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International photography contest, Prix Pictet, focuses on sustainabilty and water

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The first annual photography contest to focus on the theme of “sustainability” awarded Benoit Aquin its grand prize Friday. The award ceremony for the Prix Pictet was overseen by former Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan.

Each year, the theme of “sustainability” is underscored — focusing on “stories of urgent global significance.” This year’s sub-theme was water.

The Canadian born Aquin chose to focus on the desertification of central China, with a series called “The Chinese ‘Dust Bowl.'”

“Each artist has addressed the environmental and social challenges we face in their own personal way,” Annan said during the ceremony. “The result is a series of powerful images which seeks to confront us with the scale of the threat we face and to inspire governments, businesses, – and all of us as individuals – to step up to the challenge and support change for a sustainable world.”

Aquin was awarded a prize of 100,000 Swiss francs (USD 85,000).

See coverage in the BBC and find Aquin’s photo series here. Inset photo by Aquin.

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Chinese Artists Portray Three Gorges Emigration

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China’s Three Gorges hydroelectric dam project on the Yangtze River has displaced some four million people. Now four of the country’s artists have come together to visually communicate the dam’s profound impact on China’s populous, as well as its landscape. Their work is on exhibit at the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art from […]

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Pacific Institute makes water policy recommendations for next president

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OAKLAND, California — Clear, integrated, domestic and international water policy at the federal level, is the focus of a new report by the Pacific Institute. Dr. Peter Gleick outlines his suggestions in a three page open letter to the next president of the United States. Covering the gambit from international conflict resolution to United States […]

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World Economic Forum’s New Champions talk markets, growth as world faces “a crisis of confidence”

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For three days last week, Tianjin’s TEDA district was home to 1,400 established and up-and-coming global business leaders attending the World Economic Forum’s “New Champions” conference by J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue TIANJIN, China – If the world seeks solace and stability for investors, it need only turn to the economic development zone in […]

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Dirty waters: Corruption infects global water services

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Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: misconduct rife in water sector by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue From Manila to Milan, fraud, bribery and organized profiteering are rampant in the water sector says a new report by Transparency International (TI), a global non-profit aimed at exposing and preventing corruption. The organization’s annual corruption report, presented last […]

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Aspen Design Challenge: Designing Water’s Future

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Students to develop solutions to global water crisis in first annual “Aspen Design Challenge” AIGA, Circle of Blue and INDEX launch “Designing Water’s Future,” Engaging Cross-Disciplinary Teams of Next-Generation Thinkers Around the World NEW YORK, NY. – August 18, 2008 – AIGA, the professional association for design, today issued an ambitious call to the next […]

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Three Gorges exodus complete

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BEIJING – After four years of migration, over 4 million people have been evacuated from their homes to make way for the waters of China’s gargantuan hydroelectric project. At 2,309-meters in length, the dam should provide affordable energy to a rapidly developing nation. Critics, however, point to the negative impacts of human displacement, geologic alteration […]

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Water moguls speculate on rising demand in Asian cities

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SINGAPORE – As Asian countries like Vietnam and China urbanize, their demand for water increases dramatically, Reuters reports. At a water summit in Singapore, companies such as Black & Veatch, Siemens Water Technologies and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, indicate their plans to capitalize on Asian countries’ surging demand for the resource. Read more here. […]

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Water crisis could collapse Chinese capital

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BEIJING – Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday. Experts predict the Chinese capital could run out of water in five to ten years, according to Grainne Ryder, policy director […]

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Pictures: Water, water, everywhere

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BOSTON – The importance of water in the lives of people worldwide is highlighted in a photo essay by the Boston Globe. Images from China, the United States, India, and other countries around the world show the importance of water to all. Click through to the photo essay. Source : Boston Globe