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Water Sustainability Summit
What will it take?
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Water Sustainability Summit
What will it take?
Lake Oroville, California - Before Summer 2015

“the use of water that supports the ability of human society to
endure and flourish into the indefinite future without
undermining the integrity of the hydrological cycle or the
ecological systems that depend on it.”
Sounds good.
What’s Gleick’s own critique of this?
“By itself, however, it is too general to offer guidance for water
managers, planners, and scientists.
To make decisions about how to allocate and use water
resources, other goals and criteria need to be identified.”
We Start with Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Gleick, P (1998). Water in Crisis: Paths to Sustainability.
Ecological Applications, 8(3): 571-579
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Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
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Gleick, P (1998). Water in Crisis: Paths to Sustainability.
Ecological Applications, 8(3): 571-579
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His seven criteria sound pretty good too. Are we done?
Is this all it takes?
How prioritize these recommendations?
Is this the best way to frame it?
How do his recommendations compare to those found in the
other readings?
Peter Gleick’s Take on Water Sustainability
Why do you think this particular article was assigned for
everyone to read instead of one of the other 5?
What does water “consciousness” mean?
How do the recommendations in this article compare to
Gleick’s?
What ideology is represented in this article?
Discuss…
Clarke - On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight

Movement Building Principles
On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight Movement
Building Principles
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight
Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water
Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167
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Eight Movement Building Principles
Water Integrity
Treat water with reverence and respect
Water Commons
Water must be available to all people and nature
Resist commodification of water
Water Sovereignty
Local communities must be able to control their watersheds
Water Equity
Justice and equity favor public water supply systems
Water Conservation
Use only what we need
Water Quality
Protect ecosystems and human health
Water Security
Prevent water conflicts

Water Democracy
The people become the guardians of water via grassroots,
bottom-up activities
Do you subscribe to this conclusion?
Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”: Eight
Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water
Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167.
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The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the River
Basin Approach Is No Longer Sufficient and Why Cooperative
Action at Global Level Is Needed
Framework for Implementing the Future We Want
A Framework and Guidelines for Moving Toward Sustainable
Water Resources Management
The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell
How to Avert a Water Crisis - A Six Point Plan
Five More Perspectives/Frameworks

Take turns sharing the take home points of your article.
What was the emphasis?
What are the recommendations for securing water sustainability
in your article?
What was most insightful about it?
While everybody says their piece, take note of:
common themes and recommendations. Where is the overlap?
what is unique to each article?
what speaks to you?
Group Work
How to Avert a Water Crisis: A Six-Point Plan
Action 1: Gather high-quality data
Action 2: Treasure the environment
Action 3: Reform water governance
Action 4: Revitalize water use for farming
Action 5: Manage urban and industrial demands for water
Action 6: Empower the poor and women in water management
World Water Brief
The outcome document of the 2012 United Nations Conference
on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), The Future We Want,
recognized that ‘water is at the core of sustainable

development’ and its social, economic and environmental
dimensions.
In September 2014, the UN General Assembly adopted a
resolution on a report that “shall be the main basis for
integrating sustainable development goals into the post-2015
development agenda.”
17 Sustainable Development Goals
End poverty in all its forms everywhere
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and
sanitation for all
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and
sustainable
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial
ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification,
and halt and reverse land degradation and biodiversity loss
sanitation for all
by 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and
affordable drinking water for all
by 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation
and hygiene for all, and end open defecation, paying special

attention to the needs of women and girls and those in
vulnerable situation
by 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution,
eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous
chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated
wastewater, & increasing recycling and safe reuse
by 2030, substantially increase water use efficiency across all
sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of
freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce
the number of people suffering from water scarcity
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by 2030 implement integrated water resources management at
all levels, including through transboundary cooperation
by 2020 protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including
mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
by 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building
support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related
activities and programmes
support and strengthen the participation of local communities
for improving water and sanitation management

