The #1 glass of water is partially melted iceberg chunks in your glass (salt-free) from The Norseman on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula.
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World’s Top 5 Glasses of Water?
Posted in tap water on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lesson Plan – Understanding Your Water: From Source to Tap and Back Again – PBS
Posted in water facts on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Students will:
- Research where their local drinking water comes from.
- Explore pollution and other risks to drinking water sources.
- Investigate the relationship between water treatment and public health.
- Examine what happens when water goes down a toilet, down the drain, and into sewers.
- Understand drinking water and wastewater treatment processes.
- Become familiar with the laws [...]
International Year of Sanitation 2008
Posted in third world assistance on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The UN General Assembly declared the year 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. The goal is to raise awareness and to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to reduce by half the proportion of the 2,6 billion people without access to basic sanitation by 2015.
More than 2.6 billion people – roughly 40 [...]
World Water Week in Stockholm – Where the Water World Meets
Posted in water conservation on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global meeting place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the implementation of international processes and programmes in water and development. The 2008 World Water Week in Stockholm will take place August 17-23, 2008.
The theme of the week is “Progress and Prospects on Water: For [...]
“Virtual Water” Innovator Awarded 2008 Stockholm Water Prize
Posted in water conservation on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies has been named the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate. Professor Allan pioneered the development of key concepts in the understanding and communication of water issues and how they are linked to agriculture, climate change, economics and politics.
People do not [...]
Ultra slow-motion bursting balloons
Posted in water facts on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is true that this is just a Schweppes ad, but just contemplate the water:
Directed by Garth Davis and produced by the Australian agency George Patterson Y&R, “Burst” is set to the sounds of the Cinematic Orchestra.
2 Organizations Dedicated to Reducing Plastics in the Sea
Posted in oceans on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The National Academy of Sciences estimates that 6.4 million tons of litter enters the world’s oceans each year. Other sources suggest that as many as 8 million pieces of litter enter our oceans and seas every day.
Here’s a video overview of plastics in our waters and what’s being done about it:
See [...]
Americas Cleanest Cities (according to Forbes.com)
Posted in water facts on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The top ten were chosen for a number of reasons, including water quality:
“Water cleanliness rankings were derived from statistics compiled by the University of Cincinnati from local reports of EPA violations. Metros were ranked based on reports of bacteria, chlorine byproducts and chemicals or metals such as arsenic, copper and lead in the drinking water. [...]
Turn coupons into free liters of water for children in developing countries
Posted in third world assistance on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For every P&GbrandSAVER® coupon you redeem during March and April 2008, you help P&G to donate 1 liter of safer, cleaner drinking water to children in need in developing countries.
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March 22 – World Water Day
Posted in water conservation, water facts on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution. This world day for water was to [...]
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