Written By Laura Palumbo, Writer, Producer and Communications Specialist. Happy World Water Day and welcome to the finale of this three-part interview series with Founder and President, Karen Kun. With tons of memories to celebrate over the past 15 years of growing her organization, Karen discusses the many ways that Waterlution continues to build off of…
Written By Laura Palumbo, Writer, Producer and Communications Specialist In this three-part interview series with Founder and President, Karen Kun, we look back at the beginnings of the organization—how did Waterlution come to be, how has it grown over 15 years—and finally, we’ll look at the future of Waterlution, and what kinds of water questions…
This week we’re sharing our conversation with Julia White, artist behind The Ripple Project, the winning proposal for Great Art for Great Lakes Owen Sound. On October 27th, 2017, The Ripple Project was officially unveiled to the public at The Roxy Theatre with the help of Mayor Ian Boddy and MPP Bill Walker. The Ripple Project is a series of laser-cut steel…
URL For three months, the Great Waters Challenge (GWC) Youth Advisory Board (YAB) members – 16 folks living across Canada – worked together only online, via webinars, email exchanges and social media to promote the GWC, to seek partners and sponsors, and to sign-up youth teams by contacting teachers, schools and eco clubs in our…
In September 2017, I had an amazing opportunity fall into my lap: Waterlution’s Water Innovation Lab (WIL) in Porto, Portugal. This program brought together young professionals from all over the world to form connections, share their knowledge, build leadership skills, and learn about other disciplines in the water industry. WIL Porto was part of Porto…
We sat down with GAGL Artist, Nicole Clouston to discuss what it means to make community-engaged, collaborative artwork. Nicole’s living piece, Lake Ontario Portrait, is now installed at the Hamilton Public Library’s Central Branch — check it out today! Check out the live interview here: GAGL: Who is Nicole Clouston? Tell us a…
This week we’re sharing our conversation with Labspace Studio, creators of Deep Blue, the winning proposal for Great Art for Great Lakes Toronto. On October 12th, 2017, Deep Blue was officially unveiled to the public by The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario at the Ontario Science Centre. Great Art for Great Lakes is part of a larger initiative: Greatness: The Great…
This week we’re sharing our conversation with Great Art for Great Lakes Mississauga artist, Vanessa Logan. Here’s what Vanessa had to say about Great Art for Great Lakes, what it means to be a great lakes community and how what it was like to work with the community to create Mi Lake. Mi Lake was created by Vanessa…
This week, we’re featuring a spot from our Great Art for Great Lakes artists. GAGL sat down with Kingston artist, Andy Berg to discuss her completed Great Art for Great Lakes piece, Aqua Viva, her experience creating community-engagement artwork, and what she’s working on these days. GAGL: Who is Andy Berg? Tell us a bit about yourself. I…
Young people will change the course of the future. They are our only hope. #RisingGeneration The world is looking grim at the moment, isn’t it? Everywhere I look on the news, I read stories of hurricanes devastating the Caribbean, US stepping out of the Paris agreement, heatwaves striking, and wildfires blaring up in the…
