A 30 day challenge to live water wise

Calling together all of us concerned about the present and future of our water! Despite recent wet weather patterns, multi-year droughts throughout the Southwest US, and the extreme depletion of the reservoirs connected to the Colorado River have made it clear that fresh, clean water is a limited (not endless) natural resource.

What can we do?!

It turns out, especially if we come together, there are a lot of actions we can take.

We invite YOU to participate in this 30-day challenge! During this time, together we will engage in creative and innovative ways to approach our everyday relationship to water.

The challenge is pretty simple:

Each day, there is a new prompt and an action to take.
Pick at least 7 action items to commit to this month, or follow along with all 30!
Leave comments on our Instagram posts or post photos to our hashtags to share your experience.

Already living water-wise? Join us to share your expertise in this area, offer suggestions, and support others in the community just starting out.

Join the drylab! – to learn alongside others and take real actions to conserve and honor this precious life-giving element of water.

Kick-off Event

On October 1, we will host an in person kick-off event from 2pm-4pm in the A.E. England Building, downtown Phoenix. The event will also be live streamed.

To Join the Drylab:

1. Follow us on Social Media and take the entry survey.

2. Bookmark this page and check it out daily during the month of October

Invite Friends!

When?

The challenge will launch with a public event in Phoenix on October 1 that will also be live streamed.

From October 2-31 we will offer 30 challenges

Each day you find a new prompt on this website and on our Instagram page.

*** Consider doing the challenge with a group of people within your community to engage and share experiences together.

About

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In 2017 eight ASU students lived for 30 days in an abandoned motel in Amboy, California on 4 gallons of water a day (per person) to experience life under extreme water scarcity (the usual water usage patterns for Tempe are 80-100 gallons/day). This art-sustainability project was called Drylab 2023, because it envisioned a near future (2023) where the southwest would experience a severe water crisis. The participants shared their experiences via social media, and you can still find their stories on this website.

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Now, in 2023, we are experiencing an actual water crisis in the US southwest. The original Drylab team came together to instigate this challenge, contribute water-wise prompts, and will be interacting with current challenge participants calling upon their experiences.

Contact Us

For questions regarding the Drylab Challenge, please email us at contact@drylab2023.net.

Acknowledgements

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Support provided by ASU’s Impact Water – Arizona, a core program of the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, courtesy of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.

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Desert Humanities Initiative, ASU

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Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment, ASU

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