stuck My hope is stuck.
Living Waters Museum & Lamo (Ladakh Arts And Media Organisation), India. Arunima Dazess Wangchuk. Winner 2020 in Drawings, 13-18 years old.
The Water I Want
The existence of our society is based on a decision to prioritise between material and essential goods. I like to see my drawing as an embrace of the idea that the future is in our hands (literally). Also, it is very important not to forget that the hand takes the moves dictated by our level of education (represented by the book). The balance which is placed in the hand symbolizes the human right to decide between good and bad, in our case, between what is more important - wealth or the water we want? The new balance presented shows my personal opinion, to be more explicit, I truly believe that money gives you power, but water gives you life, which makes water way more crucial for our existence. And in order to obtain the water we aspire for, we need to make it a priority and put all our efforts into it.
Water Museum Leonida Truta, Romania. School: Theoretical High School. Special Mention 2020 in Drawings 13-18.
Rivers are the veins of the world
Today, our territory is fragile and altered due to pollution and excessive river transformations and human interventions. In the frame of the collaboration among the Water Museum of Venice, the Land Reclamation Board ‘Acque Risorgive’ (Resurgence Waters) and the non-profit association Civiltà dell'Acqua International Centre, educational activities focusing on good practices of river requalification aimed at preserving the typical fauna and flora of local watercourses were conducted. The vital functions of aquatic ecosystems and the values of biodiversity were analysed, stimulating the creativity of young generations through the flowing forms of water and its expressions of life. An artistic workshop made it possible to teach children new drawing techniques for the creation of this work.
Water Museum Of Venice & 'Acque Risorgive' Land Reclamation, Italy. School 'Nelson Mandela', Mogliano/Olme, Italy. Class 4a- 4b. Special Mention 2020 in Drawings 6-12.
Musée Mohammed VI - Aman, Morocco. Imam Al Boukhari Qualifying High School. Mohamed Bayo. Winner 2022 in Drawings, 13-18 years old.
Biesbosch MuseumEiland Werkendam, The Netherlands. Mgr. Frencken College, Oosterhout. Miranda van Bragt.
MUSE Science Museum, Italy. Liceo Olivieri Tartaglia, Brescia. Alessia Lorini.
