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- EIN 27-3344353
- (505) 470-3554
- 1021 Camino Santander Santa Fe NM 87505-5960 USA
- www.waterculture.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, Water, Water Resources, Wetlands Conservation & Management
Mission: The water-culture institute promotes the sustainable management of our rivers, lakes, springs, and groundwater through the application of indigenous wisdom and cultural traditions that respect the rights of nature. Our premise is that the sustainability of water ecosystems requires an ethic that recognizes our sacred responsibility to the earth. We work both locally and globally. Locally our focus is the american southwest and particularly the rio grande basin. Globally we are cooperating with other international organizations to develop a global "water ethics charter" and to promote understanding among water professionals, policy decision-makers, and civil society, about the concept of "water ethics". Our message is that decisions about rivers, lakes, and other water ecosystems should be based on explicit ethical values.
Programs: Water ethics initiative. The water ethics initiative and network is the signature program of water-culture institute and has its own website (waterethics. Org), social media (facebook, twitter, and linkedin) and a quarterly e-newsletter. The main activity is the network which is run by the director and a part-time intern, lucy rodina. The director writes the quarterly e-newsletter. Key activities of the water ethics initiative during 2017 include: *redoing the institute website (waterculture. Org) on a wix platform and re-writing all web content; * publication of a book on "global water ethics: towards a global ethics charter" co-edited by rafael ziegler (in germany) and david groenfeldt (wci director) and published by routledge;* the director was invited to participate in a workshop on water and social justice held in detroit (feb 1, 2017); *that same month he was invited to a conference in melbourne, australia on the topic of water futures; and * in march the director co-organized a special session on the cultural ecology of water at the annual meetings of the society for applied anthropology, held in santa fe, nm. * from march-april, the director and a consultant (elise sibley chandler) conducted interviews in santa fe as the first stage of the santa fe water charter project. * in may, the director was affiliated with santa fe art institute to pursue a photography project on santa fe's water infrastructure. The project was formally presented to the art institute in july and can be viewed here: https://vimeo. Com/xxx-xx-xxxx. Water-culture institute co-organized a 2-day workshop on water ethics at willamette university in salem, oregon on june 15-18, and the director then participated in a workshop on environmental flows hosted by sesync in annapolis, md from june 20-23, where he presented on the ethical principles underlying environmental flow policies. * from oct. 30 to nov. 3, the director participated in the annual meeting of the alliance for water stewardship, held in edinburgh, scotland. From sept through december, the director also spent considerable time on the 2nd edition of his 2013 text on water ethics, which is slated to be published in 2017 as a 2nd edition.