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🎨 AQUAPLAY brings the imagination of young students from around the world to life, encouraging them to reflect—and inspiring us to reflect—on the vital importance of water, all while having fun!

Today we present…
🗺️ The protection of Water
Created by Nela Bolfek, 4th
In collaboration with Primary School Grabrik, Karlovac, Croatia!

🖌️ AQUAPLAY’s drawings capture the vision of the new generations for preserving water heritage, addressing water pollution, and proposing futuristic solutions for water scarcity. Through this tool, as well as The Water We Want contest, WAMU-NET aims to strengthen sustainability education and foster new water perceptions and behaviours among the younger generation, engaging students as water ambassadors and storytellers of our liquid futures



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🎨 The AQUAPLAY platform, presented at the Porto conference, allows everyone to discover the importance of water through creativity!

Today, let’s discover together...
🗺️ Which planet do we want?
Created by IES Joaquín Torres, 4a. Mequinenza, Spain!
In collaboration with Museos de Mequinenza - Museus de Mequinensa

🖌️ With AQUAPLAY, children can have fun while also learning about protecting water, its biodiversity, and heritage. Exciting new artworks and museums are coming soon… Reach out to [email protected] to submit your drawings for AQUAPLAY!



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💧🕊️In societies where freshwater plays a central role, cooperation not only improves the conditions of rivers but also enhances the well-being and livelihoods of local communities.

At the 5th International Conference of the Global Network of Water Museums (9-11 October – Porto, Portugal), we explored how water reduces conflict and becomes a powerful force for peace.

WAMU-NET and its members are dedicated to promoting water sustainability education and preserving water heritage worldwide.

🔗 The full press release is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/eyjMRBGg

Thank you once again to our wonderful host, !

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WAMU-NET’s 5th International Conference is ongoing in the beautiful Porto and online.

From new digital educational tools to citizen science projects, international collaborations, artistic projects and research, each of our members is engaged in important and innovative initiatives to safeguard water heritage in their local communities.

It’s always inspiring to be reminded of all the ways water brings us together.

We’re excited and ready to kick off WAMU-NET’s 5th International Conference to discuss ‘Cities of Water: Peace and Prosperity’.

🇵🇹Hosted by .aguasdeportugal, this year we are in the wonderful Porto. But you can follow our live streaming online too. 🎥🔗Link in bio to join us tomorrow for of Cities of Water.

🗓️ We’re thrilled to invite you to join us ONLINE for "Toward an Online Repository of Educational Resources: Contributions from and to Water Museums" as part of Day 2 of our 5th International Conference in Porto (Oct 9-11) in collaboration with Beba Água do Porto!

Speakers Line-up:
🇺🇸 Schultz (Fairmount Interpretive Center, USA)
🇬🇷 Vicky Malotidi (MIO - ECSDE, Greece)
🇵🇹 Margarida Filipe & Barbara Sofia Bruno (Museu da Água, Portugal)
🇮🇳 Sara Ahmed (Living Waters Museum, India)
🇮🇹 Patrizia Famà & Chiara Steffanini (MUSE - Museo delle Scienze, Italy)
🇪🇸 Eudald Serra Giménez (Museu de l'aigua i el Tèxtil, Spain)

🤝 Workshop: Led by Lucrezia Gigante (WAMU-NET) & Farah Kabir (ActionAid Bangladesh), participants will dive into group discussions to shape the future of our Online Repository of Educational Resources.

🔗 Want to be part of this? Click the link in our bio for more info and to join us! Don’t miss out! 🙌

📅 Less than two weeks to our 5th International Conference in Porto (8-11 October).

With the collaboration of Água do Porto

🎨 AQUAPLAY is a collaborative platform that showcases the importance of water through the drawings of children worldwide!

Today we present...
🗺️ “Paper Boat” – Winner of ‘The Water We Want’ award 2020, 13-18 years category
Created by Arunima Dazess Wangchuk
From (Ladakh Arts And Media Organisation) and , India

🖌️ Thanks to AQUAPLAY, children will have fun while learning why so many students are inspired to advocate for water, its biodiversity, and heritage.
New artworks are on the way! Discover AQUAPLAY on our website.

🔖 And don't forget: AQUAPLAY will be presented during ‘Cities of Water’, WAMU-NET's 5th International Conference, in Porto from October 9 to 11!



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🎨 Let’s discover the drawings and stories of AQUAPLAY, from all around the world!

