2010: Water, Science & Society

What are our current understandings of water, and how do they differ across cultures and societies? How do our current understandings and usages of water influence the continued availability of the resource on our planet? How has the understanding of water changed over the centuries? How are these changes reflected in our societies – not only in how we use water, but also how we write, talk, think about it? How should our approach to and usage of water change to reflect a better balance between different aspects? Download the Baseline Study to inform the debate and identify additional questions!