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Hard Rain Project
Description/achievement of initiative

WHOLE EARTH? is a major outdoor exhibition designed for universities. It brings alive the issues around sustainable development. at the heart of the display are 20 questions, addressed to a range of university disciplines, which challenge students and their tutors to show how they can use their skills to support the global sustainability agenda for a resilient, healthy and just society, living within environmental limits. It also provides a platform for universities to present the ways they are forging the new sustainable world through innovative teaching, research programmes, and on their own campuses.

Implementation methodologies

We provide the exhibition - each university arranges it's own display and associated program. Universities in Europe and the US are invited to send their exhibition on to a partner universit in Asia, Africa, or the South A~merica

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

Hard Rain Project is a charity governed by trustees. the project is administered by Mark Edwards. The first exhibition, a collaboration with Bob Dylan reached 15 million visitors on every continent. Whole Earth? has been shown at over 50 universities around the world.

Partner(s)

NUS, EAUC, Sida,Hubs
Progress reports
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2016/17
‘Over-consumers’ in rich countries blame ‘over-breeders’ in poor countries for the planet’s ills, but the rich minority use the equivalent WHOLE EARTH? provides the kind of evidence that students need to join the debate about their future.
Staff / Technical expertise
written and produced by Mark Edwards and Lloyd Timberlake, leading experts on sustainable development

Basic information
Time-frame: 10/2016 - open
Partners
NUS, EAUC, Sida,Hubs
Countries
Contact information
mark edwards, director, mark@hardrainproject.com
United Nations