EARTHWORKS

Hello everyone! As I celebrate my birthday this year, I’m asking for something a little different. Instead of gifts, I would love your support for Earthworks, an organization whose mission to protect our communities and the environment truly resonates with me. Their dedication to ensuring clean air, water, and healthy lands is vital as we face the challenges of climate change and corporate negligence.

Your support helps Earthworks make a difference by contributing towards efforts like:

• Reducing the harmful impacts of mining and fossil fuel extraction on local communities.
• Advocating for corporate accountability to ensure proper cleanup and restoration of affected areas.
• Promoting sustainable energy solutions that benefit both the environment and the communities affected by energy development.

This quilt was made for the 2016 exhibit "Water is Life" which premiered at the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland. It has traveled around the world to tell the story of 'Rocky Mountain Poison' - when the Gold King Mine spill turned the Animas River orange with toxins - and sickened communities downstream.

Then my daughter was poisoned by VOCs (fracking byproducts - benzene styrene and toluene) in her public school, and Earthworks.org helped our community to identify what was happening. I never could have figured out that she needed to be tested for VOC exposure on my own.  They educated us so we had the strength and courage to go after those who were poisoning our children and covering up the truth.
https://earthworks.org/

After this story quilt traveled for 3 years, seen by thousands of people in many venues around the world, I offered to sell this art quilt to benefit Earthworks...as a thank you for the work they do.

The original idea of a fundraiser auction began to grow into a larger dream when the International Quilt Museum (IQM) in Lincoln NE asked to acquire the quilt!...Your generosity in making this dream come to fruition is greatly appreciated by Earthworks, the IQM and our family.

This quilt is being donated by artist Luana Rubin to raise money for Earthworks.org, then they will donate the quilt to the International Quilt Museum, who will steward this historic work of art for future generations.
https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/

Thank you for supporting my efforts to protect the Earth and her future generations of children, by supporting Earthworks, and the acquisition of 'Rocky Mountain Poison' for IQM.  Now I know my art quilt will continue to tell this important story long after I am gone.

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The quilt has been displayed in a wide variety of venues, from the halls of international diplomacy, to museums, quilt festivals and a university gallery dedicated to Human Rights. The artist was thereby able to connect with viewers from the highest levels of political influence to the deepest level of knowledge and skill in the art of quilting.

The list of venues where this quilt was seen in the "Water is Life" exhibit includes:
The United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Frascati Art Gallery, Frascati, Italy, the International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts, the World Quilt Show, Manchester, New Hampshire, the National Quilt Extravaganza in Oaks, Pennsylvania, the Pacific International Quilt Fest, in Santa Clara, California, the World Quilt Show in Orlando, Florida, the MidAtlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia, the New Jersey Quilt Fest, Somerset, New Jersey, and the Human Rights Gallery, Kean University, Union, New Jersey.  It is estimated that over 100,000 attendees viewed the quilt at these events.

You can see a more detailed photo of the quilt here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/26090643212/in/album-72157666555024431/

Here are photos from the premiere of the 'Water is Life' exhibit at the UN in Geneva:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/luanarubin/albums/72157666555024431

US Mission to the United Nations in Geneva video about this quilt:
https://youtu.be/_VTWTswSKqw

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Luana Rubin is the president and co-owner of eQuilter.com, which has raised over $1.6 million for charity. She is an artist activist, entrepreneur and philanthropist, dedicated to giving to those in need, and protecting the children, wildlife and the environment on Mother Earth.