watertweeter.com » water http://www.watertweeter.com Water Education To Promote Sustainability Tue, 25 May 2010 14:30:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Top 5 Green New Year Resolutions http://www.watertweeter.com/2009/12/my-top-green-new-year-resolutions/ http://www.watertweeter.com/2009/12/my-top-green-new-year-resolutions/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:46:52 +0000 ebriner http://www.watertweeter.com/?p=515

Top 5 Green New Year Resolutions

  1. Conserve conserve conserve. It’s easier than it sounds to save water in your daily routine: switch off the tap when brushing your teeth, fill the dishwasher to the hilt before turning it on, start capturing water for your garden or flushing the toilet.
  2. Get involved There’s a lot to be said for getting out of your house and focussing your energy on others-or on the environment. Join a community conservation program, or community supported agriculture program, volunteer for an environmental charity and feel good about making a difference.
  3. Organize your recycling If at home, this is the perfect chance to get your glass, paper and aluminum in the proper containers or if at work why not wrestle with your company’s recycling policies.
  4. Learn to recycle something new Sure, you’re a pro at  never leaving your newspaper on the bus or at the skytrain station—but what about all the other stuff you can recyle?  Computers, DVD players, televisions, compact fluorescent light bulbs and cell phones all can and should be recycled, so the metals can be disposed of correctly or, even better, reused. If you’re already doing this, consider starting a compost bin for your organic food scraps, or buying clothes made from recyclable fibers.
  5. Stick to it The most popular advice for keeping resolutions is to keep them simple: look at small changes in water conservation you can make to reach your long term goals, like thinking twice about having a daily bath. And don’t make too many—choose one, maybe two, goals and focus on those.
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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

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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

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According to researchers in an experiment, plants that were genetically engineered had stronger resistance to drought. The article, taken from Science Daily and published in Nature, features the discovery of a protein called PYR1 which could open up a whole new approach to increasing crops’ resistance to water shortages. LINK:Water Conservation News

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According to Fortune magazine, water is ….”One of the world’s great business opportunities. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th.” CBC has taken a look at the world’s top water corporations. Is the world becoming more vulnerable to these high-powered corporate giants? LINK: Water for Profit CBC Water

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Water is sure high on the list for farmers and water district members in California. Many believer that future water needs can’t be accomplished with a single solution, but rather a variety of efforts that reflect the needs and abilities of each region. Read more about this at LINK: Western Farm Press

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Project Awesome – This is a video of some amazing work being done by “Save The Children-U.S.A.”   To Donate, follow links at end of video….
Source: www.youtube.com
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Nestlé features water stories  and initiatives in global community, such as an irrigation conservation project in Vietnam, reducing water consumption in Northern Italy or saving water during coffee processing in Ethiopia. Please visit Nestlé’s community website for more.  LINK: Nestle stories

]]> http://www.watertweeter.com/2009/12/nestle-features-water-stories-and-initiatives-in-the-global-community/feed/ 0 Documentary film: FLOW http://www.watertweeter.com/2009/12/documentary-file-flow/ http://www.watertweeter.com/2009/12/documentary-file-flow/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:08:36 +0000 ebriner http://www.watertweeter.com/?p=421

Read about Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – The World Water Crisis. LINK: FLOW

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