Watershed Drives New Thinking Around Value and Values of Water.
Ethical, moral, economic, and scientific principles must be united to guide local and global responses to world’s urgent water challenges.
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ROME – Too much, too little, too dirty, undervalued. When water supplies are out of sync with human and environmental needs, life suffers. Adequate water for all means adapting decades-old management practices to fast-changing ecological conditions while expanding the circle of participants in decision making: from a narrow technical-managerial focus to an embrace of ethical, moral, and cultural perspectives from all ages and social classes. This broad perspective should be strengthened by scientific and satellite data that reveal water’s deep connection to food and energy systems, and animated by narratives that unite the sacred and the mundane. Read More
H.E. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi’s Remarks to the High Level Panel on Water
Today we find in common many issues of deepest concern: poverty, inequity, and the suffering of both persons and the planet. Together we seek a common course to navigate a future of justice and compassion, and begin with the basic denominator of all life: water.
Watershed was born in harmony with the concerns and counsel of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si, and in its spirit of reaching out across cultures, religions, ages and boundaries whether marked or unseen on “Sister Earth.” On World Water Day, we initiated a global conversation to give voice to the many perspectives and dimensions for a more united vision of a better world. Read More
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World Water Day – Live from the Vatican
Making the Leap into the Nexus
Dr. Rabi Mohtar
Water at the Crossroads: A Global Commons
H.E. Minister (Dr.) Seleshi Bekele Awulachew
Dr. Fred Boltz
Dr. Assia Bensalah Alaoui
J. Carl Ganter
Water and Humanity
H.E. Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson
Water: Shared Values
Finding Common Ground and Sharing Responsibility on a Planet with Finite Resources.
Water for All: Human Rights Perspective and Empowerment
Dr. Sara Ahmed
Ambassador (Dr.) Godknows Boladei Igali
Yusuf Nessary
What We Do Today is for Our Children’s Future
Kajsa Dahlström
Water in Peace
HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
Water’s Future: Valuing the Invaluable
Jennifer J. Sara
Dr. Fred Boltz
Water: A Call for Action
Water: A Call For Action
Everyone has a Water Story: What is yours?
It’s a story of love, hope, abundance, beauty, scarcity, excess, life, death. It’s your water story.
What is its value?
What are your values?
What does water mean to you?
What role does water play in your daily life?
Your water stories will show the world how water affects your life, community and culture.
To share your water story, explore the six water themes. Each theme features prompts that ask you to submit a story using different media types (social media, video, audio, photos, drawings and multimedia). Share your stories on social media using the hashtag #MyWaterStory or upload your files here.
1.6 BILLION
1.6 billion people currently live in countries and regions with absolute water scarcity. That number is expected to rise to 2.8 billion people by 2025. (World Bank)
69%
69 percent of the water taken from rivers, lakes, and aquifers is used to grow food, globally. Another 19% goes to industrial production, and 12% is used for city water services. (FAO)
125 MILLION
Women and children spend 125 million hours collecting fresh water every day. Individual women and children spend as many as six hours collecting fresh water daily. (Water.org)
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