In Brooklyn NY, The Berkeley Carroll School held its 2nd annual student run "Awareness Day" revolving around the many issues we face with water.  The whole day was divided into four parts: Workshops, Action Workshops, a movie, and a guest speaker.  the workshops were all run by students for students and raised questions about water issues that we face today.

The 30 minute workshops discussed everything from climate change and water to debating, "Who owns our water?"  Everyone had an opinion on the issues that were brought up and caused everyone to rethink how they use water in their daily lives, and how they can conserve it.  As Americans we take it for granted that we have water on demand whenever we want it, wherever we want it.  So we sometimes forget about how much we actually consume and waste.  We forget about the millions of people around the world who die from unclean water and lack thereof.  The workshops led to times of reflections on how we, as students, use our water.  In the action workshops there was less of a discussion about water and more of an urge to do something about the challenges we are facing around the world.  The action Workshops consisted of Canvass Bag decorating (so students can use the bags when the go out for lunch), taking a water pledge, being part of a clean up crew along a Brooklyn beach, and many more.  Students were also able to watch a segment of the documentary called FLOW (For Love Of Water).  At the end of the day we herd from Dava Sobel who is the author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter.