Telopea Park School World Water Day 2015

On Friday 20 March 2015, Telopea Park School will be organising exciting events to celebrate World Water Day 2015!

2015 is a big year for water, with two major international events taking place during the year. The 7^th World Water Forum will take place in South Korea from 12 to 17 April 2015. In September 2015, the UN will adopt a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), highlighting the critical importance of ensuring clean water for all. 

In this global context, the World Water Day event at Telopea Park School aims to:

·      raise awareness among students and their relatives of the importance of water and sustainable management

 ·      share students’ vision of water both locally and internationally.

Thanks to a partnership between the International Secretarial for Water (ISW), Telopea Park School, UN–Water and the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA), students from Telopea Park School will participate in a range of water-themed activities throughout the school event on Friday
20 March, including:

·      a water and film contest

·      water-themed debates

·      water management games

·      an interactive water messengers exhibition: “A wall for water”

·      hands-on water-testing activities

·      a conference on water management

From 3.30pm to 5.30pm, the school library will be open to the public for a conference on water management. The conference will involve Australian National University research staff, the ISW and the MDBA.

Following the conference, videos produced by Telopea Park School students for the International “Water and Film” Event (IWFE) will be showcased. The best three videos will be shown at the World Water Forum in April 2015.