SEAWA August 2024.
Hi,
August has gone so fast. I had vacation break from 12 to 16th, I visited amazing places like (Fort Mcloud, Waterton Park, Cranbrook - BC, Coeur D’Alene - USA, Silverwood Park – USA, Spokane – USA, Kettle Falls USA). I got back to work on August 19th.
We set up Seawa’s booth in different recreation parks twice a week as part of our communication strategy to promote SEAWA to the community.
Sustainability Moment.
In our last blog we posted the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals al 17 goals are extremely important to keep the planet healthy and safe.
SEAWA is directly connected with the SDG #6 – Clean Water and Sanitation. Access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene is the most basic human need for health and well-being. According to the U.N website “Billions of people will lack access to these basic services in 2030 unless progress quadruples. Demand for water is rising owing to rapid population growth, urbanization and increasing water needs from agriculture, industry, and energy sectors.”
To ensure universal access to safe and affordable drinking water for all, improving water-use efficiency is one key to reducing water stress.
Why is it linked to other U.N SDGs?
Water is essential not only to health, but also to poverty reduction, food security, peace and human rights, ecosystems and education.
Seawa agreed by managing our water sustainably, we are also able to better manage our production of food and energy and contribute to decent work and economic growth. Moreover, we can preserve our water ecosystems, their biodiversity, and take action on climate change. Ensuring that everyone has access to sustainable water and sanitation services is a critical climate change mitigation strategy for the years ahead. In some regions, droughts are exacerbating water scarcity and thereby negatively impacting people’s health and productivity and threatening sustainable development and biodiversity worldwide.
People will continue to die every year from water-related diseases such as malaria and diarrhoea, and there will be further losses in biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, undermining prosperity and efforts towards a more sustainable.
What can we do?
Civil society organizations like SEAWA and others should work to keep governments accountable, invest in water research and development, and promote the inclusion of communities in water resources governance. This action will lead to win-win results and increased sustainability and integrity in all aspects Economics, human (social) and ecological systems (environment).
SEAWA August Activities - 2024
Echo Dale Recreation Park.
August 20 and 27 - Medicine Hat's largest park is located a short distance west of the city and will welcome you with two constructed lakes, one for swimming and one for paddling and fishing, one beach volleyball court, several gazebos and many picnic spots with firepits, including an accessible spot. There are kilometres of hiking and mountain biking trails throughout the coulees — one leads to Gas City Campground. This Regional Park is a starting point for kayaks, canoes, and inflatable boats with its boat launch beside the South Saskatchewan River. We set up our booth in these two weeks to approach SEAWA to the community. Children really liked our coloring books and these days we had a participation of Maria Fernanda (Sustainable Innovation Student – MHC) which is volunteer of SEAWA.
Elkwater Park
August 21 and 28 - Relax on a beach while the kids build sandcastles, and the gentle sounds of waves hit the shore or view the hills from a canoe on one of the lakes as your paddle takes you on a journey around a place you never thought could exist high above the Prairies.
Seek out a little adventure and explore the expanding system of trails on foot, mountain bike or horseback. Illuminate your mind with one of the programs on offer from informative interpreters. Watch the stars at night with the sounds of a crackling fire and laughter of your friends and family around you. Visit places out of history books and participate in a lifestyle long past or watch the sun set off the edge of the world from the highest point East of the Rockies.
The long sunny days are when memories are made filled with fun, family and adventure in one of Alberta's most accessible parks, Cypress Hills Provincial Park.
These were our Summer (August) activities. See you all in the next blog.
That is all Folks!
