by Media & Communications Coordinator Amanda Wong 2020 has been one of the most challenging years with the greatest focus in the media being directed to the global public health crisis, which left little room to discuss water related news. With life constantly changing due to public health guidelines, it can make it hard to…
by Media and Communications Coordinator Amanda Wong Have you heard of the Water – Energy – Food Nexus? Many people haven’t, but it’s an emergent theory that has gained popularity in sustainable development. This theory studies the interconnections between water security, energy security, and food security. This means that decisions made in one sector will…
by Megan Cornall, Water Innovation Labs Coordinator and Amanda Wong, Media and Communications Coordinator Water Innovation Labs At the Core Water Innovation Labs (WIL) are one of the main pillars of Waterlution’s work. For years we have been hosting WILs to provide immersive leadership training designed to accelerate collaborative innovation, fast-track knowledge-sharing and devise new…
by Olivia Allen, Project Lead for Youth Programs In my last contribution to the Cautious Optimist Project,I shared about my experience with starting seedlings and planting many fruits and vegetables in my garden! As you’ll read in the last blog, I was a little overwhelmed with the amount of plants I had started, pots everywhere,…
by Amanda Wong Media and Communications Coordinator If you missed the first part, check out Part 1 of our Water Journey here. Our last stop was in 1856, at the Fraser River Gold Rush in British Columbia. We have covered quite a bit of Canadian history so far, from the discovery of new paths through…
by Karen Kun, President & Founder of Waterlution I always knew this day would come, always pushing it away in my mind, yet not until the amazing news of your position within the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Programme, NEWAVE Water Governance PhD, was confirmed did it truly sink in that our talented, skilled and inspirational…
by Amanda Wong, Communications and Media Coordinator I wanted to take us back through the history of our Canadian waterways. Canada has the longest shorelines that spans over 243 042 km and 20% of global freshwater reserves [1] [2]. It’s clear that water has shaped the very landscapes and cities that we call home. The…
By: Felicity Feinman, A Youth Advisory Board Member from 2018-2019 Will foraging help us survive the climate crisis? In preparing this blog and going on a foraging trip, I found myself having many imaginary conversations with Danielle in my mind. This is a question I wish I could ask her. “For every month this year,…
By Sydney Morgan, Youth Advisory Member 2020-2021 A new eco-friendly habit I picked up during the ‘quarantine’ period of 2020 is thrift shopping. It’s a great way to save the planet (in a nutshell), find unique items that stand out from the crowd, and maybe even save a little bit of money (with the exception…
by Sydney Stevenson, Youth Advisory Board Member 2019-2020 The anti-racism movement unfolding around the world and online is unprecedented. Never before has social media been used so actively to address and educate people on white privilege, colonial legacies, and the ongoing systematic racism which has continued legacies of violence and genocide in American, Canadian and…