Advanced Water Educator Workshops

Decision Center for a Desert City, Arizona Project WET, Water Resources Research Center and Maricopa County Cooperative Extension from the University of Arizona host water educators each summer.

2012 Advanced Water Educator Workshop, July 18-19, 2012

In conjunction with Arizona Project WET, the Water Sustainability Program, and UA’s Water Resources Research Center, DCDC hosted 35 teachers at the seventh annual workshop. The workshop enhanced educator knowledge of riparian systems, created wetlands and ecosystem management. Specific areas addressed as they related to this topic included:

  • What are riparian system functions?
  • What is the value of sustaining natural riparian systems?
  • How are ecosystems managed?
  • How do created wetlands and riparian systems fit into the water resources picture?

Workshop Materials

2011 Advanced Water Educator Workshop, June 28-29, 2011

The sixth annual workshop focused on public perception of water issues covering five main topics:

  1. psychological underpinnings of (un)sustainable behaviors
  2. gauging public perception
  3. consumer responsibility
  4. cross-cultural perspectives on water quality and equity
  5. learning progressions for water education

Workshop Materials

  1. Psychological Underpinnings of (Un)Sustainable Behaviors

    2. Susan Ledlow, PhD
    DCDC Research Scientist
    School of Sustainability
    Arizona State University

  2. Gauging Public Perception

    3. Channah Rock, PhD
    Water Quality Specialist
    The University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension

  3. Consumer Responsibility: what does it mean and who’s in charge

    4. Sabrina Helm, PhD
    Co-director Consumers Environment Sustainability Initiative (CESI)
    The University of Arizona

  4. Interactive Session on Learning Progressions for Water

    5. Kristin Gunckel, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
    The University of Arizona

  5. Making Research Real Through Exhibitions: Links to the water exhibit and making the movie.

    6. Judy Newland
    Academic Professor
    School of Human Evolution and Social Change
    Arizona State University

  6. In All Fairness: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Water Quality and Equity

    7. Meredith Gartin, Graduate Student
    Amber Wutich, PhD, Assistant Professor
    School of Human Evolution and Social Change
    Arizona State University