The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) has funded a two-year tour of Hard Rain: Whole Earth? to principal cities throughout Sweden, featuring customized content that illustrates Swedish sustainable development projects at home and in the majority world, along with a programme of events and guided tours for schools.
Hanna Karlsson leads a guided tour of Hard Rain: Whole Earth? for a group of high school students in Lund. The tours were provided as a part of a two-week sustainability festival organized by Utmaning Hållbart Lund, a collaboration between the municipality and the university dedicated to sustainable development.
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MPs team up with Hard Rain for Rio+20 debate
On 21 May 2012, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee teamed up with Hard Rain Project and Commons Speaker John Bercow to host a fascinating public debate at St Martin-in-the-Fields ahead of the Rio+20 summit in June.
The London event was addresses by Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General designate, via pre-recorded video link from the parallel Hard Rain: Whole Earth? exhibition outside Lund Cathedral in Sweden (see video above).
The event marked the launch of the Hard Rain: Whole Earth? exhibition at St Martin's, and the release of the Whole Earth? book. The exhibition continued to 30 September.
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