What Do We Know?

What Can We Do?

Why Should We Care?

How Do We Know?

We intentionally use the word "We" a lot.

The collective noun includes not just us and them but you too.

So then, what is your Water Story?

What is a Water Story, you may ask? We all have unique relationships with water. Water means life on our planet -- and perhaps throughout the physical universe. It is a remarkable molecule -- so bipolar in charge it behaves the way very few other molecules on Earth do. It's in what we drink, eat, and how we move and work and play. Water can cause us trouble, like with heavy storms that do not have a good place to drain. It can bring peace, like when sitting beside the river and observing birds and listening to the wind rustle leaves and insects and amphibians on stones in the shallows. So, what is your relationship to water? What do you want it to be?

Some of your work as a Reflo summer intern will be to manage landscapes that help improve our relationship with water. Gardens need to be weeded, after all. You'll also get to learn from professional experts who help design these spaces and work with partners who support them in different ways. These designs and these jobs are all part of larger relationships to the Earth and each other. Systems seek equilibrium and good designs take various forms of equilibrium into account.

Each of Reflo’s adult team members also have unique relationships to water and each other. We each found our way to this work for different reasons. Everyone contributes something unique. We have separate histories, but like streams converging into a mainstem, we also share things in common and pull together as a team. The power of water should never be underestimated. We hope this summer will be an opportunity for you to flow awhile and also intentionally reflect as you work and learn and pull together with new people and relationships. We're glad you're here!