Zahra Khojasteh's painting and poster contributed enormously to our presentation at the Open Space in Hannover - It was supposed to be the most beautiful poster there and the ifu Suderburg participants had to prevent people from stealing it. It also helped giving the group a feeling of identity by visualizing the presentation title, and lending an esthetic frame to the lectures.

Photos of women and situations at the ifu water project, supported by quotations from a number of women. They give an idea of the potential, desire and power of women to change the world.

The river / the goddess Ganges talks about her life from her spring to the sea. She talks about the beauty of the landscape and ecological problems.

Winnie Chang tries to raise her audience's consciousness to the fact that the earth is a closed ecosystem, and that the current manner of exploiting it, and the utilitarian or capitalist philosophy behind it are fatal. She concludes that instead of considering animals and plants as genetic pool, we need to believe in something else: to have "the kind of belief that was shared by many early human civilizations: coexistence with other living beings, all together in harmony".

Arig Gaffer Bakhiet acts as her own embodiment for water scarcity: Standing on a piece of fresh green grass, she attaches heavy question marks that represent waste and pollution of water to a symbolic drop of water. As the drop grows heavier she steps on a piece of dry grass and the drop falls – no more rain.

Yadira Cordero lets the mangroves speak as comic characters. We are told that they protect shores and living beings with their intricate network of roots. Also they are concerned about what will happen to this environment when they disappear because of people cutting them for fire wood and commercial breeding of shrimps.

Wilna Venter from South Africa describes her life's route from a white farmer's daughter - racial bias included – who had a wish of being a missionary to becoming a philologist and gender studies scholar. Finally, she not only marries a black South African but also has a child with him. This child, for Wilna, is a symbol of South Africa's future of differences in harmony and togetherness. She ends her lecture by singing the South African national anthem, which is written in several South African languages.

This project is another example of the very concrete desire of the water project participants to organize and change the world. Johara Bellali and Ligia Alves dos Santos Semrau transformed the seminar room into a discussion club while they were working on their collages. The topic of MENTAL POLLUTION, and how to act against it, was on the agenda and also was the subject of their art works. In her lecture Ligia Alves dos Santos Semrau advertised the formation of an NGO at the ifu water project.

Using the form of a classical scientific presentation, Verena Brand questions the notions of science and medical research as progress. Her thesis: vast amounts of money are spent in attempting to make eternal life possible for the inhabitants of the rich countries. Meanwhile in the poor countries a lot of children could be saved from death by simply improving water quality. Medical research seemingly is not about health for everybody or progress, but rather about health as a commodity.

What does it take to catch a fish? You need technique (Art), experience and knowlegde (Science). In her video Mirela Anghelache shows a fisherman in the Danube delta and advises us to learn from him.

Dolly Wittberger is both influenced by Hinduism and questions surrounding female geniuses. She asks why women don't leave traces, and why they should do so. Photographing their bare feet on a water surface, she answers the questions: traces are too static if everything flows.