GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “Succession within the Partnership for Water Sustainability legal entity is an intergenerational commitment. The 70-yr-olds pass the baton to the 60-yr-olds… who in turn groom the 50-yr-olds…and so on and so on and so on,” stated Kim Stephens at the Summit at the Bastion in Nanaimo (October 2023)

January 23, 2024 - Posted in Contextual Resources, Georgia Basin Inter-Regional Education Initiative

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.  The edition published on January 23, 2024 featured the Partnership’s Annual Report 2023. The document is written to inform and engage the reader through a storytelling approach to sharing of information. 

In October 2023, the Partnership brought together some 30 ambassadors representing a dozen organizations for a consultation session. Going forward, this watershed moment will forever be known as the “Summit at the Bastion in Nanaimo”. A synopsis of the takeaways are presented in Annual Report 2023.

3-Year Transition Strategy for ensuring continuity of the network

“One ambassador described the Summit at the Bastion in Nanaimo as a turning point in our convening for action story. But it can be so much more. In fact, it will be the springboard to creating a future which so many of us desire, one which coalesces around a shared vision for Water Reconciliation,” stated Kim Stephens, Waterbucket eNews Editor and Partnership Executive Director. “The Partnership is seen as a resource that is stable, that is there, and that people can draw upon,” observed Ray Fung. But the founding leadership team is aging out. Growing and sustaining the network through time is very much about finding those to whom we can pass the baton, now and in the future.”

The Partnership is viewed as a movement built around water sustainability Ray Fung captured the mood of the summit with this summation: “I liked the comment that THIS IS A MOVEMENT. I find that is really inspiring to not see ourselves just as a network. We are a movement built around water sustainability. We leave the summit inspired to figure out how the FORM of the Partnership will follow the FUNCTION.” “We can learn things from expanding our perspective. Part of that holistic approach includes the SPIRITUAL as well as the physical connection to the land.”

TO LEARN MORE:

To read the complete story, download a copy of Living Smart in British Columbia:  There is no time to re-invent the wheel.

To download the annual report, click on Annual Report 2023: What the Partnership and associated network will look like after the Year 2025

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