Water Wheel January/February 2015

Abstract

Fluid Thoughts Fluid Thoughts WRC CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo The year 2015 sees us entering the milestone of our 21st year of democracy. Our country is a young adult, and none too soon as the challenges that we face are going to require the creativity and adventure of an adolescent as well as the maturity of an adult to be managed successfully. The reality of our water scarcity and our insufficient energy security has become stark. The negative knock-on effects on food and nutritional security as well as health security are increasingly sharpened. In addition, we are facing this in a time of budgetary tightening and further economic contraction. The temptation in such times is strong to gather all your available resources Coming of Age – Moving knowledge to action and invest in Band-Aid solutions to address the immediate problems and shore up the ability of the state to ensure the social security net. While this might provide short-term relief in many quarters, this does not amount to an investment in our future prosperity and well-being.

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