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Swiss move in to help quench China’s thirst
Swiss industry has launched an effort to assist China in managing its water resources. Water shortages and pollution are a major environmental challenge for Beijing.
To irrigate the land, the peasants have to dig deeper and deeper, more than 100 metres. Every year the pumps work harder, and the electricity bills mount.
Paradoxically, the village is situated right beside the Guanting reservoir, an enormous artificial lake whose blue waves tantalise the peasants.
CRUDE, The real price of oil (Movie Trailer)
The epic story of one of the largest and most controversial environmental lawsuits on the planet. The inside story of the infamous "Amazon Chernobyl" case, Crude is a real-life high stakes legal drama, set against a backdrop of the environmental movement, global politics, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, the media, multinational corporate power, and rapidly-disappearing indigenous cultures.
ReplyWater Management Forum
Water Management Forum(WMF) is constituted to promote and advance the engineering and the practices of water resources management in India.It is headquartered at Ahmedabad.The Forum spreads awareness amongst students, farmers and engineers through workshops, seminars, symposia, group meetings etc.
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Bhaikaka Bhavan, Opp Ellisbridge GymkhanaAhmedabad 380006IndiaOccupy World Water Day
Occupy World Water Day!
Boycott fuzzy emotions to revalue our matrix of life 24/7/365.
Thursday March 22 2012
World Water Day - 2012
When a billion people in the world already live in chronic hunger and water resources are under pressure we cannot pretend the problem is ‘elsewhere’. Coping with population growth and ensuring access to nutritious food to everyone call for a series of actions we can all help with:
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follow a healthier, sustainable diet;
consume less water-intensive products;
reduce the scandalous food wastage: 30% of the food produced worldwide is never eaten and the water used to produce it is definitively lost!
produce more food, of better quality, with
less water.Water -21st century challenges
For the Global Water Forum in Marseille, we have created this infographic: "Water, 21st century challenges". The main global water challenges are illustrated: from urban growth to the preservation of resources, water requirements in irrigation and industrial use, and access to drinking water and health consequences.
Please click on the image or this link to see the infographic's full size image.
Don't hesitate to spread the word.
Change the way you think about everything
How much water does it take to make one latte? We can do more using less of our natural resources, right now.
Water, The Solvable Crisis -TEDxWWF - Stuart Orr
A discussion about how governments, business and consumers can create solutions to save the stuff of life.
Stuart Orr is Manager of Global Freshwater Programme
Network at ACE12
Alvin's story is just one of hundreds. Visit www.awwa.org/ace12 for more information.
ADB Water for All: Exploring Asia’s Sanitation Market
Asia’s sanitation market is huge. How big? Consider: 72% of the 2.6 billion people globally who do not use improved sanitation facilities live in Asia; 73% of the 1.1 billion people still practicing open defecation are in Asia; and up to 85% of Asia’s wastewater is discharged untreated, polluting scarce water resources.
8 Mighty Rivers Run Dry From Overuse
From the American West to China, Australia to India, some of the world's most important rivers have been drained dry for agriculture, industry, and drinking water.
Read and view more: http://j.mp/xruKt3
Brazil says Amazon deforestation down to lowest level
Brazil said Monday that the pace of deforestation in its Amazon region fell to its lowest level since authorities began monitoring the world's largest tropical rainforest.
"It's a great victory for Brazil. It's the lowest deforestation rate. The Amazon is a great instrument for carbon sequestration," one of the tools to combat global warming, said Aloizio Mercadante, the minister of science and technology.
Still, the area deforested in the year ending in July is four times the size of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, according to the state Agencia Brasil.
Irrigation and hydroelectric projects are draining the river's flow, while glaciers are melting in Kashmir
Nearly 30 percent of the world's cotton supply comes from India and Pakistan, much of that from the Indus River Valley. On average, about 737 billion gallons are withdrawn from the Indus River annually to grow cotton.
"Pakistan's entire economy is driven by the textile industry," said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "The problem with Pakistan's economy is that most of the major industries use a ton of water—textiles, sugar, wheat—and there's a tremendous amount of water that's not only used, but wasted," he added.
The Ripple Effect - Israel's Water Technology
You probably know that Israel is mostly a desert. However, most people do not realize that this beautiful, thriving country is in a water crisis. In the film you are about to see, we will outline for you the challenges Israel faces as it dries up, and what methods the Israeli nation is using to reverse the situation.
