Homework 8
Water Sustainability Summit - What will it take?
Peter Gleick et al.,’s Take on Water Sustainability plus 7 Criteria
Water Sustainability =
the use of water that supports the ability of human society to endure and flourish into the indefinite future without undermining the integrity of the hydrological cycle or the ecological systems that depend on it.
· Is this all it takes?
· How prioritize these recommendations?
· Is this the best way to frame it?
· How do his recommendations compare to those found in the other readings?
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement Building Principles
Do you subscribe to this conclusion?
Do we need to change our way of thinking?
· What does water “consciousness” mean?
· How do the recommendations in this article compare to Gleick’s?
· What ideology is represented in this article?
· Discuss…
About Your Individual Articles
· Take turns sharing the take home points of your article.
· What was the emphasis?
· What are the recommendations for securing water sustainability in your article?
· What was most insightful about it?
· While everybody says their piece, take note of:
· common themes and recommendations. Where is the overlap?
· what is unique to each article?
· what speaks to you?
Take Notes Here:
Brandes, O, and Brooks, D (2007). The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell. Polis Water Project.
Share / Evaluate
· Share your opinion on which of the authors of the readings for today best represents your perspective on how we should strive for a more sustainable water future? How come?
· What do you think are the most critical concepts that can be gleaned from these readings?
Produce a Manifesto
It may be difficult to come to consensus on a collective set of principles or recommended actions. One of the big stumbling blocks to achieving a more sustainable relationship with the world and each other is the inability to define shared objectives and reach tricky decisions via an inclusive, multi-stakeholder process. A big goal of this activity is for you and your classmates to model the messy process and manage to come to some agreement in a very short time. If you can do this in a way that honors everyone’s perspective and contribution, then you are poised to take the lead in fostering more sustainable planning and management in the “real world.”
· What are the critical actions or changes that must occur to get us on a more sustainable path with regard to water use, conservation, and provisioning?
· Prioritize them and be prepared to share them.
· Generate your list or manifesto on the large paper provided. Include your names on it. This will be submitted as part of Homework 9 for 10 points.
· Nominate a spokesperson to highlight the key elements of your plan.