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Botanic Gardens > Report on the Hard Rain exhibition from National Botanic Gardens in Belgium
Report on the Hard Rain exhibition from National Botanic Gardens in BelgiumFrom 1st October till the 31 December 2007 the National Botanic Garden of Belgium is hosting the 'A Hard
Rain is-A-Gonna Fall' by Mark Edwards. We managed to get media attention and the exhibition featured in various papers, radio and TV channels. In October and November more than 17,000 people visited the Garden and saw the exhibition. During the Belgian week of sustainable development the Garden organised staff activities. We watched the Al Gore movie 'An inconvenient truth' and then visited the 'Hard Rain' exhibition. Staff members were asked to pick one picture that they found particularly striking, read the comment and reflect on their own work behaviour in the Garden. We tried to get staff members to link everyday actions like closing doors between glasshouses, keep engines running or printing e-mail with the provoking images of the 'Hard Rain' exhibition. We also helped convincing the Flemish Environmental Agency (Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij) to invite Mark Edwards to give a talk for the presentation of their 2007 environmental report on Friday 14 December. Gert Ausloos
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