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“Different societal contexts need to find their own unique ways
and apply their own measures to achieve the future they want.”
“Tensions between multiple water priorities and entitlements
will need to be resolved contextually by water stakeholders on
the ground”
“The global water crisis is mainly one of governance.”
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water

Achieve universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation and
hygiene
Improve by (x%) the sustainable use and development of water
resources in all countries
All countries strengthen equitable, participatory and
accountable water governance
Reduce untreated wastewater by (x%), nutrient pollution by
(y%) and increase wastewater reuse by (z%)
Reduce mortality by (x%) and economic loss by (y%) from
natural and human-induced water-related disasters
A Post-2015 Global Goal for Water
Targets!
An International Protocol on Water Pricing
A Pollution Tax and International Nutrient Housekeeping
Water-labeling of Water-intensive Products or Water-
certification of Industries
Minimum Water Rights
Water Footprint Quotas
Implementing the Water-Neutral Concept
It is like carbon off-setting…
The Global Dimension of Water Governance: Why the River
Basin Approach Is No Longer Sufficient and Why Cooperative
Action at Global Level Is Needed

Turner’s selected subset
1) Recognize the crisis
2) Estimate Useable Water
3) Determine Minimum Requirements
11) Characterize the region, watershed and community
12) Stakeholder Values, Beliefs, Interests and Concerns
16) Sustainability Criteria Comparisons
Look familiar so far?
IWRM
But wait, one more unique one…
20 Steps!
Turner’s selected subset
1) Recognize the crisis
2) Estimate Useable Water
3) Determine Minimum Requirements
11) Characterize the region, watershed and community
12) Stakeholder Values, Beliefs, Interests and Concerns
16) Sustainability Criteria Comparisons
17) Alternative Future Analyses
create a vision for what the stakeholders want for the future
Three scenarios is an optimal number for most communities
20 Steps!

“The best way to secure the future for fresh water is to develop
a plan that draws all “new” water from better use of existing
supplies and to change habits and attitudes.”
“As a matter of principle, the soft path works within ecological
limits and promotes local public participation to ensure
sustainability of our water resources.”
“Soft path planning looks 20 to 50 years into the future and
proposes major changes in our water infrastructure and
institutions.”
View water as a service (list all services provided)
Ensure ecological sustainability
Conserve water quality and quantity
Look ahead by working backwards
Project a business-as-usual scenario
Establish a desired future scenario
Review water supply options
Backcast
Create various soft paths by
designing incremental policies and
programs to get from “there to here.”
Write, talk, promote

Share your opinion on which of the authors of the readings for
today best represents your perspective on how we should strive
for a more sustainable water future? How come?
What do you think are the most critical concepts that can be
gleaned from these readings?
Share / Evaluate
What are the critical actions or changes that must occur to get
us on a more sustainable path with regard to water use,
conservation, and provisioning?
Prioritize them and be prepared to share them.
Produce a Manifesto
What Are Our Priorities?

In a sustainable world that is achievable in the near future,
water and related resources are managed in support of human
well-being and ecosystem integrity in a robust economy.
Sufficient and safe water is made available to meet every
person’s basic needs, with healthy lifestyles and behaviours
easily upheld through reliable and affordable water supply and
sanitation services, in turn supported by equitably extended and
efficiently managed infrastructure.
Water is duly valued in all its forms, with wastewater treated as
a resource that avails energy, nutrients and freshwater for reuse.
Vision 2050:
Water in a sustainable world
The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015
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Water resources management, infrastructure and service
delivery are sustainably financed.
Human settlements develop in harmony with the natural water
cycle and the ecosystems that support it, with measures in place
that reduce vulnerability and improve resilience to water-related
disasters.
Integrated approaches to water resources development,
management and use - and to human rights - are the norm.
Water is governed in a participatory way that draws on the full
potential of women and men as professionals and citizens,
guided by a number of able and knowledgeable organizations,
within a just and transparent institutional framework.
Vision 2050:
Water in a sustainable world

