Posts Tagged ‘resources’

• Dr. Kathleen Miller on climate change and water research

  Date: 2009.12.29 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  Discussing how in recent years there has been growing evidence that the earth’s increasingly warm climate in 21st century. This raises the essential question: What impacts will global warming have on the environment and human activities? LINK: Dr. Kathleen Miller

• The Weather Network on climate change

  Date: 2009.12.29 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation | Response: 0

  The Weather Network reports on the impact of climate change and its serious affect on water resources around the world. Changing water levels, temperatures and flow will in turn affect food supply, health, industry, transportation, and ecosystem integrity. LINK: Climate change: Water Impacts

• Documentary Film: A World Without Water

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

  Many influential documentaries have been produced that pertain to international water issues and the future of water in modern-day society.  True Vision’s timely film tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatization of water supplies and how the world is running out of its most precious resource. LINK: A World Without Water

• 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

• Are Canadians wasting water?

  Date: 2009.11.21 | Category: Canadian, Domestic Water Conservation | Response: 0

  As Canadians, we perform many activities within a day related to using water, likely without thinking about the precious water resource right at our fingertips. LINK: Wasting water resources in Canada

• Nile Basin Initiative

  Date: 2009.11.19 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a partnership initiated and led by the riparian states of the Nile River. The NBI seeks to develop the river in a cooperative manner, share substantial socioeconomic benefits, and promote regional peace and security.

  Primary objectives of the NBI:
  To develop the Nile Basin water resources in a sustainable and equitable way, to ensure prosperity, security, and peace for all its peoples, To ensure efficient water management and the optimal use of the resources, To ensure cooperation and joint action between the riparian countries, seeking win-win gains, To target poverty eradication and promote economic integration, To ensure that the program results in a move from planning to action. LINK NBI

• About National Ground Water Association

  Date: 2009.11.19 | Category: Local Water Issues, Nonprofit Organization | Response: 0

  The National Ground Water Association is the hallmark organization for anyone affiliated with the groundwater industry. A nonprofit organization, NGWA is comprised of more than 13,000 U.S. and international groundwater professionals—contractors, scientists and engineers, equipment manufacturers, and suppliers. The association’s purpose is to provide guidance to members, government representatives, and the public for sound scientific, economic, and beneficial development, protection, and management of the world’s groundwater resources. LINK: NGWA Home