Water Ethics Initiative
The growing interest in values and ethics related to water policies cuts across many academic disciplines and entails diverse sets of stakeholders from religious groups to environmental advocates to Indigenous leaders. WCI seeks to stimulate debate and collaborative action among this growing set of interested parties.
Our activities include:
Awareness and Capacity Building - Creating awareness about water ethics, documenting ethics in practice, and building capacity to "do" water ethics.
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Water Ethics Network (WEN) is a global community of practice on water ethics, operating since 2011, featuring documents and links, the Water Ethics Blog, a monthly e-newsletter, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The WEN website also serves as a bulletin board for the Global Water Ethics Charter initiative.
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Water Ethics Working Group of the Sustainable Water Futures Program has been newly formed (2016) to undertake a program of research, awareness-raising and advocacy in association with Water Futures staff and partners. See the provisional draft workplan for details.
Water Ethics Charters - Developing written statements of key value principles comprising consensus positions that all stakeholders can endorse.
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Global Water Ethics Charter. In collaboration with other organizations, the Institute is working to develop a declaration (charter) prescribing a set of the ethical principles to guide decisions about water use and water ecosystem management.
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Local Water Charters provide a tool for integrating water ethics into new plans, policies and programs, as outlined in this short Handbook for Crafting a Local Water Ethics Charter. During 2017 we are working with local partners in Santa Fe, New Mexico to develop a community-led Santa Fe Water Charter.
Berlin Water Charter
Berlin Water Charter
