CHICAGO — Your photos can show climate change's effect on the city's waterways.
River North-based ART WORKS Projects recently launched the #WaterChicago campaign. The nonprofit, which brings awareness to worldwide crises like climate change by using photojournalism, is asking all Chicagoans to take and post photos on their Instagram accounts. All photos tagged #WaterChicago and #EverydayClimateChange will be digitally exhibited on Jan. 30 at ART WORKS' studio, 625 N. Kingsbury St.
"We're hoping to get photos of the bodies of water that really are important to people in the Chicagoland area. Lake Michigan certainly — but also the rivers, streams and other bodies in the region," said ART WORKS executive/creative director Leslie Thomas, of Pilsen.
Some photos have started popping into the local Instagram feed. One pic will be invited to be a guest post on Everyday Climate Change Instagram account, which has 45,000-plus followers.
Thomas said Chicago is fortunate to have access to fresh water.
"But we take it for granted and that won't work in an era of climate change," she said. "Water levels are going up and down, weather conditions are becoming very extreme, and if the rest of the world doesn't have enough water more people will move here than can be supported by the Great Lakes."
Take a look at some of the #WaterChicago Instagram photos below:
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