The United Nations World Water Development Report 2015
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Anthony Jackson
Amy Durkin
English 103
01 April 2018
"Parents face a series of unique new challenges in this more
egalitarian world, not the least of which would be sending a
daughter off to war. But parents all over this country are doing
that right now, with daughters who enlisted; some have even
expressed surprise that young women, in this day and age, are
not required to register alongside their brothers and friends.
While all involved in this debate over the years have invoked
the assumed opposition of the people, even 10 years ago, more
than half of all Americans polled believed women should be
made eligible for the draft. Besides, this is not about comfort
but about fairness. My son has to register with the Selective
Service this year, and if his sister does not when she turns 18, it
makes a mockery not only of the standards of this household but
of the standards of this nation."
-Anna Quindlen
Selective service
As parents, raising your children, you want to treat them with
the same fairness and give both the same opportunities
regardless of sex. As your son turns 18 years old, he has to
register for selective service. What about your daughter?

Quindlen believes it is a "mockery not only of the standards" of
a household "but of the standards of this nation". Also,
Quindlen stated, "ten years ago stating that more than half of all
Americans polled believed women should be made eligible for
the draft." So why has this not been done yet? With more and
more woman enlisting, it is time to stop fearing opposition and
start allowing women to be drafted for selective service.
Works Cited
ANNA QUINDLEN. UNCLE SAM AND AUNT SAMANTHA.
NEWSWEEK, 2001. Print
Research resources for research topic
EDELMAN, MARC. Boston College Law Review. 2017, Vol. 58
Issue 4, p1137-1168. 32p. , Database: Criminal Justice
Abstracts
John S Kiernan. Should College Athletes Be Paid? Experts
Weigh In. WalletHub. 2016. web
Rachael Marcus. In: ABA Journal. 99(7):15-19; American Bar
Association, 2013. Language: English, Database: JSTOR
Journals
Raman Mama. Viewpoint: College athletes should be
paid.usatodaycollege.2016.web
Smith, Ronald A. Series: Sport and Society. Urbana : University
of Illinois Press. 2011. eBook., Database: eBook Collection
(EBSCOhost)
Anthony Jackson
Amy Durkin

English 103
15APR18
Pay the Athletes
Reading "College athletes deserve to be paid" by Micheal
Wilbon, Wilbon questions the National Collegiate Athletic
Association(NCAA) creditable for not paying the athletes some
compensation. Wilbon explains to his audience (sports fans and
other athletes) that he understands there are a lot of issues that
will come if the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the
colleges themselves started to paying players. While some
sports have more coverage than other, how would the school
explain to individual sports, why they are given more money to
one sport or athlete than the other. He describes it would all be
about the fan base and which sport brings in the most revenue,
for example, which team brings in more money the basketball
team or the hockey team? Without a doubt, the basketball team
will at the end of the day due to its large fan base. With that
statement alone who can doubt his claim, its plain facts. At the
same time, he thinks a player should be able to make their deals
on the side for extra money as well. If a player can get paid to
speak at an event for certain money then why not? People are
quick to argue against a player, stating that the athlete should
focus on school and the love of the game, but if a nonsport
student wants to tutor on the side for money, no one would say
a word. Athletes and nonathlete have the right to make money
how they see fit. This article gives a great example of what the
National Collegiate Athletic Association could do to pay the
athlete or what the National Collegiate Athletic Association
should allow the athletes to do on their own time, earning
money.

