[bookshare-discuss] OT: first ever global water hour.
- From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare list <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Computer Use by and for the Blind <BLIND-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, blindad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
Hi everyone,
It takes allot to motivate me to share what is indeed off topic
information with a group,
but this organization has done it! I remember the awesome thrill
of standing in the Gulf of Mexico as a child, and am saddened to
think that it is likely changed forever due to the Deepwater
Horizon accident. I still laugh when I remember being sprayed with
the sprinkler with my cibs by our dad in a fun way to stay cool.
And, each day, I appreciate how water fortifies my body and keeps
even my eyes properly hydrated. I encourage you to reflect on the
irreplaceable place water holds in your life, and join the folks at
www.waterhour.org
Thanks,
Karen
Here is more information:
Launching a global happening to protect water
First-ever Water Hour - 8 pm, June 11 - www.waterhour.org
Picture all the water in the world filling up a one-gallon pail.
Now picture one tablespoon from this pail. That tiny proportion is
all that's available for human use! And because of population,
pollution, over-use and evaporation caused by global warming, this
precious little amount is dwindling at an alarming rate.
If the coming water crisis concerns you, here's an exciting
opportunity to take action and awareness-raising to a new level.
Water Hour, 8 pm on June 11 is a moment to celebrate water, to
create a torrent of messages and an outburst of action for water!
Water Hour takes a whole new approach - leave fear and guilt
behind, reconnect with the awe and wonder of water in our lives,
and create positive change from a positive place. It's about
falling in love with water...all over again. Water Hour taps into
the enormous power of social networks like Twitter, Facebook,
Flickr and YouTube, connecting us across the globe to create
something wonderful.
You and everyone in your network can participate right now at
www.waterhour.org .
Just follow these steps:
1. Ready
Reconnect with your amazing, touching, hilarious experiences
with water. Share your water moments on the website for a chance to
win a beautiful framed print by photographer James Phillips.
www.jamesphillipsphotography.com/waterhour
2. Set
Submit your ideas for how to celebrate Water Hour on June 11.
You can vote for ideas submitted by others and see the top-voted
ideas before the big event.
3. Go!
Take part in the top-voted ideas during Water Hour or express
yourself in your own way - just be sure to share your action and
messages with the world through the Water Hour social networks.
4. Keep going!
Declare your commitment, large or small, on www.waterhour.org
to protect water at home and in your community.
Where we're coming from...
For a generation, we tried the same recipe to motivate action for
the environment -- disaster scenarios + guilt + don'ts - like
"Don't leave the tap running when you brush your teeth". Yes, this
has motivated action, but not the breakthrough in public engagement
required by the scope and urgency of the challenges we face. Water
Hour is changing the conversation. It aims to motivate in a new
way, starting from a new place.
Water Hour is a celebration, a time to reflect on what water really
means, and a dynamo of action to protect water. The event is
designed to encourage:
. on-the-ground action and celebrations, preferably recorded in
postings, photos and video to share with others online
. communication of messages worldwide through social media,
with www.waterhour.org as a hub driving huge participation on
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube.
However people choose to mark the hour, they are invited to get
involved in a journey to re-awaken their connection to water, and
to commit to its protection:
Savour the moment
Take a little time to reconnect with those moments in your life
when you had a powerful experience with water. We've all had them
- playing deliriously in water as a child, being awe-struck by its
beauty, frightened by its power, calmed by its stillness. Ever been
lashed by an angry downpour, felt a waterfall's mist, gulped a
glass when thirst won't wait?
Savour those moments and share them on
www.waterhour.org/watermoments .
Celebrate
At 8 pm on June 11, celebrate! Take part in the top-voted ideas for
Water Hour or express yourself in your own way. You may want to
dance it, tweet it, pray it, sing it, improv it, paint it, post it
on Facebook, make a sign about it, cook it, photograph it, upload
photos that hold it, shout it, swim it, party it, chant it, rally
for it, meditate it. However you mark the hour, share it with the
world on the Water Hour social networks.
Declare
Declare your commitment to protect water. What action, large or
small, will you take to conserve water in your household or
workplace, to clean and protect the rivers and lakes and aquifers
where your water comes from, to stop pollution, to assure that
water is shared fairly?
Water Hour is an initiative of the Ecologos Institute's wider water
protection program called Water Alive. www.ecologos.ca
www.water-alive.org
For further information please contact:
Nanci Malek - Bentertainment 519-925-0591 bentertainment@xxxxxxxxxx
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