WaterNews
U.S. faces era of water scarcity
Source: http://www.circleofblue.org
Just as diminishing supplies of oil and natural gas are wrenching the economy and producing changes in lifestyles built on the principle of plenty, states and communities across the country are confronting another significant impediment to the American way of life: increased competition for scarce water. Read the article by Keith Schneider.
Wastewater Produces Electricity and Desalinates Water
Source: http://www. redorbit.com
A process that cleans wastewater and generates electricity can also remove 90 percent of salt from brackish water or seawater, according to an international team of researchers from China and the U.S. Click to read more.
A growing thirst for the Nile
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk
The world's longest river, which runs through Egypt, produced its ancient civilization and remains its main source of water. But now Egypt is defending its historic rights to extract more from the Nile than any other country against calls for change to long-existing agreements. Read the article by Yolande Knell.
Project Clean Water
Source: http://www.virginunite.com
Virgin Unite has partnered with acclaimed singer-songwriter Jewel on Project Clean Water, an initiative she founded in 1997 to provide clean water on a global scale. Click to read more.
Campaigning in London
Source: http://www.wateraid.org
Accompanied by campaigners, a group of campaigners handed in over 80,000 petitions from the British public urging leaders at this year’s G8 summit to address the appalling injustice that leaves billions of people worldwide without clean water or basic sanitation.. Click to read more.
Michael Pritchard turns filthy water drinkable
Source: http://www. ted.com
Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it -- inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009. Click to watch the demo.
Over pumping Draws Down the World’s Groundwater Reserves
Source: http://www.circleofblue.org
Much of the global groundwater pumped out of aquifers for household use and irrigation ends up in the world’s oceans, depleting the aquifers faster than they can be replenished, a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters shows. Read more...
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Our belief is that knowledge = power. We are focused on sharing information about water, illustrating how problems can be solved - and promoting the concept of taking personal action to turn ideas into reality. We welcome your support.
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Canada's relationship to its freshwater supplies
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Water Pollution at the Light Switch
SA scientist patents water purification method
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Why can't we manufacture water?
A 2006 United Nations report estimated that as much as 20 percent of the world's population doesn't have access to clean drinking water [source: BBC]. This leads us to wonder: If we need it so badly, why can't we just make it? Read the article by Josh Clark
Urban Waterways
Source: http://www.circleofblue.org
Among the losers of the great 20th-century urbanization were the rivers and streams in cities around the world, soon to be sharing their space with millions of new people. Pushed underground and padded with concrete to make way for elevated expressways and commercial foundations, their flows were often reduced to a trickle — their existence all but forgotten as city populations swelled and skyscrapers rose just feet above them.
Now, a worldwide effort aims to restore these hidden waterways, providing new green space in some of the largest cities on the planet. For details, click here...
Water Quiz
How much do you really know about this vital element? Click this link and put your water knowledge to the test.
More VoiceYourself Water Videos...
We are focused on videos, ideas, thoughts and news relating to the condition of our planet. From trailers to full length documentaries, we’ll be adding more pertinent videos and clips as we find the... so pop by once in a while and check us out.
“Running Dry: Beyond the Brink” is filmmaker Jim Thebaut's latest addition to the Running Dry franchise. It will be a documentary that will be presented in theaters around the world. Its focus is the impact of drought and water scarcity and its connection to energy, health, agriculture, food supply and international security. Click here to watch the twenty five minute preview video.
The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day) employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the story of manufactured demand - how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. The film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. Click here to watch the eight minute video.
“StandUp 4 Great Bear” - This short film is based on Norm Hann's 400km standup paddle board expedition along the proposed north coast oil tanker route in British Columbia.The goal of the expedition was to bring awareness to the traditional food harvesting areas of the First Nations and the incredible marine ecosystems of the Greatbear Rainforest. Click here to watch this splendid documentary.
“Water on the Table” is a documentary by Liz Marshall that explores Canada's relationship to its freshwater, arguably its most precious natural resource. The film asks the question: Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air? Water On The Table was produced in association with TVO. The commissioning editor was Jane Jankovic. Click here to watch this documentary.
Saving Our Planet
UK To Ban All Plastic Straws, Cotton Swabs, And Single-Use Plastics
Renewable Energy Saves Water and Creates Jobs. Eight graphs tell the story; see for yourself
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