Wilbon uses Logos appeal in his article, a reader can agree to
logicalness behind his examples on how to pay the players. If
the National Collegiate Athletic Association is making "$11
billion deal -- OK, it's $10.8 billion to be exact -- " with"
CBS/Turner Sports for March Madness between 2011 and 2024.
We're talking $11 billion for three weekends of television per
year. On top of that, there's a new four-year deal with ESPN
that pays the BCS $500 million" where is all the money
going?(Wilbon) As a reader you can understand why Wilbon
said this in his article, to give you an idea of how much money
is earned off these athletes. It is ridiculous to believe that a
Tuition, room, board, and books were compensation enough.
While there might be programs for the athlete to use for "cover
clothing purchases, emergency travel, and medical expenses"
With is you can agree with Wilbon, that a player is worth a lot
more. If " somebody is willing to give A.J. Green $750 or
$1,000 or even $2,500 for his Georgia Bulldogs jersey, fine,
good".(Wilbon)
As a well-renown professor in your college, you think you
would make as much as a sports coach or more for teaching
future entrepreneurs, etc. Well, think again, "The most
distinguished professor at the University of Alabama won't
make $5.9 million in entire tenure in Tuscaloosa; Nick Saban
will make that this year."(Wilbon) How is that a sports coach is
making more than a teacher? They practically do the same job,
they both teach their students some lesson. Whether it be on
how to grow a business in this economy or to catch a football.
Why is that Saban is getting paid so much? Because the athletes
are playing the sport, the coaches and winning. If the team he
coaching was losing, would get he get paid the same amount? It
is the athletes that performed and do the work, but the coaches
are the ones receiving the benefit of the winnings. One way you
can play the athletes is cut that 5.9 million dollar salary and
make it 3.9 million. Then athletes can receive 2 million dollars

for there hard work, which can be spread thought out the year.
National Collegiate Athletic Association gave us the excuse for
not paying the athletes is "inability to distribute the funds
equally." While the deal with BCS and ESPN was "based, in
part, on paying more money to schools/conferences" and of that
"$174 million distributed from five bowl games, 83.4 percent
went to six conferences in 2011".(Wilbon) Wilbon is informing
the audience in on how the National Collegiate Athletic
Association is "Fairly" distributing their funds out the evening,
while the five other conferences receive only 16.6 percent of the
174 million dollars. As a reader, you can get the sense is that
the six conferences that winning most of the earning is because
they brought in the most revenue. Who did all the work? The
athletes. Who is receiving all the benefits? The college
themselves.
As some people might now like the ideas or proof that Wilson
has shown, people still can't the denied the facts. Wilbon uses
to be on the same side with those oppose students. Stating that
he thought "vehemently against paying college athletes. Tuition,
room, board and books were compensation enough". Wilbon
understands that it would be difficult to pay athletes but at the
same time he states" the students who play for revenue-
producing teams (at UConn and the University of Tennessee,
this would include the women's basketball teams) on how
compensated from the lucrative television/radio/Internet rights
fees they make wholly possible." Wilbon demonstrates that with
all the deals that National Collegiate Athletic Association is
doing, there could be more for the athletes instead of saying the
scholarship is enough compensation.
From the Article "College athletes deserve to be paid" I believe

the Author Micheal Wilbon, did an excellent job of describing
how NCAA should pay their athletes. Wilbon gives his opinion
both sides of the matter and explains that the athlete should at
least play some player but not all. I couldn't agree more with
the example he displays and uses.
work cited page
Wilbon, Micheal."College athletes deserve to be paid". ESPN.
2011.Web
Assignment Two: References Page or Works Cited List
There are two parts to this assignment.
The first is a list of five sources you will use in Assignment
Four: Research Essay. The second is a
demonstration of in-text citation.
Source List
As one of your assignments for the research paper, you will be
composing a References page (APA) or a
Works Cited List (MLA). This is a list of the secondary sources
you will use in your research paper, and
you will choose which system you wish to use.
Each kind of source requires a slightly different form of
citation. Books are different from journal

articles. Journal articles are different from web resources. Web
resources are different than articles
from an online database such as those found in the Leatherby
Library.
Nobody expects you to memorize each type of citation. You
should, however, be able to use the style
guides effectively. Your Hacker handbook has sections on both
systems and you can also access them
online at Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL):
APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
For your list, you will need to cite five sources. Of these, no
more than two may be webpages, and even
those must be from experts (The Mayo Clinic, for example).
You may use articles from the Leatherby
Library databases, books, journals, or interviews with experts in
the field. You may find other, better
sources as your work continues, and it is perfectly acceptable
for you to remove less useful sources and
add new ones. However, you will need to accurately use the
citation format you choose, and this
assignment will give you practice and feedback.

