World Water Day
If you are able to get fresh, clean and drinkable water from a tap like I did, consider yourself lucky!
Many people turn on their tap and get brownish water, or worse no water. Other people don't even have a tap and must travel far to fetch water.
For those who live in the first world, we hardly give any thought to the value of water and its scarcity in many parts of the world. On this day, why not take a few minutes to get more informed? Here are a few good links to get you started:
- World water day in pictures: http://gu.com/p/36c88/tw
- For Canadians, ideas on how you can take action on World Water day: http://canadians.org/water/issues/World_Water_Day/
- Al Jazeera's documentary on Canada's oil sands and its effects on the nearby rivers.
These should get the ideas flowing.
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