Splah! A learning journey in mountain freshwater.

Mountain Culture recently released Splash! a learning journey in mountain freshwater on its Bow Valley Mountain Forum website. The website is dedicated to publicizing community events, activities and information for residents of the Bow Valley. Splash!, created for children, is an animated tour of the relationship between mountains and freshwater and explains how mountains store water and help create precipitation, how lowlands depend on mountains to store and release moisture at appropriate times, and how climate change is impacting this critical relationship. Finally, interactive features quiz site visitors about freshwater use in Alberta industries, share tips on how to conserve water, and provide information about the state of mountain freshwater worldwide.

Splash! was written by environmental writer, Rachel Delaney. Web development was provided by Adam Kirk with Lycosidea Inc. Graphic design, and animation was completed by the Digital Film and Media Production (formerly Creative Electronic Environment) at The Banff Centre. Splash! was produced by Mountain Culture at The Banff Centre and made possible by an important donation from Parks Canada.