Watershed Peace Pathways
Curriculum:
Peace Education, Conflict Resolution, Environmental Studies, Outdoor Education, Geographical Studies, Inter-Cultural Understanding, Language Arts, Performing Arts, Maths and Science, Citizenship, and Community Service.
Highlights:
Schools are first encouraged to plant an International School Peace Gardens before they begin this program. This is so that they can dedicate themselves in their peace garden to activities focused on water.
Sign the IHTEC Water Dedication.
Linking are established with local River Management and Watersheds Planning groups and Heritage Rivers organizations and your Nations Governments water programs. Protection of water resources is vital during climate change, especially with respect to ensuring safe drinking water. Environmental monitoring of water and riparian systems is a major program element. Material on the sustainable use of food supplies derived from fresh water ecosystems also needs understanding. When you take away one species it affects the whole ecosystem.
The use of the "watershed" concept is promoted as the basis for understanding how rivers function and how everyone within a watershed is tied to each other through the water they use and consume every day. Global understanding that rivers will run backwards with sea level rise as a result of global warming is a significant lesson which can be taught through this program area of study.
Community Service, working 40 hours with river groups is encouraged !
Awards:
Achievement Awards, as noted above, include a beautiful "Watershed Peace Pathways" pin, awarded upon completion of 40 hours of community service in this area: Available from IHTEC for $5 per pin.
History:
On May 4th, 1998 the Watershed Peace Pathways (WPP) program was launched at "Rivers 98", the 2nd national congress of professional, public and private interests in river conservation in Canada. At the ceremonial awards banquet, the Canadian River Management Society (CRMS) and the International Holistic Tourism Education Centre (IHTEC) together recognized a number of individuals for their contribution to local community river stewardship, culminating in the presentation of the "Watershed Peace Pathways Pioneers Award" to Mark Angelo, Chair of the Heritage Rivers Board of British Columbia, "for his outstanding leadership in school and community stewardship for peaceful recreational use of global water resources".
Program Description:
"Watershed Peace Pathways" is one of a series of programs designed and developed by Julia Morton-Marr and the International Holistic Tourism Education Centre (IHTEC) team with Michael Greco, to bring people around the world together through environmental programs which emphasize personal and communal connectivity with each other. By sharing experiences with children around the world, the Canadian River Management Society (CRMS)-sponsor of the Watershed Peace Pathways program will bring present and future citizens of this planet closer together, through shared 'peaceful', environmentally-focused activities, geared for school-aged participants.
"Watershed Peace Pathways (WPP)" is a world-wide program designed to encourage elementary and high school students and their mentors.
Links to Related Sites
'Murray-Darling Basin Australian Water Crisis' slide show
Murray River YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpHxMh2wkUM
Canadian Heritage Rivers System
http://www.chrs.ca/
Annual World Rivers Day in Canada
http://evolvemultimedia.ca/RiversdayOnline/Events.php
http://commons.bcit.ca/worldriversday/
River Management Society
http://www.river-management.org/index.asp
International Rivers
http://www.riverfoundation.org.au/events.php
Paddle Canada
http://www.paddlingcanada.com/
http://www.crystalseas.com/
Environment Canada's Water Resources
http://www.ec.gc.ca/eau-water/
Global Rivers Environmental Education- Earth Force
http://www.earthforce.org/GREEN
Envirolink
http://www.envirolink.org/
Waterfront Regeneration Trust
http://www.waterfronttrail.org/
Canadian Canoe Museum - Peterborough, Ontario.
http://www.canoemuseum.ca/
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