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Opportunities with the Great Waters Challenge

Category: BlogBy Waterlution February 20, 2017

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The ocean covers the majority of the earth, but on

The ocean covers the majority of the earth, but only a small portion of its waters has been explored. Despite humanity’s utter reliance on it, and compared to the breadth and depth of what it gives us, the ocean receives only a fragment of our attention and resources in return.
But tides are changing.
To celebrate the United Nations World Oceans Day 2023 theme, Planet Ocean, the United Nations is joining forces with decision makers, scientists, private sector executives, civil society representatives, indigenous communities, celebrities and youth activists and more to put the ocean first.
REGISTER TO WATCH THE VIRTUAL EVENT at unworldoceansday.org @unworldoceansday
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#WorldOceansDay #OceanFirst #Oceans #ClimateAction #UNWorldOceansDay #UNWorldOceansDay2023

Tune in live on Environment and Climate Change Can

Tune in live on Environment and Climate Change Canada's Facebook at 4:00 p.m. EDT today, as experts, in collaboration with Health Canada, discuss climate change, air quality and mental health - get the link in our stories today!
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#CleanAirDay #HealthyAirHealthyPlanet

Um convite para comunicadores do Sul Global! Compe

Um convite para comunicadores do Sul Global!
Competição de vídeos e podcasts do World Water Journey - um concurso para selecionar histórias que mobilizam soluções locais sobre a água no Sul Global.
Inscrições encerram dia 20 de junho.
🔗 LINK IN BIO
🎥🌊🎥🌊🎥🌊
Inviting storytellers from the Global South!
Check out the World Water Journey Video and Podcast Contest, a Digital Storytelling Contest to Mobilize Local Water Stories & Solutions across the Global South.
Registration closes June 20th.
🔗 LINK IN BIO
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#agua #water #contest #globalsouth #brazil #southamerica

This is International Environment Week, and we wan

This is International Environment Week, and we want to join our network of water leaders in spreading the message of the importance of celebrating and safeguarding our environment, reducing plastic waste and pollution to protect the wildlife and our waters.
#EnviroWeek
#BeatPlasticPollution #InternationalEnvironmentWeek #Water #WaterConnectsUsAll #WaterNetwork #WaterLeaders

We're introducing our 2023-2024 Youth Advisory Boa

We're introducing our 2023-2024 Youth Advisory Board! Meet Tooba Dawood, the environmentalist and education advocate who’s making a global impact! Born northwest of the Jhelum River in Pakistan, Tooba’s love for nature, biodiversity and lived experiences inspired her to create accessible education on a global scale. Her climate project, which won Youth Challenge International’s 2022 Pitch Night, has catapulted her into the forefront of education-focused projects that tackle the SDGs, climate action and quality education.
With a Certified Associate in Project Management license and 10+ years of experience in youth leadership, Tooba continues to collaborate with organizations and individuals worldwide, helping to break barriers to education. As Director of Strategic Planning for the Baronet Foundation, Global Youth Ambassador with Theirworld Org, SDG Mentor with the United Nations Association of Canada, and an Ocean Bridge Ambassador with Ocean Wise, Tooba is making a real difference for youth in Canada and beyond.
Tooba is also passionate about mentoring youth and empowering them with the leadership and project management skills necessary for success, as evidenced by her work with various youth-focused organizations. Join Tooba on her mission to empower youth through education and create a brighter future for generations to come!
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#youthadvisoryboard #youthadvisors #YAB #water #waterleaders #youth #youngleaders #waternetwork #waterconnects #waterislife #indigenousart #truthandreconciliation #waterstories #watereducation

UNITY project continues at Gordon Bell Secondary w

UNITY project continues at Gordon Bell Secondary with a workshop led by artist @clairejohnston__ working on a mixed media piece on canvas. Yet untitled. Each student contributed as part of the project.
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#UNITY #artbasedlearning #waterstories #waterconnectsusall #water #winnipeg #manitoba

