The weather and climate have a profound influence on our lives. More and more, livelihoods are disrupted in the path of storms and rising sea levels, retreating glaciers, intensifying droughts and floods, and food and water scarcity.

What can we do?

Engaging society at all levels and across all continents through individual expression is one way we can make a difference. Art transcends the barriers of language and culture to unite us in our common cause to live with the elements.

The Altering Landscapes exhibition combines the works of international artists with local students to explore the cultural, political, social, technological, historical and geographical landscapes of climate and society. A workshop for students took place in Geneva from 13 - 17 July 2009.

Coinciding with the World Climate Conference 3 in Geneva, which runs from 31 August—4 September 2009, the exhibition is intended to provoke us to think about how we are affected by the environment, how it transforms us, and how we live with it. It began July 13 2009 with a workshop for students in Geneva and will continue with various events scheduled throughout the Conference dates.

Here, contemporary art explores the relationship between the climate and society.