R E F L E C T I O N S O N T H E F U T U R E
Collaborating for California
Collaborative action toward equitable and sustainable
land and water stewardship
A Message from the WSN Team
Dear Water Solutions Network Members and Friends,
We are excited to share this visioning
document with all of you and thank you
all for your insights and contributions. This
document, developed as the result of a
robust Network engagement process, is
designed to reflect on where we’ve been
together and to build a common vision of
where we would like to go together as we
chart our future trajectory.
We would be remiss if we didn’t start by
expressing our deep gratitude to all the
people and organizations that helped to
shape the amazing network we now enjoy.
S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation initiated the
inquiry that would lead to the creation
of WSN. Coro Northern California, Water
Education for Latino Leaders/Celeste
Cantú Consulting, and Dig In co-created
the amazing cohort experience that is the
hallmark and core of our network capacity.
And, of course, all our members who are
the heart and soul of our network.
The road ahead is fraught by climate
change, social unrest, inequity, and
uncertainty. The scale and magnitude of
the crisis is beyond anything any of us
have experienced in our lifetimes. Our
comfort and safety, if not human survival,
hinges on our capacity to let go of our
assumptions about how humans live on
this planet. The challenges before us will
best be met by recovering our sense of
interconnectedness and interdependence
with each other and everything around us.
We are grateful to be approaching these
challenges with a network of individuals
committed to bold action toward
sustainable and equitable land and water
stewardship and who are systems thinkers
with the capacity to bridge differences and
collaborate for a better California.
We are eager for the opportunities ahead
of us to enhance our network and to scale
up our collaborative capacity and efforts.
Onward,
Debbie, Odin, Angelica, Biney, Jenny,
and Pedro
