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What is Water Ribbon? Water ribbon is an initiative on how water is an invisible link travelling the world. Water Rib- bon is labelled by the World Water Forum under the Commission “Roots and Citizenship“. This project gathered testimonies from 170 people from 59 countries who participated to this project. Each of them brings a message, a story and a testimony on water, precious and extraordinary resource. RACONTE-MOI L’EAU WATER STORIES WATER STORIES Tell me about water This project collected the stories of people from around the world as one of the most thrilling human experiences: to remind us of who and what we are thanks to water. Their stories are an inexhaustible source as rich and colorful as their faces behind each stories. Water Ribbon, Tell me about water is a coffret of two books in both French and English. - Water Ribbon: testimonies from all over the world including messages and dreams for water. - Water Stories: 16 tales from 16 countries from the 5 continents. Online participation This project is open to participation and invite people to join by sharing their vision of water: - Water n’ you: a water contest on instagram with more 1,000 pictures posted online! See the two pic- tures of the winners on the Stand of Waterdiss, co- organiser, in the EU pavillon. - www.waterribbon.com: as a future webdocumen- tary, it will present audio and video testimonies. Visit the Stand of the UNESCO to listen stories on water and women. Why is it a solution? This project is based on the existing gap of communication and understan- ding between citizens and water professionals as well as policy makers. The concept of the project is to make citizens and water professionals discuss key major water challenges and highlight the differences or common points in comparision with common stereotypes and discourses circulating on water and sanitation. A link travelling the world Visit Us! In the Library Pavillon www.waterribbon.com
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What is Water Ribbon?Water ribbon is an initiative on how water is an invisible link travelling the world. Water Rib-bon is labelled by the World Water Forum under the Commission “Roots and Citizenship“.
This project gathered testimonies from 170 people from 59 countries who participated to this project. Each of them brings a message, a story and a testimony on water, precious and extraordinary resource.
Céline Hervé-Bazin
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Raconte-moi une histoire ! Une histoire de dragon du fleuve ou de bateau volant. Une histoire de lac, de rivière ou d’océan. Des aventures d’ici ou de là-bas, tout au bout du monde.Ce livre vous invite à un voyage à travers seize contes qui, de l’Inde au Panama, en passant par le Kenya, dévoilent, avec pédagogie et poésie, les mystères de cette boisson magique, l’eau !Céline Hervé-Bazin aime les voyages et les histoires. Elle travaille dans le monde de l’eau depuis près de 10 ans. Raconte-moi l’eau est son premier texte de fiction, illustré par Sarah Stringhetta.
Cet ouvrage a reçu le soutien de SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT et de l’agence BIGLO. Il participe de la démarche Water Ribbon, une initiative dédiée à l’eau.
Tell me a story!A story about a river dragon or a flying boat. A story about a lake, a river or an ocean. Stories about here, there and everywhere. In all, sixteen tales from India to Panama passing through Kenya, in which to discover both educationally and poetically the many mysteries of our magical drink: water!
Céline Hervé-Bazin loves traveling, reading and telling stories. She has been working in the field of water for nearly 10 years. Water Stories is her first collection of short stories and is illustrated by Sarah Stringhetta.
This book was created with the help of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT and the BIGLO agency. It contributes to the Water Ribbon project, an initiative dedicated to water.
Imprimé et broché en France12 eurosISBN : 978-2-7467-3287-2 C
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Tell me about waterThis project collected the stories of people from around the world as one of the most thrilling human experiences: to remind us of who and what we are thanks to water. Their stories are an inexhaustible source as rich and colorful as their faces behind each stories. Water Ribbon, Tell me about water is a coffret of two books in both French and English. - Water Ribbon: testimonies from all over the world including messages and dreams for water. - Water Stories: 16 tales from 16 countries from the 5 continents.
Online participationThis project is open to participation and invite people to join by sharing their vision of water: - Water n’ you: a water contest on instagram with more 1,000 pictures posted online! See the two pic- tures of the winners on the Stand of Waterdiss, co- organiser, in the EU pavillon. - www.waterribbon.com: as a future webdocumen- tary, it will present audio and video testimonies. Visit the Stand of the UNESCO to listen stories on water and women.
Why is it a solution?This project is based on the existing gap of communication and understan-ding between citizens and water professionals as well as policy makers. The concept of the project is to make citizens and water professionals discuss key major water challenges and highlight the differences or common points in comparision with common stereotypes and discourses circulating on water and sanitation.
A link travelling the worldVisit Us!
In the Library Pavillon
www.waterribbon.com
