Accelerating Inclusive Learning of Hydrology Under Change and COVID Times With Actions Towards a Panta Rhei Open Science for Future Earth
Authors: Mendiondo Eduardo Mario , Sarmento Buarque Ana Carolina , Fava Maria Clara , Batalini de Macedo Marina , Chiquito Gesualdo Gabriela , Taffarello Denise , Arguello de Souza Felipe Augusto , Benso Marcos Roberto , Castillo Rapalo Luis Miguel , Navarro Fabricio Richmond , de Souza Bruno , Nobrega Gomez Jr Marcos , Ambrogi do Lago Cesar 
Published: September 2022

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) options have accelerated &amp;#8220;education for preparedness&amp;#8221; initiatives for 100 million people living at &gt;90,000 water-risk prone areas. Before and during COVID pandemic, innovative T-shaped (&amp;#8220;breadth-and-depth&amp;#8221;) labs of open science have promoted education towards the Agenda 2030. Here we depict actions delivered by the Water-Adaptive Design &amp; Innovation lab (@TheWADILab) to provide citizen science with inclusiveness (CC+), as a learning accelerator of human-water coevolution under change (i.e. &amp;#8216;Panta Rhei Open Science for Future Earth&amp;#8217;, PROSFE). We summarize CC+PROSFE examples of practical learning with a blend of options at the DRR Center for Education and Research on Disasters (CEPED, &lt;span&gt;www.ceped.eesc.usp.br&lt;/span&gt;) through: open access to data and tools, new mechanisms, hybrid curation platforms, competency-skill curricula, and blended education. First, examples have been applied during &gt;1,200 hours of lectures of hydrology to &gt;600 students, ranging from &amp;#8220;puzzling 3D transboundary aquifer&amp;#8221; for&lt;span&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/span&gt;undergraduate students (Fig 1) to competency learning (skills, fundamentals, attitudes) of blended education for professionals (Fig 2). Second, CC+PROSFE aims to: (1) mobilize international cooperation to improve knowledge and innovation to address water security challenges at &amp;#8220;Panta Rhei Schools&quot;, i.e. welcoming visiting scientists to the School of Advanced Studies in Water &amp; Society Under Change (SASW&amp;SC; &lt;span&gt;http://www1.eesc.usp.br/ppgshs/internacionalizacao&lt;/span&gt;), (2) strengthen science-policy interface to reach water security at local-to-global levels through the new UNESCO Chair in Urban Waters and the new WMO-Americas Regional Climate Centre hosted by Prohimet (&lt;span&gt;https://www.prohimet.org/&lt;/span&gt;), (3) pave new pathways for water security knowledge to empower and activate citizenry at the local level using the Socio-Hydrological Observatory for Water Security (SHOWS), cycles of #OneDropOfScience #OneDoseOfResilience and Academia-Community&amp;#8217;s Waters for Our World! Project (&lt;span&gt;https://prg.usp.br/academia-comunidade-wow-waters-for-our-world/&lt;/span&gt;), and (4) develop institutional and human capacities for water security, sustainability and inspiration through water literacy and communication in the joint initiative of UNESCO-IHP-LAC &amp; Pechakucha (&lt;span&gt;https://www.pechakucha.com/events/agua-todavia-unesco-x-pechakucha&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;