Water-Related Education Activities

Water is a resource that is vital to everyone. And water is a vulnerable asset that can be deteriorated by man. These points together make it clear that the fate of the water resource is of interest to every person. 

the scientists and personnel involved in water research and exploitation, have access to the observations and data and are familiar with the problems of water supply and its sustainable management. So we have the mission of sharing this information with the public, having the following goals in mind  

From observations and understanding to appreciation of the resource and its conservation. 

Let us discuss the education aspect of the global water cycle in two steps first the extended list of potential topics, and then how these topics can be integrated into water and man science museums (section 18.4.2), local exhibitions (section 18.4.3), teaching at schools (section 18.4.4), and teaching at universities (section 14.4.5). The topics are by and large elucidated in the present book. 

List of key topics of the global water cycle. Water—the unique fluid 

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Research into the impact of the spills has been aided by the passage of the US Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which included a provision establishing the Oil Spill Recovery Institute (OSRI). OSRI provides funding to support oil-spill related research as well as education and technology development for dealing with oil spills in the Arctic environment. The results of research it supported and other research, such as that funded as part of litigation activities, has been summarized in the 2002 National Research Council report Oil and the Sea Inputs, Fates and Effects. This report also puts into perspective the small contribution of tanker and pipeline spills as compared to other sources of ocean oil such as land-based runoff, polluted rivers, small boats and water craft, as well natural seeps from the sea floor. 

The European Sth Action Programme (CEC, 1992a) emphasises that issues such as climate change, air and water pollution and waste related issues are only symptoms of mismanagemoit and abuse, and that the real problons are the current patterns of human consumption and behaviour. This em iasises the need, not only to manage the environment more effectively at an institutional level, but also dre need to educate and involve the general public in sustainable activities. 

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