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Eden In Iraq Update September 2021
Meridel Rubenstein selected for an Honorable Mention in CENTER’s Project Launch Grant recognizing her project, Eden in Iraq.
Meridel Rubenstein has been selected for an Honorable Mention in CENTER’s Project Launch Grant recognizing her project, Eden in Iraq. The Project Launch Grant supports a reportage, documentary or fine art series from New Mexico-based individuals. The Grant provides...
Article and photographs on the Iraq Mesopotamian Marshes by Emilienne Malfatto in the New York Times.
Wonderful New York Times article DROUGHT AND ABUNDANCE IN THE MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHES. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/travel/iraq-mesopotamian-marshes.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage
Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden Project Chosen For UNESCO’s Green Citizens Initiative
In October 2020, the Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden Project, under Meridel Rubenstein's direction, was chosen as one of 100 projects for UNESCO's Green Citizens Initiative. In January 2021 our project, with Meridel’s photographs, was featured in the Codex...
Eden in Iraq with Nature Iraq IFAM update
We received huge support for our IFAM/Nature Iraq NGO project: Embroidered Wedding Blankets from the Garden of Eden. Nature Iraq’s larger work and the Eden in Iraq Project were broadcast far and wide, in newspapers and magazines and interviews. We showed videos, had...
Eden in Iraq with Nature Iraq Historic Rugs
Update on our Nature Iraq partnership at The International Folk Art Market and the ongoing project with Women Weavers.
Eden in Iraq Update 2019
Dear Friends, I’m back from Iraq with really good news. The Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden in the Mesopotamian Marshes at El Chibaish has been partially funding by Iraq’s Ministry for Water Resources! Plans are underway to break ground as soon as possible, by this...
Eden In Iraq Exhibition, National Design Centre Singapore, October 2017
Our collaborative wastewater garden project Eden in Iraq opened at the National Design Centre on October 6th in Singapore. The exhibiton documented thus far our 4-6 year research and design process short of building the wastewater garden. Selections from my...
Eden in Iraq Presentation at Arizona State University, Feb 9, 2017
The Arizona State University Museum of Art is interested in taking the exhibition we will present in Singapore next October. My adjunct position at the School of Sustainability was renewed indefinitely and they are happy to have our project brought under their...
BAGHDAD REPORT
After 5 month of 125 F temperatures and withholding of the water by Isis and Turkey to keep the Euphrates and Tigris rivers flowing, people were angry. The marshes are dried out for a 2nd time. We were invited October 5th and 6th to make a presentation at the...
Iraq Update and Conference: Restoring Eden at NTU
An environmental remediation and cultural project such as ours risks setbacks in a country decimated by war. When our project first began, Iraq appeared to be undergoing a process of restoration after decades of war. Our Eden in Iraq Wastewater Garden Project has had...