Water for Life: Community Education for Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting in the United States Affiliated Pacific Islands

生命之水：美国附属太平洋岛屿的节水和雨水收集社区教育

• 批准号: 1224185
• 负责人: Ethan Allen
• 金额: $ 263.87万
• 依托单位: Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1224185&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Water; Life; Community; Education; Conservation

Water for Life (WfL) is a full scale development youth and community based program; centered on freshwater literacy, water conservation and rainwater harvesting led by the Pacific Resources for Education Learning (PREL) in Hawaii. The goals of the project are to: (a) promote an understanding of water conservation and stewardship in areas lacking adequate quality water supplies and (b) build local capacity among rural communities to develop and employ site specific freshwater harvesting strategies proven to improve water quality. Rural communities within four Pacific Island entities in the U.S. affiliated Freely Associated States (FAS) will participate in WfL activities. PREL will work collaboratively with a host of organizations such as the Federated States of Micronesia National Department of Education, Marshall Islands Conservation Society, and the Micronesian Conservation Trust, to develop and implement all phases of the initiative. This work could potentially impact the quality of life for hundreds of people in the FAS through water conversation education and improved water quality in local areas. Working closely with PREL staff and local water resource managers, a core team of 15-20 individuals, primarily teachers and community leaders, will participate in a 5 day short training course to develop and facilitate onsite and web-based water conservation and encatchment activities at the four target sites in the FAS. Three core team members per site will train local implementation teams of approximately 10 individuals per year (n=160) to redeliver the program and rainwater encatchment system strategies within their local communities. The implementation teams will redeliver the program to local youth and community groups (n=640). In addition, youth and community groups will be given opportunities to address specific needs through site specific service learning activities. These activities may vary and might include: new encatchment systems, repair/upgrade of existing catchment systems, community education of decontaminated collected or stored water, and groundwater contamination reduction efforts. Each individual will participate in WfL learning experiences for a minimum of 24 hours over the course of a year. The experiences of all project participants will be captured, analyzed, and reported in front-end, formative, and summative evaluations conducted by David Heil & Associates. Project deliverables include: onsite and distance learning programs, professional development short courses for teachers and community leaders, and service learning opportunities for community and youth groups. Over 800 individuals will be directly impacted by the project. The results of this work may be applicable to other remote and rural communities outside of the Pacific distressed by poor water quality and ineffective freshwater harvesting systems.

生命之水（WfL）是一个全面的发展青年和社区为基础的方案;围绕淡水扫盲，水资源保护和雨水收集领导的太平洋教育学习资源（PREL）在夏威夷。该项目的目标是：（a）在缺乏足够的优质水供应的地区促进对水的保护和管理的了解;（B）在农村社区建立当地能力，以制定和采用经证明可改善水质的、针对具体地点的淡水收集战略。美国附属的自由联系国（FAS）的四个太平洋岛屿实体内的农村社区将参加WfL的活动。PREL将与密克罗尼西亚联邦国家教育部、马歇尔群岛保护协会和密克罗尼西亚保护信托基金等一系列组织合作，制定和实施该倡议的所有阶段。这项工作可能会通过水资源保护教育和改善当地水质来影响FAS数百人的生活质量。与PREL工作人员和当地水资源管理人员密切合作，一个由15 - 20人组成的核心团队，主要是教师和社区领袖，将参加为期5天的短期培训课程，以制定和促进FAS四个目标地点的现场和基于网络的水资源保护和保护活动。每个站点的三名核心团队成员将每年培训约10人的当地实施团队（n = 160），以在当地社区内重新实施该计划和雨水收集系统战略。执行小组将把方案重新交付给当地青年和社区团体（n = 640）。此外，青年和社区团体将有机会通过针对具体地点的服务学习活动来满足具体需求。 这些活动可能各不相同，可能包括：新的集水系统、现有集水系统的维修/升级、净化收集或储存的水的社区教育，以及减少地下水污染的努力。每个人都将参加WFL学习体验，在一年的课程中至少24小时。所有项目参与者的经验将在大卫海尔联合公司进行的前端、形成性和总结性评估中进行记录、分析和报告。& 项目交付成果包括：现场和远程学习方案，教师和社区领导人的专业发展短期课程，以及社区和青年团体的服务学习机会。800多人将直接受到该项目的影响。这项工作的结果可能适用于太平洋以外因水质差和淡水收集系统无效而受到困扰的其他偏远和农村社区。