In-Text Citation
Using either the APA-4 or MLA-4 section of your Hacker
handbook, select one passage from Anna
Quindlen’s essay, which was published in Newsweek on
November 4, 2001.
1. Copy and paste the passage, quote it, and use the appropriate
in-text citation.
2. Summarize the passage in your own words and use the
appropriate in-text citation.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Why Are Collegiate Athletes Not Officially Payed
By Anthony Jackson
As I am watching college football on TV, I wonder, why it is
that collegiate athletes don’t get paid by their schools to play on
their teams. Athletes bring in an enormous amount of revenue
for colleges throughout the year via merchandise sales (a
player's name on a jersey, for example) and other commercial
items for the school. Plus, they bring in a large number of fans
through selling tickets which in turn fills up stadiums with
eager followers, selling drinks and other vending items. College
games are quite a big investment reaping even bigger bucks.
College athletes bring in a lot of contribution to the board while
receiving very little in return, though. Athletic scholarships
aren't nearly as close to the profits the school is making off the
athletes. I don't understand why colleges and universities don’t

pay the athletic students a monthly allowance. The player loses
out long term. I fully support the athletes receiving some of the
profits that colleges make off of them and I hope to find the
answer as to why they aren’t paid to play.
Many athletes have to get part times jobs to feed themselves and
to pay for other necessities which their scholarships can’t afford
to cover. Scholarships are mostly meant for full-time classes,
textbooks, and a basic college dorm room. Some players even
have families to take care. With no real funds from the school,
the student will definitely have to resort to a part time job
which will only put more stress on his/her studies and his/her
athletic career. Working, playing a collegiate sport, going to
school, and taking care of a family is an intense workload to put
on a young, bright athlete. They may get burnt out and end up
leaving the team or even dropping out of the school because of
finances or stress.
In the past, players have had to resort to criminal activities or
the acceptance of bribes from outside parties in order to make
money. While these players are barely scraping by or having to
resort to other means to earn a living, the schools are making a
significant amount of money off of these athletes’ names and
talent. What does it take for these colleges to realize that
without these players, they wouldn't be making as much money
as they would with them as their players? The schools should be
giving and fair and give out a stipend to these students to make
their lives a little easier.
Giving players an allowance would increase the team’s retention
rate for players, as well. Think of the player as an investment.
The school would offer the student a scholarship to play on
their team. The school will dish out a big chunk of money for
that student to attend for the term of their program. Now, if the
student realizes that they can’t afford to be a collegiate athlete
anymore and that they have to drop out in order to survive
financially, the school is out of the money. The school also has
to give a scholarship to someone else in order to fill the empty
spot, in turn giving out another scholarship.

Some could pose the argument that if we were to pay the
players, how would we make their compensation fair compared
to other players and to the school? This is an easy argument to
break, though, considering our government and successful
companies do this daily. They determine what a good starting
amount would be based on skill level and experience. The idea
could also be posed that if the school begins paying its players,
the players may never go to class. That’s easy, though. If the
school were to take away their stipend and bench them for
excessive absences in their attendance record as well as
unsatisfactory grades, the students will easily straighten up
their act. It’s like grounding a teenager and taking away the
things they like most. That method has been used for years
because it works. The board could entice students with a raise
based on good conduct, grades, and effort on the team. The
board could also entice the students to keep their stipend by
acting appropriately in academics, morality, and physically on
the field/court.
Most college’s staff, sports organizations, and other students
would argue that the athletes may get free education for four
years because of an athletic scholarship. If colleges start paying
athletes, then the player wouldn’t be there solely to receive an
education. They would have a legitimately legal job. Coupled
with this idea, we can argue that if college athletes were paid,
the already excessively competitive challenge of being picked
up by a scout would only increase. The school would have even
better and more motivated players. The athletes are assumingly
grateful for their opportunity to be a famed collegiate athlete
and the school appreciates their hard labor but isn’t it only fair
to pay them in more than just appreciation? If we were to
compare the numbers of what an athlete is worth, what they
bring in each year for the school, and how much they actually
get for their scholarship, we would be dumbfounded at how
much they are just settling for.
I need to do some research on how these schools operate
financially and how they spend the profits they earn from the

