Champions for Water
Fresh water is the one public resource that we all need in equal measure each day for our survival. It, like the land, is finite. When we destroy it, when we waste it, when we deprive each other of its essential benefits, we are acting against our true interest and survival. Public awareness of the world water crisis is growing. Several organizations are working toward water conservation and equitable distribution. Here is a small sampling of conservation organizations devoted to preserving lands, rivers, streams, and wetlands.
Danish Hydraulic Institute
The DHI is a non-profit consulting firm chartered by the Danish Government. Their team has developed proprietary software capacity that can assimilate massive amounts of data and make it adaptable for testing impacts of projected future conditions and scenarios.
@dhigroup
Water.Org
Water.Org is driving the water sector for new solutions, new financing models, greater transparency, and real partnerships to create lasting change. Co-founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that has transformed hundreds of communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America by providing access to safe water and sanitation.
@Water
UN-Water
UN-Water is a United Nations inter-agency for all freshwater and sanitation related matters. UN-Water was formalized in 2003 by the UN High Level Committee on Programmes. It provides the platform to address the cross-cutting nature of water and maximize system-wide coordinated action and coherence. The scope of UN-Water’s work encompasses all aspects of water: fresh water resources, sanitation, water-related disasters, and the interface between fresh and sea water.
@UN_Water
Circle of Blue
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable information about the world’s resource crises. With an intense focus on water and its relationships to food, energy, and health, Circle of Blue has created a breakthrough model of front-line reporting, data collection, and design that has evolved with the world’s need to spur new methodology in science, collaboration, innovation, and response.
@CircleofBlue
Water Manifesto
In an urgent call to action, The Water Manifesto calls for a world water contract which would establish fresh water as an essential good to which all people have a right, controlled by communities in the public interest, and with international rules for its equitable management and distribution. It calls for an immediate program of fresh water provision for the rural and urban poor.
Blue Vision Summit
May 11 - 14, 2015
W20’s own Peter Neill will present with a panel of experts at this year’s Blue Vision Summit in Washington D.C.
How to Tell Your Story Workshop
Tuesday May 12, 2015
This workshop will offer guidance to more effectively communicate blue issues through use of film, video, social media, and interactions with mainstream media.
