Our World

Water Policy Fails World's Poor

Water is crucial to our survival but a new report states, “Water policy 'fails world's poor'”. According to the article over one billion people don’t have access to clean drinking water. Problems contributing to the lack of clean drinking water include global climate change and rapid urbanization; both issues have come up in our class. The article includes a link to a map of nations’ water footprints, (how much water a nation uses,) and a link to a six part series called “Planet Under Pressure.”

March 22, 2006 is World Water day, an event coordinated by the United Nations to increase world awareness of water issues. We should talk about coordinating some activity at school around this event. What do you all think?

posted by Mrs Hartman @ 3/09/2006 05:33:00 PM