Archive for the ‘Global Water Issues’ Category

• Water experts outline the water challenge

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues, World Water Conservation | Response: 0

  A short media clip featuring an assortment of water experts across the non-profit and private sectors outlining the difficulties of the water challenge, as well as the actions that can be taken to cost-effectively and sustainably close the water gap. LINK: The Water challenge

• About World Resources Institute

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues, Water pollution | Response: 0

  WRI’s goal is to protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural world adapt to unavoidable climate change. LINK: WRI

• Practical information on treatment of drinking water

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues, Health | Response: 0

  An online handbook, by N. Cheremisinoff, which covers the treatment of drinking water as well as industrial and municipal waste-water, and provides practical and broad-based information in one comprehensive source. LINK: Knovel

• WaterCity

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  A humid, aquatic world called WaterCity. The most entertaining and wild aquatic park in Europe, offering over 34 water games. LINK: WaterCity

• Bottled Water vrs Tap Water

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues, conservation | Response: 0

  What is the truth about bottled water? Is it much less regulated than tap water? What about our environment? That bottle that takes just 3 minutes to drink can take hundreds of years to biodegrade. Reader’s Digest article provides interesting insight to what’s in that bottle. LINK: Bottled Water

• Book review: The Spirit of Water

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Artists, Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  By Lawrence Ellyard. The Spirit of Water illustrates the world of water, covers every aspect of worldwide use and current problems of pollution and supply, its healing properties, health imbalances, its use in food and diet, and features a series of practices and meditations no how to use the principles of Hado in daily life. It includes 45 colour ice crystal photographs. LINK: About the Spirit of Water

• Adopt-a-beach in California

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  Marine debris is one of the world’s most pervasive marine pollution problems.  Trash in our watersand on our shorelines can be mistaken as food by marine animals.  If animals don’t eat it, they could become entangled in it, which can have fatal results. That is why the California Coastal Commission, local organizations, agencies, and California State Parks have coordinated the Adopt-A-Beach Program.  If you are interested in adopting a beach, volunteers must commit to clean the beach at least three times per year.   LINK: Adopt a beach

• Water pollution guide

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues, Water pollution | Response: 0

  The Water Pollution Guide has useful information about the sources of water pollution and how they can be treated. Water pollution affects drinking water, rivers, lakes and oceans all over the world. This consequently harms human health and the natural environment. Here you can find out more about water pollution and what you can do to prevent it. LINK: Water pollution guide

• Quote: Dalai Lama speaks water

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  …”Every human should have the idea of taking care of the environment, of nature, of water. So using too much or wasting water should have some kind of feeling or sense of concern. Some sort of responsibility and with that, a sense of discipline.”

  - The 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

• The Ocean Project

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  The Ocean Project has grown from a handful of founding North American aquariums and conservation organizations into the world’s most extensive network for advancing ocean education and action, with nearly 1,000 Partner zoos, aquariums, and museums (ZAMs), plus conservation and education organizations, agencies, and institutions in all 50 U.S. states and 85 countries. Collectively, our Partners reach over 300 million people – more than attendance at all major American sporting events combined.The Ocean Project advances ocean conservation by working in partnership with zoos, aquariums and museums and others to educate visitors on the importance of protecting and conserving our ocean planet.  For more information on how to become a partner LINK: The Ocean Project