This post is part of our participation in Blog Action Day 2010, which is on the topic of Water. We are all familiar with the fact that as our world warms, ice in the North and South melt and cause…
Important Media Weekly Roundup
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Man Swims Across Everest Lake (1Km) for Climate Change Action
There are a lot of ways to try to increase awareness of climate change and action to stop it, but I imagine not many are as noteworthy as this one. A man given the title “human polar bear” recently swam…
Turkish Farmers Learn to Cut Water Use Up to 50%
About 72% of total water use in Turkey is for agriculture. This 72% is important when the country’s largest city, Istanbul, can be out of running water for days at a time in the summer. “We have to change our…
Common Cactus Could Help Solve Clean Water Crisis
As many as 15 people per minute die from a lack of clean water. Although 75% of the globe is covered in water, the amount of that water that is clean, fresh, drinkable water is very small and the challenge…
Raise the Price of Water, Experts Say
Water is a finite resource. It may seem abundant when you look at a globe, but the amount of water in the world that can be used for human purposes is not so large. With a real water crisis looming,…
Hormone Disruptor BPA is in the Water Now
Scientists have now confirmed that an increasingly infamous chemical (or hormone disruptor) that is linked to obesity, miscarriage, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other health concerns is not just in our plastic bottles, soda cans and canned food, but it’s…
WATER: #1 Global Security & Health Concern
Water scarcity resulting from climate change is the number one issue the world will have to grapple with in the future, according to chief climate scientist and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri. On the one hand, we will…
Largest River Protection Area in Europe — in Croatia and Hungary
Croatia and Hungary signed an agreement yesterday to protect a major biodiversity area that crosses borders along three rivers. The agreement is being called a “Trans-Boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve” and has resulted in the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) awarding the…