In cultures around the world, water plays an important role in culture and tradition and this is displayed prominently in creation stories and mythology. Focusing on the idea that “Water is Life”, our cohorts read creation myths from around the world and analyzed the texts to compare the role of water in different societies.

Sitting by the San Francisco Bay, we authored our own creation myths, revising our drafts to hone our story-telling skills.

Using the lens of these myths, we examined how water is still central to the stories of today reading novels and short stories centering how water shapes our modern lives.

Throughout the Water Journey, we dove deep into statistics and data analysis to understand the scope of the garbage problem impacting the world’s oceans. We took a field trip to San Francisco’s Ocean Beach and did a beach clean-up. We brought all the garbage back to Nomad’s Depot where we sorted, counted and measured what we’d collected.

Using the data from our beach cleanup, we estimated the amount of garbage on the entirety of the California shoreline!

Spurred by our alarming results, Nomadians researched and brainstormed solutions to the ocean’s garbage problem.