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The Blue Roots Project
A global conversation about the value of water told through art, storytelling, education, and social media.
The Blue Roots Project is collecting stories about water from around the world leading up to World Water Day on March 22. Blue Roots Project has partnered with Project WET Foundation to offer education-specific resources to spark conversations in classrooms across the globe about the value of water. Submit your students’ stories through bluerootsproject.org or on social media with the hashtag #MyWaterStory.
To provide added context to the storytelling process, the Blue Roots Project is pleased to offer free, downloadable water education materials from Project WET. Designed for use with children and youth of all ages, the lesson plans and student booklets feature objective, science-based water education activities. School and community educators, parents, and anyone else interested in teaching about water can use these activities in conjunction with sharing water stories around the world.
Under the current climate change scenario, the United Nations predicts half the world’s population will be living in areas of high water stress by 2030. Today’s children will face these issues as adults. The partnership of Blue Roots Project and Project WET is a nod to the importance of children and their stories as we aim to change course. If we share resources, experiences and support from and with people of all ages, perhaps we alter the future of the water crisis.
The Blue Roots Project is a storytelling, awareness and education project about water created in partnership with Circle of Blue, Project WET Foundation and the Center for Emerging Media Design and Development at Ball State University.
Partnership Information
Center for Emerging Media, Design and Development
The Center is the home of Ball State University’s M.A in EMDD, a holistic learning environment that pairs a traditional graduate curriculum with a hands-on lab experience in which students work with public and private partners to solve real problems. The Center’s mission is to advance students’ creative problem-solving skills and developing an advanced, graduate-level workforce that has practical experience in storytelling, applied research and development in digital strategic communication design.
Circle of Blue
EMDD is partnered with Circle of Blue, an online nonprofit news organization run by leading journalists who inform the public about the world’s freshwater resource issues from a regional, national and global perspective. The Blue Roots Project evolved from this partnership and aims to engage people in innovative ways through Circle of Blue’s mission.
Project WET Foundation
EMDD is also partnered with Project WET Foundation, an education program for students in grades K-12 who develops and delivers the world’s best water education resources and advocates for the role of water education in solving the world’s most pressing water issues. The purpose of this partnership is to promote and deliver effective online resources for educators throughout the world.
Website Links:
Website link: www.bluerootsproject.org
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/bluerootsproject
Twitter link: https://twitter.com/bluerootsprj
Twitter handle: @bluerootsproj
Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/bluerootsproject
Hashtag: #MyWaterStory