In 2024, Le Puits The Story Well are partners in the PLUIË project, led by the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance. The association will create a podcast and a storytelling production to raise local awareness of the importance of rainwater management in the Geneva region. We are looking forward to sharing these rain stories to start a conversation about local climate change adaptation. People are changing how rainwater is valued, working at the scale of the private garden, the commune, and the region. Their actions are an inspiration, showing that every drop counts!

The PLUIË project is funded by the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, the Fédération génevoise de coopération, the Pôle métropolitan génovois français, the Ville de Genève and the République et Canton de Genèva. 

On March 14th, Le Puits were excited to welcome Le Karch to our workspace and garden. As you can see from the photo of Yara Leone, a Karch team member, it was a beautiful spring morning for the visit.

As part of our collaboration with the  PLUIË project, led by the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, we will be talking to Le Karch. The Geneva-based NGO will contribute to our forthcoming podcast: Genève: l’Eau Vert!  It investigates what is being done to increase green water storage in the Geneva Region. That is rain and water stored in vegetation and ponds. Les Puits will be asking local NGOs, architects, and engineers:

• why is storing green water important in a changing climate?
• how is green water stored in the Grand Genève region?
• who benefits from this climate adaptation approach?

Le Karch-GE are experts in pond building, to host threatened species of amphibians and reptiles in Grand Genève. Check back in with the blog next month, to discover more about their work!

It’s April 16th, and Le Puits are getting cooking! It is time to start simmering our storytelling project for the PLUIË project. After a week of temperatures higher than 20°C, the vegetation is lush, especially now the sky has clouded over, and the rain is falling.

As part of our collaboration with the  PLUIË project, led by the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, Le Puits is creating a storytelling performance, for 11-12 year olds.

The narrative frame has been made, but it needs planting up with lively observations of springtime growth. So I was out for a stroll this morning and made up a skipping rhyme, threading flowers I saw as I walked into it. How many of them do you know in it?

* Speedwell * Daisy * Dandelion * Celandine * Plantain * Periwinkle * Hawthorn *

        * Wild Garlic * Wild Strawberry * Clover * Clover * Clover * Clover * Primrose *

       ************************ And now the rain!******************************

Afterwards, I came back to the Le Puits workspace, and cooked up lunch using some local wild garlic, boiled in a fish stock; a few leek tops a neighbour gifted me from their garden; a splash of coconut milk; a spoonful of crab paste; a sprinkling of celery salt, and a dash of chili sauce made by a friend. A quick and tasty rain-fed recipe: try it!