The Municipality’s Libraries and Heritage Department is having the Portraits of Resilience Exhibition at the Durban Natural Science Museum, Research Centre. The exhibition was installed during the Cop17 Conference and will be up until the beginning of April.

The exhibition includes displayed pictures of communities that are affected by climate change. The main message in this work is that people should not be helpless victims of climate change. If anything, this exhibition shows that the youth have a profound sense of place and a strong desire to see their cultures and communities survive and thrive. Regions portrayed in this exhibition are experiencing first-hand effects of rapid climate change.

Portraits of Resilience is led by photographer, Christine Germano, who has extensive experience documenting human/environment interactions and mentoring youth on many community art projects. Through this project, the students have written essays, learned to take photographs and worked hard to show their communities to the outside world. Some of their writing focuses on the present, some on the future.

Visitors can come and view the exhibition and others at 151 K.E. Masinga Road, Monday-Friday,
Time: 8:30 - 15:30. Entrance is free.