Water ripples deeply in each of us.
To stir that rippling is to awaken action.
Listen Up!
Valuing water and how it effects climate change on World Water Day… and on ALL days.
The theme for this year’s World Water Day celebration was and is Valuing Water. Below you will find lots of amazing content we have gathered together for you to help celebrate this amazing day. We all value water in different ways and the United Nations is inviting everyone to share their unique connection with water on social media using the hashtags #WorldWaterDay, #Water2Me, #ActionForWater and #WaterIsLife.
These hashtags will unite people from around the world in their appreciation for water and we want to be part of that conversation as well. That’s why on March 22nd we invite you to use the hashtag #WaterDocsWWD when you post any of the below content or share how you value water.
We will respond and engage with your posts when you use our hashtag as we want to help make this World Water Day the best yet and help amplify everyone's voice in our shared appreciation for water.
Our Own Water Ceremony on World Water Day
While you enjoy these photographs submitted to our past photo contests we invite you to reflect on the beauty of water and what it means to you.
The Water Docs Film Festival
Birthplace
Screened at the 2018 Water Docs Film Festival
The Story of Birthplace
Screened at the 2018 Water Docs Film Festival
Understanding Water and Climate Change
What does World Water Day mean to you?
We’d like to share your comments over the coming weeks to help keep us connected to a common goal of caring for our planet, our water, and for each other.
Also, we've created a space for our readers to share their experiences and connections with water and in turn, with each other.
We invite you to enjoy a number of stories that have been shared through our website and if you feel moved, please share your story with us. And don't forget to send a picture along to illustrate it too.
Our 2019 Water Docs Water Warrior Award Recipients
The late Josephine Mandamin
Sacred Water Walks
Autumn Peltier
Following in Josephine Mandamin’s footsteps
Take Action for Water – Locally
Right now, there are 38 Indigenous communities across Canada who can't safely drink their tap water.
Sign the Council of Canadians petition to end drinking water advisories in First Nations.
Sign the Care2 petition to demand clean drinking water on all First Nation reserves in Canada.
Volunteer with or support Water First, an organization working to bring clean drinking water to First Nations in Canada.
Take Action for Water – Globally
Globally, there are 785 million people without access to clean drinking water. Support these organizations working to bring clean drinking water to people around the world.
Read the United Nations 2021 Report on their mission to ensure clean water and sanitation for all by 2030.
H2O for Life offers a service-learning opportunity designed to engage, educate and inspire youth to take action to solve the global water crisis by raising awareness and funds to support implementation of water, sanitation and hygiene education projects for global partner schools.
Every day in rural communities throughout sub-Saharan Africa, millions of people suffer from a lack of access to clean, safe water. For school-aged children it's a burden that traps them in poverty.
We clean water for kids.
For kids in schools, orphanages, hospitals and shelters, safe water is medicine: transformative and life-changing.
As we face a global pandemic, the health of families around the world relies on access to safe water and people like you.
Protecting rivers and defending the rights of the communities that depend on them.
Uniting classic journalism and data literacy, Circle of Blue informs global audiences about the growing competition between water, food, and energy in a changing climate.
Work with local partners to help communities access clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Experience and research influence decision-makers to do more to provide these vital services.
Access to clean water means education, income and health - especially for women and kids.
Proud to be one of twelve leading research organizations across the world in an international water research alliance,
Dave Sandford: Great Lakes Collection
We have fond memories of a photography exhibit by Dave Sandford that we mounted as part of the 2016 Water Docs Film Festival. We also promoted his Liquid Mountains 2018 calendar.
We invite you to visit his website to discover even more of his stunning photography.
More water and climate change messages of word and song…
Be Like Water
Solitary Utterances
When the Water is Gone
Rudy Francisco
Dear Future Generations: Sorry
Prince Ea
Climate Change: A Poem
The Big Blue Blueprint
A Message to Mankind
Breyanna Oldham
Climate Change: A Spoken Word Poem
Kathy Jetnil-Kijina
An SOS from the Kids
Sing Out Saints
Stand As One
Sing Out Saints
Are you curious to find out just how much you rely on water in your everyday life? Use this online tool to calculate your water footprint and discover the many ways you value water without even knowing it.
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Raising Water Stewards for Life
Using a unique, hands-on approach, Water Docs @ School brings young people into a close relationship with water, building their understanding of water systems and instilling a passion for water stewardship.
Water Docs @ School Action Projects is a seven-month long learning and action program for Ontario Grade 7 & 8 students, delivered through a partnership between Ecologos and Learning for a Sustainable Future. This completely cost-free program has been used successfully at schools across the province and praised by teachers for: delivering the entire Ontario curriculum on water, cultivating a deep caring for the environment, developing skills in leadership, team-building, project management and filmmaking.
Take a peek at the winners of the 2020 Water Docs @ School Action Projects program including the Best Project and the Best Film videos and the really excellent Runners-up films and projects too!
What’s In Store for Water Docs
We want to let our wonderful readers and supporters know that there is lots going on behind the scenes at Ecologos/Water Docs.
As you read this we are hard at work on a rebranding project as part of our Water Docs 10th Anniversary Celebration. We'll share more about this soon as the project gets more firmly underway.
We are also very busy planning our 10th Anniversary Film Festival (Woohoo!) which will take place sometime in the Fall of 2021. As this is such a huge milestone for our festival we are in the midst of planning and organizing our biggest event to date and we can't wait to share it with you!
On top of that, we are in the early stages of establishing new partnerships that will help us increase our commitment to climate action, as well as address biases we hold as an organization. We are working on becoming more cognizant of the intersectionality of how we operate and what we produce as an organization.
All that to say this is an exciting time for Ecologos/Water Docs and we hope you'll stay with us for this journey. Stay tuned and be the first to know about the developments we are making!
Be safe and take care,
The Ecologos/Water Docs Team
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OUR MISSION
To evoke a spirit of reverence for water.
To inform about threats that imperil water.
To inspire citizen action to protect water
and its effect on climate change.
“Water is the Driving Force in Nature. It’s the Lifeblood of Humanity, Our Nations, our Economies And our Well-Being.”
Every time I enter the ocean, it shows me something beautiful and unexpected. I’m looking for sharks, and a fin whale surfaces, breath bursting into fine mist. Sea lion pups encourage me to play, spinning in the water, swimming fast then turning on a dime and blowing bubbles. Floating at the surface, a comb jelly mesmerises me with rainbow bands of bioluminescence.