sports so that I may fully understand every angle of this
problem. Does it go straight back into the program to pay the
staff or does it help pay for various things throughout the
school? How much do the players really make for the schools
and why do the school heads not mandate a stipend for the
school’s biggest investments? Ultimately, I’ve concluded that
these players have a unique skill set which is very valuable to
them and to the school. This skill set and the effort put into
their sport should be rewarded based on a fair morality. Paying
athletes has several positive perspectives and arguments
cementing my belief in giving players a stipend to make them
more comfortable and to ensure the success in the school and on
the field.
Assignment Four: Research Essay
Write a 2,000 to 2,500-word research essay persuading readers
to consider your position on one of the
debatable issues listed below or one chosen with approval of
your professor. ”Debatable” means a topic about
which intelligent, well-meaning people may disagree. Your
audience is skeptical, so plan your argument
accordingly.
Your argument should be supported by information gleaned
from credible written sources such as scholarly
journals, newspapers, and books. You should take advantage of
credible websites, radio, or even television

programs. Consider interviewing someone in the field, if
possible. You will need to use your critical thinking
skills to determine the validity and reliability of each source
you use. Your sources should be current (usually not
more than seven years old) unless you are providing historical
background. All quotations, summaries, and
paraphrases must be correctly cited and documented using the
MLA documentation system. References to the
citation system are in the MLA tab of the Hacker textbook, The
Writer’s Reference.
Requirements
1. Before handing in your final paper, you will have passed four
checkpoints: (1) Narrative Essay on a
Research Topic (2) APA or MLA citation list (3) persuasive
Argument Analysis essay, and (4) review of
your Research Essay draft by MyAccess and the instructor.
2. Most of your final paper should be in your own words. Do
not make your final paper a simple collection
of good quotations from other sources.
3. Present opposing viewpoints (counter arguments) fairly and
refute them effectively.
4. Use at least FIVE different sources by at least FIVE different
authors.

5. Avoid plagiarism by handling and documenting your sources
appropriately. Remember, you must either
quote your sources word for word exactly with quotation marks,
or summarize or paraphrase your
sources using your own language and style. Summarizing and
paraphrasing are preferred to quoting.
6. Your essay must be in either APA or MLA style: standard
margins and spacing, Times New Roman with
12 point font, and a References or Works Cited page that is
formatted correctly.
Approved Topics
(You are encouraged to select your own topic, such as an issue
you deal with at work. To do so, check with your
instructor, who will make sure your topic is appropriate for the
assignment).
1. Should students who engage in cyberbullying, even from off
campus, face sanctions at school?
2. Was the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo vs. New London
the correct one? (Eminent Domain)
3. Should other states adopt Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act”
or similar legislation?
4. Should college athletes be paid to play?

5. Are the current methods employed in security lines at airports
by the TSA effective?
6. Are video games making children smarter?
7. Should there be a law that prohibits paparazzi from taking
and/or selling photos of the children of
famous parents?
8. Is nuclear power a safe form of energy?
9. Should the minimum wage be raised in your state?
10. Should “stand your ground” laws be introduced in other
states?
Water Sustainability Summit - What will it take?
Peter Gleick et al.,’s Take on Water Sustainability plus 7
Criteria
Water Sustainability =
the use of water that supports the ability of human society to
endure and flourish into the indefinite future without
undermining the integrity of the hydrological cycle or the
ecological systems that depend on it.
· Is this all it takes?
· How prioritize these recommendations?
· Is this the best way to frame it?
· How do his recommendations compare to those found in the
other readings?

