One main goal for this course is to connect content and learning with the world experience. As a class, we watched the documentary
F.L.O.W. (For the Love of Water)
They were then asked to write a blog post reflection on the movie. Here are some of their thoughts.
"Re-visit one of your routine days and recall how many times you come
across water. Let me help you out. When you wake up in the morning, you
probably go to the sink and open the tap, having water come out to
brush your teeth, wash your face, and whatever else. Then you might go
to your shower or tub and open up more taps to have water come out and
just enjoy the flow of cold or hot water throughout your body and just
feel the feeling of getting clean. Later, you eat breakfast with
cereal, blueberries, orange juice and believe it or not most of those
foods contain water. And after that, throughout the day, you drink a few
bottles of water and wash you hands a few times. Anyway you get the
point, water is important, we use it a lot for sanitation and hydration,
it has just got to be there.
What if you didn’t have water? No water comes out of your taps and no
bottles filled with water, foods that don’t have water in them, no rain
or lakes, oceans and as a result no…you!"
From Hannah's Post
"I thought it was kind of ironic how Nestle was talking about how if they
didn’t bottle the water people would drink soda which is full of sugar
and would make children obese. I think its ironic that they say that
they are helping to lower obesity when they sell candy and chocolate
which causes obesity. "
From Carly's Post
"My call to action regarding the water issue is that since last year, I
have been raising money to build a well in Uganda. I completed my
project in late July of this year and the well was built for a primary
school of over 500 children. These children no longer have to worry
about getting access to clean, safe water and now have the opportunity
to go to school and follow their dreams. Many countries throughout the
world do not have access to safe water and with the building of this
well, this village in Uganda no longer has to worry. Below is a picture
of the children of the primary school in Uganda."
From Mana's Post
Check out the movie that inspired these students' reflections.
F.L.O.W. (For the Love of Water) Then make a difference by signing
Article 31
Article 31:
Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for
the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall
be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual
economic circumstance.
