trust is the new vital key to progress?

Yes...Initially this World City podcast focuses on water management in a city world - prompted when Cape Town had a 3 year drought from 2015-17. Ground Zero was a few months away. City Council responded best by building trust with the city dwellers, revealing step by step solutions, transparency. Citizens and government had roles to play in achieving progress. But another positive emerged out of this crisis...other ways to build trust.

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staunch river red gums...

staunch river red gums cannot #conquer drought but still their thinning shade means some relief to weary wanderers #vss365 #tanka

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 16 July 2026 at 08:47

staunch river red gums
cannot #conquer drought
but still their thinning shade
means some relief
to weary wanderers#vss365 #tanka

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 15, 2026

cracked river beds...

cracked river beds dusty window panes empty water tanks we #entreat drifting dark clouds to linger universal thirst is the raw heart of need #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 19 March 2026 at 08:58

cracked river beds
dusty window panes
empty water tanks

we #entreat
drifting dark clouds
to linger

universal thirst is
the raw heart
of need#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) March 18, 2026

creek stones shimmer...

creek stones shimmer a soggy, #crazed mirage post drought illusion fuel when real life serves barren ground #vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 February 2026 at 09:16

creek stones shimmer
a soggy, #crazed mirage
post drought

illusion fuel
when real life serves
barren ground#vss365 #haiku #micropoetry

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) February 22, 2026