{"id":1559,"date":"2018-06-02T19:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/?p=1559"},"modified":"2018-06-02T19:18:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T19:18:36","slug":"water-connects-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/courses.washington.edu\/ps385s18\/2018\/06\/02\/water-connects-us-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Connects Us All – Action Project Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

My group\u2019s action project was tabling on Red Square and raising awareness about water usage and water footprint, and specifically the difference between the two. An idea we wanted to highlight through this project was targeting a community similar to us, which is why chose our audience to be people who walk through Red Square. Though we did not have a ton of people come to talk to us, I believe that the discussions we did have were meaningful. For example, two guys talked to Brian and I when we were at the table for about five minutes, and their interests seemed to peak especially when we started to talk about water footprint. To see the surprise on some of our fellow students\u2019 faces shows that water, an essential part of life, is not thought about. For this reason, I do feel that our project was meaningful, even to just a few people.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was inspired by the work I did because it allowed me to be creative and artistic, which is an opportunity that does not come along often in academic settings. Luckily, my job involved in making posters, graphics and being creative on media, so I was able to use something I\u2019ve used in the professional field in my classes. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have a tendency to want everything to be absolutely perfect, but I know it is an unrealistic expectation. Something that I have always known but explored further through this class is that nature exists in harmony, and when there is a disruption, the perfect system is cracked. It is the same with our lives – our lives have been disrupted in many ways through human actions, through natural disasters, through historical events. No earthly action goes unnoticed by some species, human or animal. Systems theory fueled our project in the way that water connects us all: we all need it, we all use it. Some of us use too much, others don\u2019t have enough. Our campus connects all students, we all need it and we all use it, which is why we chose to have our project in the central area of Red Square. The mutual connection of all being students and the mutual connection of us all needing water puts life into a smaller perspective.\u00a0\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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