Let’s begin with…
🗺️ “The Source of Life”
Created by Liu Yiyang
From Wenhua Road Primary School, China.
Submitted by Yellow River Museum

🖌️ Our new tool, AQUAPLAY, features some of the best artworks submitted to our youth contest and award *The Water We Want*. Today, as part of the European project CREDIT (Creative Europe), these drawings have become interactive

✋ You can color them too! It’s easy, just one click on our website / AQUAPLAY section (link in bio)



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📅 Registrations are open for 'Cities of Water', WAMU-NET's 5th International Conference, taking place in Porto from 9 to 11 October.

💬 Join us for an exciting programme of talks, workshops, knowledge exchanges, and site visits to discover the city's unique water heritage.

💧 With a focus on 'Peace and Prosperity through Water Sustainability Education', experts, researchers, and museum professionals from around the world will gather to exchange ideas, explore innovative solutions, and celebrate our shared water legacy.

🔗 Visit our website for more info: https://www.watermuseums.net/media/news-archive/5th-international-conference-of-the-global-network-of-water-museums-cities-of-water-peace-and-prosperity-through-water-sustainability-education/

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The conference is organised by Parque Patrimonial das Águas, managed by the public water and energy supply company Águas e Energia do Porto.

We're looking forward to partnering with MuseumWeek tomorrow for – a whole day dedicated to water!

We're the Global Network of Water Museums, a UNESCO-IHP Flagship Initiative. We bring together museums, art organisations, interpretation centres, heritage sites, ecomuseums, aquaparks, and water management facilities to take care of water and its cultures worldwide.

We believe in protecting water heritage and championing a new water culture for a more sustainable future.

Follow us for more content on water museums and join us tomorrow with the hashtags and !

Photo credits Giuseppe La Spada

The Global Network of Water Museums has partnered with Culture For Causes Network (C4C) for this year's edition of MuseumWeek. WAMU-NET will be the official institutional partner on Saturday 8th – a whole day dedicated to water!

Join us in raising awareness about the invaluable work that water museums do to protect water heritage and promote a new water culture.

Launching this week: WAMU-NET at the 10th World Water Forum, Bali - https://mailchi.mp/b183d2f4fb13/baliannouncement-12724522

💧Collaborating with European students to explore and celebrate water heritage

🇪🇺 On April 11th, we joined the second training session of the CreDiT European project, uniting schools and universities across Croatia, Greece, and Italy.

Eriberto Eulisse, Executive Director of the Global Network of Water Museums, shared insights on "The methodology for creating digital itineraries". Students then dived into designing routes to showcase water-related environmental, cultural, and natural heritage treasures in their regions.

🎯 What water landscapes would you highlight in your area?

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WAMU-NET will be present at the 10th World Water Forum, Bali with a new exciting immersive installation on ancient hydro-technologies and much more. Read our special newsletter for more details - https://mailchi.mp/feae7147c7c2/baliannouncement

💧Within the framework of the European project CreDiT, we have begun a series of international training sessions on the digitization of water heritage!

🇪🇺 On March 20th, we held the first training session, which included schools and universities from various European countries.
Italy, Croatia, and Greece are collaborating to create new forms of storytelling about water-related places. Students will produce digital content aimed at promoting both the tourist attractiveness of these places and prompting original and creative reflections on the importance of a fundamental element like water.

🎯 What water-related place would you like to narrate through creativity? Let us know in the comments!




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We're just one month away from the deadline for the fifth edition of The Water We Want, WAMU-NET's contest and award celebrating the youngest generation’s visions for water heritage across the world.

If you are a student between 6 and 25 years old, get in touch with the nearest water museum or institution affiliated with WAMU-NET, and submit your artwork by Friday 26 April.

More details on our website: https://thewaterwewant.watermuseums.net/

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💧Happy World Water Day!

At the Global Network of Water Museums, we are committed to advocating for the importance of freshwater every single day. But on March 22nd, we come together with the world to mark World Water Day – the United Nations' annual occurrence to celebrate water and shed light on the global water crisis.

This year, we put together a special newsletter to showcase the diverse projects and impactful work our members are undertaking around the world to mark World Water Day.

If you would like to share with us how you are commemorating World Water Day, tag us in your posts and use the hashtag . Or spread the word by sharing this newsletter with your network and becoming an ambassador for water awareness education!

👉 https://mailchi.mp/23258a498a7b/wwd2024-12718150