Rising Waters is a participatory art project by Susan Israel that marks future flood levels due to sea level rise and storms from climate change. The installations translate complex data into simple visuals that people can immediately understand and relate to viscerally, helping them visualize what is at risk. Susan began Rising Waters in 2013 to educate people about climate impacts and empower them to act. The reaction was so strong that she has continued ever since.

Partnering with organizations, schools, and communities, Rising Waters has been installed over 40 times in the US, Panama, and Hong Kong, including in 16 Broward County Schools. Photographic exhibitions have been shown at the the World Trade Organization, United Nations, BioMuseo in Panama, and EarthDay Texas. The exhibit is available on loan.

You can create a Rising Waters installation to educate your colleagues, organization, and community about the impacts of climate change. We provide all instructions, and kits of materials are available as well. Rising Waters installation can be made even more impactful by adding your own creative projects, events, documentary exhibits, and educational materials, which we will share on our website. We are telling the story of local impacts of climate change while connecting a global community of climate action advocates.

Rising Waters is a project of Climate Creatives, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas which is a non-profit arts service organization. 100% of our budget supports projects that fulfill our mission of empowering people to act on climate change.

Please visit our profile on the Fractured Atlas web-site to make a donation.

Rising Waters

Rising Waters is a global art and education project that empowers people to act on climate change.

Created by Susan Israel of Climate Creatives

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Susan Israel

Susan Israel, AIA, LEED AP, is an artist, architect and social entrepreneur. After 20 years of practicing architecture, Susan founded Climate Creatives to drive culture change and empower people to act on climate issues using her own unique methods that combine public art, art-making experiences, and design. Susan develops innovation and stakeholder engagement programs for businesses and organizations, and advises them on engagement, culture change, and interdisciplinary collaboration. She leads companies through an envisioning process to help them build resiliency and innovation for a changing climate. At Climate Creatives she has partnered with over 100 entities to reach 500,000 people and build an international network. Susan consults to colleges and schools, using the design process to teach sustainability, innovation, leadership, her own unique STEAM methodology. More at ClimateCreatives.com.

Previously, Susan founded and led two architecture practices. She received her A.B. from Harvard College with Honors, a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and attended the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School. She lives in Newton where she raised three children who inspire her to persist in her work.