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Welcome to this blog about the cultural values underpinning water policies and management decisions, why those values are important to explore, and how we can use the value dimension of water management in a deliberate way. Values are imbedded in all our water decisions, from building dams to offering low-flow toilet rebates. The purpose of this blog is to discover the values that are already there, so we can work with them, and make conscious choices about whether we are using water in a way that is consistent with our true values, or conversely, whether the values that our water actions are expressing are really the values that we want.
This blog will open officially at the end of March, just a week after World Water Day, The blog is sponsored by the Water and Culture Institute, but, as blogs tend to do, will reflect my personal interests in a style that I hope will be both provacative and constructive. At least that's what I'll aim for. My goal is to post weekly updates which comment on late breaking water news through the lens of cultural values. I hope you'll join in the discussion by posting comments, and if you'd like to post a new topic that fits with the general theme, feel free to email it to me and I'll post it under your byline.
This blog will open officially at the end of March, just a week after World Water Day, The blog is sponsored by the Water and Culture Institute, but, as blogs tend to do, will reflect my personal interests in a style that I hope will be both provacative and constructive. At least that's what I'll aim for. My goal is to post weekly updates which comment on late breaking water news through the lens of cultural values. I hope you'll join in the discussion by posting comments, and if you'd like to post a new topic that fits with the general theme, feel free to email it to me and I'll post it under your byline.
Posted by Dave Groenfeldt at 25 Jan 2010, 3:46 AM 
Categories: water policy culture values indigenous
Tags: About this Blog
Categories: water policy culture values indigenous
Tags: About this Blog
Indigenous peoples often associate the river waters with ancestral power, the bones of the ancestors, and sacred instruments that are hidden at the bottoms of these rivers. At the same time, the bottom of the river is a hiding-place for sorcerers to store their poison. Water came into existence at the beginning of the world; before that there was no water flowing in the world. Not sure yet, but it had to do with women's menstruation. Will find ourt more soon and post it...rmw
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