Project WET / About Project WET /

 

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an award-winning, nonprofit water education program and publisher. The program facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET programs.

Project WET Is:

• A publisher of materials and lesson plans for teachers and for children.
• A source of leadership training and capacity building courses, seminars, and workshops for water education providers.
• A global water education delivery network designed to reach children through educators.
• A provider of information, support services, and consultation for people that have questions regarding water education for teachers and children.
  

Project WET is committed to global water education that is implemented at the community level.

The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators, and communities of the world with water education.

The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote the awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids and through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs.

Project WET Core Beliefs:

• Water moves through living and nonliving systems and binds them together in a complex web of life.
• Water of sufficient quality and quantity is important for all water users (energy producers, farmers and ranchers, fish and wildlife, manufacturers, recreationists, rural and urban dwellers).
• Sustainable water management is crucial for providing tomorrow's children with social and economic stability in a healthy environment.
• Awareness of, and respect for, water resources can encourage a personal, lifelong commitment of responsibility and positive community participation.

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