Our mission is to help make the right to clean, safe water a worldwide reality.

This project is devoted to raising the level of consciousness regarding worldwide water issues.

Agenda

Introduction to the importance of water and the complexities of water issues.

Introduction to WaterCycle.Who we are.Breakdown of the three components which make

up our project.Call to action.

Water

It is the most common substance on Earth, with us every moment of our lives.

There is a finite amount of fresh water on earth but an exponentially growing demand.

Water Distribution

Water Consumption Trends

WaterCycle

Our mission is to help make the right to clean, safe water a worldwide reality.

WaterCycle is a unique multifaceted project:African Cycling ExpeditionMedia CampaignWater Themed Educational Database

These are just the first steps.

Who We AreJason Galbraith

Trip DirectorWarren Charmicheal

Trip DirectorWes MacDonald

Communications Director Brad Harmon

Treasurer

Who We AreAnge Valejo

Director of Health and Wellness

Ginger DerochieDirector of Education

Eric KingsleyResearch Director

African Cycling Expedition Designed to help us experience water adversity

Bottled water free

Accepting the role of student and not teacher

Media Campaign

African CyclingExpeditionWater-Themed

Educational Database

African Cycling ExpeditionSpanning 10

countries and 2 hemispheres.

Desert to rainforest and every landscape in between.

6 months, 6 people, 15,000 km

Sustainable Tourism and Activism

We have made decisions that will help us leave as little an environmental footprint as possible. Travel by bicycle.Go bottled water free. Eating locally grown food.Sustainable camping.

Media Campaign Chronicle the expedition

Transcending the victim narrative Relating sustainable activism to sustainable livingMedia Campaign

African CyclingExpedition

Water-ThemedEducational Database

Media Campaign‘Real time’ communications

Spot trackerVideo journalWebsite

Documentary Meeting AfricaPresent a new relationship with waterRelating world water issues to our home

Water Themed Educational Database

Media Campaign

African CyclingExpedition

Water-ThemedEducational Database

• Incorporate water issues into everyday learning

• Education is empowering

• Spreading information and technology

Environmental Education

Earth’s physical and biological systems.The dependency of our health as well as social and

economic systems on these natural systems. The positive and negative consequences, both

intended and unintended, of the interactions between human-created and natural systems.

Responsible Water Management

Sustainable water management practices must be put into place right away.

Implications- economic, social, political and ethical.

Action right now will save the lives of thousands of people today and many more in the future.

Final ThoughtsOur approach to helping make the right to clean,

safe water a worldwide reality.Achieving our goals

raising the level of consciousness regarding world water issues

eliminating private control of water resourcesthe pursuit of sustainable water management

strategiesOur project has an educational foundation

Water Cycle

Thank you for your time.We are all part of the cycle.