As fresh water resources shrink we could find ourselves embroiled in war over the remaining amount of water in the world. Take a look at the short video contained in this link. For more information on water issues in Canada, I invite you to take a look at an organization I belong to, the Council of Canadians, their web site is here.As an aside, take a look at this short flash video on water bottles...should we engage in action????
Late addition, as I started to look around at water issues I came across this article, the first a couple of lines grabbed my eyes..as well as my heart, here they are: "As we drink water straight from the faucet, it's hard to believe that one in six people around the world lack clean drinking water, and every 15 seconds another child dies because of it." Makes one look at water consumption a bit differently, doesn't it?
Late addition, as I started to look around at water issues I came across this article, the first a couple of lines grabbed my eyes..as well as my heart, here they are: "As we drink water straight from the faucet, it's hard to believe that one in six people around the world lack clean drinking water, and every 15 seconds another child dies because of it." Makes one look at water consumption a bit differently, doesn't it?
Its just so shocking to hear this. Water depletion...You mean the stuff that runs from our taps freely? The stuff that we take long, hot showers in? The stuff we pour into glasses to drink but decide that its too much so we dump the rest not thinking twice about it? While we do this, thousands of inoccent people are dying all over the world from dehydration and because they don't have access to water...or they do but they will be shot dead if caught drinking it.
ReplyDeleteThis is scary. Who knows when it will be time for us to take our last free sip. Water is something we have become so accustomed to, something we most definitely take for granted, but yet with all this information out, still nothing changes...no one has legitimate answers.
It's outrageous that Kenya won't allow there people to drink the water, but instead feel that it is way more important to make a few extra bucks with European countries than to save the people of their own.
I do not understand our leaders and our world's actions. People NEED water to survive and it seems that everyone is doing everything in their power to make it so no one will.
The maker of that film went through hell while trying to capture real life moments of water depletion. In Kenya, Africa police and 15 year old boys with machine guns kidnap and kill people that try to take a truthful look into their secret world of water.
Something has to be done, and not tomorrow. Imagine waking up, wanting a sip of water but nothing comes out, turning on the television to a news flash saying there is no more water? How could anyone want that? How could anyone want that for their children?