Sub-categories in this issue

• Bottled Water
• Water purity
• Universal access to clean water

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

• Summer of Service placements with agencies like EDGE Outreach which work on educating local citizens about the importance of protecting water resources and establish new sources of potable water abroad.
• Work throughout the school year to assess campus use of bottled water, as well as the bottle water usage of the local community in comparison to national and international rates.
• Investigative work on the impact of bottled water plants on host communities.

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

• Research into the impact of bottled water use on individuals and communities.
• Research the level of bottled water use on campus, Centre's purchasing policies related to bottled water, and the effect of the cessation of bottled water purchasing.
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Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

• Reflection on individual choice to use or not use bottled water and the subsequent impacts.
• Convocations, like FLOW from Fall 2008, to educate individuals on the impact of the production and use of bottled water on campus.

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

• Meetings with campus groups to educate about the importance of conserving water resources and the hazards of reliance on bottled water
• Meeting with campus food supplier (Sodexo) to determine use of bottled water on campus and its impact on consumers, locally, nationally, and internationally
• Notes from recent meetings with campus groups.

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

• What are the purchasing policies of Centre College concerning bottled water.

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

• Student : Beth Neal : Conducting Summer of Service with EDGE Outreach
• EDGE Outreach : Community Partner