REPOST @riverrockz6nay : @chiefswood put on a grea

REPOST @riverrockz6nay :
@chiefswood put on a great event 🙌🏽 we showed up & showed off the mosaic stepping stones we been working on w/ the Indigenous students from Cayuga Secondary School in collaboration with @waterlution for the UNITY project 🌊✨ Big up to immortl.k , @spicasmoke & @arihwayens for dropping some bars for the open mic 🎤 was also great to hear the Old Mush Singers ✨ & happy birthday to @jalentroi !! 🥳🫶🏼
#RiverRockz #RevolutionizeTheRipples #BeforeAllElse #Mosaic #SteppingStones #Art #GivingThanks #Waterlution #Unity #SixNations #Chiefswood #ChiefswoodPark

Are you a water professional, journalist, or story

Are you a water professional, journalist, or story-teller from the Global South engaged in water and climate adaptation in your community?
➡ Participate in our digital storytelling contest to mobilize local water wtories & solutions across the Global South!
Contest Registration Closes June 20.
Find out more at the link in our bio.
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#WorldWaterJourney #water #waternetwork #waterprofessionals #waterleaders #waterstories #waterinnovation #watersolutions #climateaction #waterconnectsusall

📣 We're introducing our new 2023-2024 Youth Adv

📣 We're introducing our new 2023-2024 Youth Advisory Board! Meet Vanessa Nichols! Vanessa was born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario and has a strong commitment to equity and inclusion. Vanessa is a recent graduate from McGill University with a Master’s of Science in Public Health and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Medical Science in One Health. She is currently working as an epidemiologist with the Antimocrobial Resistance (AMR) task-force to assess the burden of AMR in environmental reservoirs (air, water, soil) and the associated risks this poses for human health. Welcome, Vanessa!
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#youthadvisoryboard #youthadvisors #YAB #water #waterleaders #youth #youngleaders #waternetwork #waterconnects #waterislife #indigenousart #truthandreconciliation #waterstories #watereducation

UNITY update: Megan visited students at Smithers S

UNITY update: Megan visited students at Smithers Secondary, who are creating water colour paintings inspired through workshops with artist Jolene Andrew!
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#UNITY #smithersbc #indigenousartist #waterstories #waterconnectsusall #water

We're excited to announce that we have a new Youth

We're excited to announce that we have a new Youth Advisory Board in place for the 2023-2024 term! Our board members are volunteers, 18-30 years old, active and interested in water and climate change, education, community engagement, and committed to work on reconciliation and support UNITY.
Meet Aislyn Sax! Aislyn has been passionate about conservation for years which pushed her to attend law school and focus on environmental law. She currently resides on the territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of the Odawa, Ojibway, and Potawatomi (Windsor) for school. She has been especially interested in oceans and the sea life inside and how warming and microplastic is affecting the oceans and human health. Aislyn enjoys working with kids and has been involved with program and workshop development since she started going to summer camps at 11. She wants to continue learning and advocating for indigenous legal orders within her future practice. Outside of work you can find her quoting her favourite sitcom characters. Welcome, Aislyn!
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#youthadvisoryboard #youthadvisors #YAB #water #waterleaders #youth #youngleaders #waternetwork #waterconnects #waterislife #indigenousart #truthandreconciliation #waterstories #watereducation

Explore Mexico City’s water story by video, phot

Explore Mexico City’s water story by video, photographic essay, mixed media and more on World Water Journey.
Learn about the individuals and organizations on the ground in Mexico City working to solve local water challenges, create new approaches or invent new technology solutions to improve water security locally and with global impact. (LINK IN BIO)
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#WorldWaterJourney #MexicoCity #Mexico #water #waterleaders #waternetwork #waterinnovation #waterstories #watersolutions #waterprofessionals #waterpreneurs #climateaction

Dawn and Flavia spent a wonderful morning alongsid

Dawn and Flavia spent a wonderful morning alongside the River Pinheiros at the celebration of the 10 year anniversary of the @swarovskifoundation and their support of the Water School in the Amazon @fasamazonia.
Thank you to @raquelluna for the invitation.
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#Brazil #Brazil #PinheirosRiver #sãopaulo #water #watereducation

🚨🚨🚨 COMING SOON! Water Innovation Lab Can

🚨🚨🚨 COMING SOON! Water Innovation Lab Canada 2023
Exshaw, Alberta: Oct. 23-27
Celebrating Waterlution's 20 year anniversary!
Applications open in June... stay tuned.
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#WILCanada2023 #WILCanada #water #waterinnovation #waterinnovationlab #alberta #exshaw #canada #waternetwork #waterleaders

Meet Mexico's Loreta Castro Reguera, whose work fo

Meet Mexico's Loreta Castro Reguera, whose work focuses on the design of infrastructural public spaces to better manage water through urban design.
"(The public space) has the possibility of acting, let's say, vertically, not only as an urban surface, but also in mitigating environmental problems (...) If we look at the urban sprawl of the most important cities in the world, it is impressive how these cities are expanding irregularly and without a structure, with no places to connect , to meet, to talk, to hang out, to catch the rain, or to recycle garbage, for example. That represents plenty of work for all the architects in the world, no? I think that (the public space) is a place where we must set our eyes as architects, as urban designers, if we really want to transform the cities in which we live."
Discover more about Loreta's work, as well as other Wavemakers and water innovators in Mexico at World Water Journey at the link in our bio.
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#WorldWaterJourney #Mexico #MexicoCity #water #waterinnovation #watersolutions #waterleaders #waternetwork #waterprofessionals #waterpreneurs #climateaction

How to participate in the World Water Journey Cont

How to participate in the World Water Journey Contest:
➡ STEP 1
Immerse yourself in World Water Journey (link in bio). Check out as many pins as you can to see what stories already exist, and get inspired for stories you may want to share for the contest.
➡ STEP 2
Register for the contest, which includes an option to sign-up for podcast and video training. After registering, you will receive a welcome email with all the information you need.
REGISTER at link in bio.
➡ STEP 3
Produce 1 or 2 pieces of engaging, podcasts and/or videos (each 4-6 minutes in length).
➡ STEP 4
Submit your podcast and video entries on or before the deadline, July 31, 2023!
Must be 18-35 years old, and reside in the regions of Mexico, Central and South America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, or South Asia.
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#WorldWaterJourney #water #waternetwork #waterprofessionals #waterleaders #waterstories #waterinnovation #watersolutions #climateaction #waterconnectsusall

We had our final UNITY workshop at Cayuga with art

We had our final UNITY workshop at Cayuga with artist @riverrockz6nay. Mosaics will be completed @chiefswood_park and be part of an open house on May 27th, 11-4pm.
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#UNITY #artbasedlearning #waterstories #waterconnectsusall #water #cayuga

Eskasoni artist Chanelle Julian and high school st

Eskasoni artist Chanelle Julian and high school students participating in UNITY project are hard at work on two artwork pieces until the end of June. We can't wait to see the finished work!
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#UNITY #eskasoni #novascotia #indigenousartist #waterstories #waterconnectsusall #water

Exciting WIL Tanzania progress update‼️ As par

Exciting WIL Tanzania progress update‼️
As part of the #incubation phase, our teams, together with community members, had the pleasure of hosting an expert who visited to assess and define optimal sites for building small and affordable #sand dams.
Our community champions learned essential principles for site selection 📝and received training on the construction process 🔨🪓⛏️.
We're thrilled to announce that not one, but TWO sand dams will be built—one dedicated to irrigation🌾 and the other for livestock use🐄.
Stay tuned as we continue our journey with our #wilTanzania participants towards sustainable rainwater harvesting and empowering the community💦🌱
under @regrowtanzania1 & @tanzaniaparks
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@hudefo_
@innovationpeer
@sara_dia
@dawfle
@sarahneke
@fure_anderson
@bernmadole
@edina_gk
#Tanapa #tanzania #nationalparks #regrow
#southrentanzania
#WaterConservation #SustainableFarming #CommunityEmpowerment"

➡ Are you 18-35 years old? ➡ Are you in the re

➡ Are you 18-35 years old?
➡ Are you in the regions of Mexico, Central and South America, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, or South Asia?
➡ Are you a water professional, journalist, or story-teller from the Global South engaged in water and climate adaptation in your community?
Contest registration closes June 20! Sign up or find out more at the link in our bio.
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#WorldWaterJourney #contest #waterstories #waternetwork #waterprofessionals #waterleaders #waterkeepers #waterpreneurs #climateaction #water #globalnetwork

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