Posts Tagged ‘water’

• Documentary film: Sharkwater

  Date: 2009.12.14 | Category: Artists | Response: 0

  Filmaker Rob Stewart’s love for sharks prompts him to undertake a dangerous journey in an effort to save sharks from extinction. The result is Sharkwater. LINK: Sharkwater

• A local success: Water conservation at the CK Choi Building UBC

  Date: 2009.12.14 | Category: Local Water Issues | Response: 0

  The CK Choi Building at UBC is a local success story where environmental features such as composting toilets were used. Read metro Vancouver’s latest report. LINK: CK CHOI

• Water for the Ages blog

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

  Water for the Ages – I found this water blog, created as a place to aggregate information pertaining to international water issues. LINK: Water for the Ages

• About Planet Friendly

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

  Planet Friendly is a unique gateway to environment, sustainability and conservation across Canada and beyond. It features a water gateway with water links, resources and organizations. LINK: Water Gateway

• Articles on Water Pollution

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

  Water pollution is a very serious problem, affecting humans, animals, fish and aquatic organisms. Many articles on water pollution have been written to highlight this problem, at a site called Everything you always wanted to know about pollution. LINK: Water Pollution

• 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

• Health Canada: Drinking water quality

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Canadian, Health, Water Quality & Management, Water pollution | Response: 0

  Canadian drinking water supplies are generally of excellent quality. However, water in nature is never “pure.” It picks up bits and pieces of everything it comes into contact with, including minerals, silt, vegetation, fertilizers, and agricultural run-off. While most of these substances are harmless, some may pose a health risk. For more information on Water quality in Canada LINK: Health Canada

• 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

• About Clean Water Productions

  Date: 2009.12.03 | Category: Domestic Water Conservation, Events and Conventions, Youth Water Education | Response: 0

  Clean Water Productions is about providing challenging, full and exciting multi sport races throughout Northern California , which raising awareness about the precious water supply and how it can influenced through conservation and education. LINK: About Clean Water Productions

• 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