· Why do you think this particular article was assigned for
everyone to read instead of one of the other 5?
Do you subscribe to this conclusion?
Do we need to change our way of thinking?
· What does water “consciousness” mean?
· How do the recommendations in this article compare to
Gleick’s?
· What ideology is represented in this article?
· Discuss…
About Your Individual Articles
· Take turns sharing the take home points of your article.
· What was the emphasis?
· What are the recommendations for securing water
sustainability in your article?
· What was most insightful about it?
· While everybody says their piece, take note of:
· common themes and recommendations. Where is the overlap?
· what is unique to each article?
· what speaks to you?
Take Notes Here:
Brandes, O, and Brooks, D (2007). The Soft Path for Water in a
Nutshell. Polis Water Project.

Share / Evaluate
· Share your opinion on which of the authors of the readings for
today best represents your perspective on how we should strive
for a more sustainable water future? How come?
· What do you think are the most critical concepts that can be
gleaned from these readings?
Produce a Manifesto
It may be difficult to come to consensus on a collective set of
principles or recommended actions. One of the big stumbling
blocks to achieving a more sustainable relationship with the
world and each other is the inability to define shared objectives
and reach tricky decisions via an inclusive, multi-stakeholder
process. A big goal of this activity is for you and your
classmates to model the messy process and manage to come to
some agreement in a very short time. If you can do this in a
way that honors everyone’s perspective and contribution, then
you are poised to take the lead in fostering more sustainable
planning and management in the “real world.”
· What are the critical actions or changes that must occur to get
us on a more sustainable path with regard to water use,
conservation, and provisioning?
· Prioritize them and be prepared to share them.
· Generate your list or manifesto on the large paper provided.
Include your names on it. This will be submitted as part of
Homework 9 for 10 points.
· Nominate a spokesperson to highlight the key elements of your
plan.
Homework 8 –The Water Sustainability Summit
20 15 points, Due March 10
All quarter we have been learning about the many ways that our
interactions with water are unsustainable. How do we turn this

around? It turns out that more than a few people have thoughts
on this. Let’s find out what you and your classmates think
about their various recommendations. What do y’all think are
the most important changes we must make?
To answer these questions, we’ll be sharing our assessments of
a set of readings. In groups you will wade through multiple
frameworks, guiding principles, and policy/action
recommendations and choose what you think we should do for
achieving water sustainability. This will be our Water
Sustainability Summit. As a summit, your group will be sharing
your determinations with the rest of the class. When all group
findings have been shared, we will identify common threads and
the most critical recommendations.
To prepare for this final class activity, work through the
following reading assignment. As you read, make sure to take
good notes on the salient points so you can share them in class
online.
For the first reading, revisit the first manifesto we read on this
topic:
A. Gleick, P, Gomez, S, Loh, P, and Morrison, J (1995). Ch. 3
Water and Sustainability, in California Water 2020:
A Sustainable Vision. Pacific Institute. Pp. 23-28.
http://pacinst.org/app/uploads/2013/02/ca_water_2020_ch_1_43
.pdf
Gleick and company lists 7 “Sustainability Criteria for Water
Sustainability.” Does this cover it? Is this all the guidance we
need to follow? How do his recommendations compare to those
found in the readings below?
Next, read the following article:
B. Clarke, T (2008). On Developing “Water Consciousness”:
Eight Movement Building Principles, in Lohan, T, ed., Water
Consciousness. AlterNet Books. Pp. 161-167. [pdf in the 5/30

