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Bottled violence
graphic by andymangold (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
The United Nation’s World Water Day, which was on Monday, didn’t get as much press or attention as it deserved. What with the monumental passing of the healthcare reform bill in the United States, water had to take a back seat.
But I’m attempting to revive World Water Day with this humble post, in some small attempt to give a little attention to the importance of the availability of clean water and sustainable water use.
Please, PLEASE watch ‘The Story of Bottled water’. I already posted the video on Monday, but it just needs to be seen by at least everyone in the developed world. It’s interesting, entertaining, valuable and only 8 minutes long. Go ahead, just click on the title.
Photos from those who observed World Water Day 2010 can be seen on the World Water Day website. PETA snuck in a picture with the statistic ’1 steak = 4000 liters of water’. A pretty cool video clip of the PETA World Water Day installation can be seen here.
Finally, check out this video from National Geographic on the importance of our most valuable resource (yes, without water there would be no children):
by Graham Land
Tags: bottled, PETA, water, World Water Day
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