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DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Context for Partnership’s Mid-Year Report for 2025” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in September 2025

September 23, 2025 - Posted in ...2025, PUBLICATIONS & DOWNLOADS

Note to Reader:

Published by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia, Waterbucket eNews celebrates the leadership of individuals and organizations who are guided by the Living Water Smart vision. Stories are structured in three parts: One-Minute Takeaway (REPRODUCED BELOW), Editor’s Perspective, and the Story Behind the Story.

The edition published on September 23, 2025 presented an overview of the Partnership’s Mid-Year Report. Also structured in three parts, the Mid-Year Report describes the Partnership’s operational framework followed by a section on the ambassadors’ program. Then it weaves quotable quotes into a narrative about the Partnership’s array of initiatives.

ONE MINUTE TAKEAWAY for the extremely busy reader

The Mid-Year Report for 2025 is not a conventional annual report in the way people typically expect one to look like. The Partnership has adopted a storytelling approach to inform and engage readers about our mission.

The Mid-Year Report provides context for the work of the Partnership for Water SustainabilitY

Are you at all curious? What do you wonder about the Partnership? Continue reading for a broad overview. And if this taste whets your appetite to delve deeper, download the Mid-Year Report for 2025.

“The Mid-Year Report captures the ’emotion’ or sense of purpose that the Partnership recognizes and energizes among the folks who deal with and are concerned about what happens to our water and environments that support the water cycle,” explains Tim Pringle, founding director.

When you read the Mid-Year Report, you will learn that:

Images are mostly from the Partnership’s library. Some are from the public domain and Creative Commons.

The Partnership for Water Sustainability strives to bridge a knowledge gap

“An emerging concern is the decline of critical thinking skills. There is more technology, but less understanding. In an article published in the NY Times, David Brooks reflected on new research findings. Reliance on artificial intelligence impacts the underlying cognitive architecture of human brains.”

To Learn More:

Waterbucket eNews stories are structured in three parts: One-Minute Takeaway, Editor’s Perspective and Context for Busy Reader, and the Story Behind the Story. To read the complete 3-part storyline, download a PDF copy of Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Context for Partnership’s Mid-Year Report for 2025.