Readings folder on Canvas]
Why do you think this particular article was assigned for
everyone to read? How do the recommendations in this article
compare to Gleick et al.’s? What ideology is represented in this
article? What movement is he talking about and who’s driving
it?
Finally, read any one of the following articles based on the
number you can see next to your name in the image under the
reading list. You will be expected to articulate to your group
members the take home points of your article. What are the
recommendations for securing water sustainability in your
article? What perspectives are represented in it?
1. Hoekstra, AY (2011).The Global Dimension of Water
Governance: Why the River Basin Approach Is No Longer
Sufficient and Why Cooperative Action at Global Level Is
Needed. Water, 3: 21-46. [Pp: 33-40].
http://www.waterfootprint.org/Reports/Hoekstra-2011-Global-
Dimension-of-Water-Governance.pdf
2. United Nations Environment Programme (2009). Water
Security and Ecosystem Services: The Critical Connection.
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/SC/p
df/wwap_pub_side_dial_Water_Security_and_Ecosystems.pdf
[Chapters 2 and 4 – pp: 13-18 & 47-51]
3. Thorton, KW, Laurin, C, Shortle, J, Fisher, A, Sobrinho, J
and Stewart, M (2006). A Framework and Guidelines for
Moving Toward Sustainable Water Resources Management.
Water Environment Foundation. http://www.environmental-
expert.com/Files%5C5306%5Carticles%5C9270%5C218.pdf[Pp:
2762-2775]
4. Brandes, O, and Brooks, D (2007). The Soft Path for Water in
a Nutshell. Polis Water Project.
https://poliswaterproject.org/files/2007/09/The-Soft-Path-for-
Water-in-a-Nutshell.pdf[Pp: 1-25]
5. Chartres, C, and Varma, S (2010). World Water Brief: How
to Avert a Water Crisis - A Six Point Plan.International Water

Management Institute. http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/wp-
content/uploads/2013/03/Out_of_Water_Brief.pdf[Pp: 3-8]
If the links don’t work, you can find the pdfs in the 3/10
Readings module of the course Canvas site.
The Assignment Deliverable – Part 1
Come to class with a list of the recommendations from your
article for securing water sustainability… plus your assessment
of how they compare to Gleick et al.’s (1995) and Clarke’s
(2008) recommendations… plus a short evaluation of what you
think is most important.
You will submit this for up to 10 points and use this to pitch
your article’s recommendations to others in your summit
workgroup.At a minimum, this will look like a bulleted list and
2 paragraphs, preferably typed up. Don’t forget to add your
name to this document. It is suggested that you bring 5 copies
for your group mates. It will help to have a “one-pager”
summary to point to and language you can use.
The Assignment Deliverable – Part 2
After you have completed part one, go online and join in the
discussion forum set up for our Water Sustainability Summit.
Share what you think is the most important/impactful thing we
should do to foster greater water sustainability. Consider what
your classmates are posting and respond to at least one of them.
How are their ideas influencing yours? You are encouraged to
post again, later to articulate who (author or fellow student) you
think has the best idea(s) for fostering greater water
sustainability.
When everyone in your group has shared the worthy insights
and recommendations of their article, along with those outlined
in the Gleick et al., (1995) and Clarke (2008) articles, you will
be challenged to pull together one collective manifesto of
prioritizedrecommendations for pursuing water sustainability.
What you submit as a group will add up to 10 more points for
your Homework 8 grade. You will be given more guidance on

how to format this manifesto during class.
Be aware, it will likely be difficult to come to consensus on a
collective set of principles or recommended actions. One of the
big stumbling blocks to achieving a more sustainable
relationship with the world and each other is the inability to
define shared objectives and reach tricky decisions via an
inclusive, multi-stakeholder process. A big goal of this activity
is for you and your classmates to model the messy process and
manage to come to some agreement in a very short time. If you
can do this in a way that honors everyone’s perspective and
contribution, then you are poised to take the lead in fostering
more sustainable planning and management in the “real world.”

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