Take action

Freshwater health impacts us all, and protecting them is a shared responsibility. Here are some ideas for how you can take action.

I'm a community member

  • Get involved — Join monitoring efforts! Community scientists contributed more than 60% of water quality datasets for these reports.
  • Be curious — Ask questions about your watersheds, and share your knowledge with others to inspire action.
  • Speak up — Support initiatives that protect water resources and ensure data is open and transparent.

I'm a scientist

  • Innovate — Develop and refine research methods to deepen our understanding of freshwater systems.
  • Collaborate — Integrate community knowledge and diverse expertise into freshwater research.
  • Standardize — Create shared frameworks to measure and improve watershed health.

I work in government

  • Invest in data — Fund long-term data collection and infrastructure to support informed decision-making.
  • Lead the way — Establish a national freshwater health agenda—a shared vision to drive collective action.
  • Promote learning — Expand environmental education at all levels to build lifelong water stewardship.

I'm a student

  • Push the boundaries — Join regional challenges like AquaHacking to tackle real water issues and create innovative solutions.
  • Join or start an environment club  — Start or join an environmental club to connect with peers and take action.

  • Dive in — Explore water-related research and participate in internships to build hands-on skills.

I'm an educator

  • Inspire curiosity — Engage students in hands-on activities like water monitoring to spark lifelong interest. Some more resources are here!
  • Empower students — Challenge them to think critically about water issues and their role in solutions.
  • Foster leadership — Support students in taking leadership roles in environmental projects, shaping the next generation of water stewards.

I work in data or tech

  • Build smarter — Create open-source tools that make data sharing easier and more accessible to everyone.
  • Prioritize openness — Champion open access to environmental data and join efforts like the Living Data Project to get historical data from hard copy to open, online formats.
  • Respect privacy — Develop solutions that ensure data sovereignty and ethical use of information. Adhere to the First Nations OCAP principles  (ownership, control, access, and possession of data) and FAIR (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reuse of digital assets) principles. 

I work in industry

  • Share openly — Adopt transparent data-sharing practices to inform decision-making.
  • Engage actively — Partner with communities on water conservation and monitoring efforts.
  • Drive innovation — Advance technologies that improve water monitoring and sustainability.

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