Nature based and community driven solutions that foreground equity are essential for sustainable solutions to the climate/ ecological crisis concerning adaptation.
We therefore need to resist market driven extractivist approaches that penalise the poor by raising the price of water and lead to water cut offs.
FACILITATORS’ GUIDE
Through this Facilitation Guide, facilitators will be equipped with the knowledge to host screenings, and stimulate debate and discussion amongst diverse audiences and age groups. You can share the film anywhere: in classrooms, in schools and universities, community centres, youth groups, churches, office spaces and living rooms. Water is something that affects all of us and all struggles, so you can also use this film with groups interested in health, housing, food security, climate, spirituality, education, gender based violence, racism, and more.
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UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO CLEAN POLLUTION-FREE WATER FOR PEOPLE AND SMALL SCALE AGRICULTURE IS A RIGHT
WE NEED CONCRETE POLICY CHANGES
WATER JUSTICE STRUGGLES CAN BE EMPOWERED THROUGH STRONGER ALLIANCES OF ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE WATER MUST REMAIN A PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC OPINION MUST BE SHIFTED TOWARDS NATURE BASED AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS
NATURE BASED AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEMANDS INCLUDE
- An end to all punitive policy for the working poor when it comes to access to water.
- Introduction of remedial solutions to help ease water pollution and mitigate health hazards
- A shift in government policy towards supporting small scale agroecological farming as part of the adaptation plan
- End private sector involvement in water infrastructure and the commodification of water