Any object we use is born from water consumption70% of the Earth’s floor is roofed with water however 97% of it’s salty and solely 2.5% candyThe Canal de Isabel II Foundation presents a brand new exhibition, ‘We are Agua’, with which it seeks to spotlight the significance of water
Every gesture we make, each factor we use has an influence on water. We will not be conscious however any of our each day actions want it. That kilo of meat that we hold within the fridge, for instance, has beforehand required 15,000 liters of water. A kilo of rooster 4,300 liters, a kilo of chocolate 17,000 liters of water. It is what is named the water footprint, and based on the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) 70% of the water footprint worldwide is said to what’s eaten.
But additionally any object that we use is born from water consumption. Producing a pair of denims implies an expense of 10,850 liters, 8,000 a pair of sneakers. 12,760 manufacture a cell.
For this cause, in order that we don’t overlook the significance of this “valuable and scarce” useful resource, the Canal de Isabel II Foundation has organized an exhibition in Madrid with the purpose of creating us conscious that “We are Water”, because the exhibition is titled.
“All life on the planet is determined by water, however regardless of what’s believed we solely have a small quantity of recent water for the whole lot,” explains Manuel Blanco, curator of the exhibition.
left From proper, Héctor Navarro and Manuel Blanco, curators of the present. Ignacio Hernando Rodriguez
And to make clear it graphically, in Somos Agua they reproduce the globe in fashions the place the quantity of accessible water is represented. Three fashions of various sizes that present the quantity of water current on the planet. Like, though 70% of the Earth’s floor is roofed in water, greater than 97% of it’s salty and barely 2.5% is recent. “That small white “marble” that’s seen subsequent to the terrestrial globe is the quantity on which we rely, which is 1% of that 2.5 of recent water”, feedback the curator.
Models exhibiting the water now we have, the small white “marble” is the candy one.Ignacio Hernando Rodriguez
The exhibition they’ve arrange (till June 30) is so graphic and informative. Beginning with a simulation of rain, the trail of water is roofed by way of 12 thematic sections, the place not solely is the totally different makes use of of water seen, however its sound can also be heard in rivers and glaciers or the totally different residing organisms that inhabit it are noticed. .
The crocodile seen in an set up of the present. Ignacio Hernando Rodriguez
For all this, they’ve relied on massive photographic and audiovisual installations, a few of that are 6 meters excessive and greater than 30 meters lengthy, amongst which is the longest led tunnel in Europe the place the customer appears to be submerged within the sea.
Some kids touring the exhibition. Ignacio Hernando Rodriguez
“The thought is to indicate that now we have to pay attention to the significance of water, of all that it implies, of what’s being performed and what might be performed to protect this treasure on which we rely a lot”, feedback the opposite curator of the exhibition. Héctor Navarro who explains that: “If, for instance, all males in Spain put the stopper within the sink when shaving, they might save 2,600 million liters of water a day.”
Small gestures that value nothing and contribute loads.
Water footprint of meals. Ignacio Hernando Rodriguez
“With a thermostatic faucet (which regulates the temperature of the water) you save 13 and a half liters within the bathe, which is equal to 91 and a half million, which is 640 million liters a day. But should you shut the bathe when you lather you save 10 litres, about 67 million liters, which is 464 million”, provides Blanco.
For this cause, the exhibition exhibits the significance of managing water nicely, each individually and thru environmental insurance policies.
“A constructive exhibition has been proposed, in order that any citizen can discover instruments to assist them take part in a undertaking as complicated as caring for the water now we have on our planet and making the world extra sustainable,” concludes Navarro.
Because water is a scarce and vital good that is determined by everybody to proceed giving us a lot.