Dry Eden Water Scarcity competition for primary aged children

To the Eden Angling superhero parents with Primary aged children.

As climate change continues to place greater demands on river water from agriculture the Dry Eden group with representation from the Eden Angling Association reported on the Fifeshire Eden in 2018-2019 as one of 7 in the UK affected by agricultural water extraction in times of climate change.Water is a scarce resource and this competition is intended to spread awareness through the community. Feel free to share this with others on your network.

DRY: The Diary of a Water Superhero, children’s competition

with Waterwise

A creative challenge to children to read and enjoy this engaging STEM book and use their imagination to illustrate what their community would look like if we all used water more wisely

What would your home, school, or garden look like if we were to use water more wisely?

+ Competition open to 5-9 and 10-13 year olds + Individual and class prizes +
+ Supported by online teacher notes in English & Welsh +

+ Submit entries May 1st-28th, 2021 +

+ A collaboration between the DRY Project (University of the West of England) and Waterwise in conjunction with Waterwise's Water Saving Week May 17th-21st +

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To find out more, please click here:  https://www.waterwise.org.uk/drycompetition/

 

Many thanks, Best wishes,  Lindsey

 

Professor Lindsey McEwen

 

Director: Centre for Water, Communities and Resilience

Department of Geography and Environmental Management

University of the West of England

Frenchay Campus

Coldharbour Lane

Bristol

BS16 1QY

United Kingdom