Multi-media software maker Adobe and technology for non-profit organization Techsoup announced last week the best video, print and web designs that won in the contest dubbed as “Show Your Impact”. The contest has been opened to non-profit groups working on various concerns.
One of the chosen runner-ups in the video category is International Rivers’ rapid-fire worldwide tour of dam issues titled “We All Live Downstream”. International Rivers is a non-profit group working to expose the evils of dam-building. They are also actively lobbying to protect the world’s rivers that remain free-flowing.
Many people still consider dams to be a source of “clean energy” but International Rivers believe it has done more harm than good to people’s and river’s lives.
“A century of dam-building has changed the world’s rivers and our relationship to them” the video documentary declared in its introduction.
“We All Live Downstream” aims to introduce the issues surrounding dams, rivers and rights. It is a light file, high resolution slide show aimed at reaching the widest possible audience worldwide. International Rivers has been actively raising awareness on the impacts of 50,000 dams built worldwide that already displaced “tens of millions” of people.
International Rivers’ web manager Colin Carpenter is very proud of the video documentary. “It looks like people have taken notice,” he said.
As one of the contest organizers said according to Carpenter, “We were extremely impressed with the videos produced by your organization. We really saw them as a call to action for the viewer.”
