|
" Water sustains all."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Our Vision
Our vision of water has its genesis in "Sensitive Chaos" by Theodor
Schwenk where waters more hidden nature is so elegantly told.
Water is the midwife of life; it is the lifeblood of the Earth.
Wherever it is, through its presence, it creates spaces and
environments for the creation and sustenance of life. Where there
is no water
this possibility ceases. Water is a mediator, a balancer between
extremes and contrasts – it dissolves what it solid and
brings together substances to form new compounds.
It strives
to be chemically
neutral between acid and base; it serves buoyancy between gravity
and levity. Water is a bridge builder, crosses boundaries,
is open and serves all life selflessly, ready to refresh, to
heal, to purify,
or to give solace. It does not discriminate. Every living being
drinks it. Every living creature has a right to it. It cannot
be made separate and owned because it is by its nature intimately
and selflessly connected to all things.
What are the conditions needed for water to do its tasks?
In order to do its work of creating opportunities for and
sustaining life, water needs certain conditions. Healthy
water has remarkable
capacities that allow it to serve life. It loses its capacity
to do its work and becomes unhealthy when these conditions
are not met.
Water Points
Water serves life through processes of change, forming and rhythm.
Water achieves this through its capacity of movement.
In order to allow water to reveal the wisdom, science and sanctity
that nature has already given it, we study water in its healthiest
state. Only this positive picture of water allows us to reach the
comprehensive understanding of this universal, and universally needed,
substance.
- Through the proper understanding of water and its needs, there
arises the possibility for governments, at all levels to create
water
policy that reflects the nature of water itself without mistakenly imposing
life-degrading forms upon it.
- It is possible to find appropriate
and workable models for the policy-forming process in the natural
behavior of water
itself. Water’s
capacity for mediation, for binding and dissolving substances
and bringing
about transformation can serve as an important example for
policy makers
trying to satisfy many conflicting interests and priorities.
- When
conservation, management and policy formation strategies are
based on knowledge of the conditions water needs to serve life
on Earth,
we can bring health to the environment and to Mankind, physically,
socially and spiritually.
|