Rivers as Classrooms: Learning Together to Protect Waterways

Rivers around the world face big problems like pollution and damming. These issues threaten the lives of both people and animals that depend on rivers. To fix these problems, we need to work together in special places called River Co-Learning Arenas (RCAs). RCAs are like classrooms where different people from various backgrounds meet to talk, learn, and act. They help in regenerating river ecosystems and promoting fairness for everyone who relies on rivers. By bringing different types of knowledge together, RCAs can guide local and global decisions to protect rivers. They focus on five key ideas: sharing river knowledge, learning together, working well with others, reflecting on actions, and combining different cultures' knowledge. This approach encourages everyone to participate in saving our rivers.