Culture

Water is Life. Don’t UnderMine It

Vibrant 5-minute animation exploring the impacts of the extractive industries on the water cycle.

https://vimeo.com/158010644

This vibrant animation from The Gaia Foundation and animator Ben Pearce takes us on two very different journeys through the water cycle. One shows the life-giving nature of water for everything from forests to frogs. The other reveals the ways in which mining is damaging the water cycle, putting life itself in jeopardy.

Fin out more about how mining threatens water systems, read our new report and infographic -> gaiafoundation.org/sites/default/files/underminingthewatercycle.pdf. “The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, reminding us what native peoples have never forgotten: That you cannot separate the land from the water, or the people from the land.” - Lynn Noel, Author