Posts by Tag: Activism
Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Clean Water: Summit on the Summit
Posted on Oct 28, 2009 by Derek Markham.
Every day, 4,000 children in developing countries die from illness and disease related to unsafe drinking water. Clean water for all is an extremely important mission in our world, and a variety of organizations are actively working toward that goal.
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Bottled Water Giant Nestle Wins Approval for Colorado Spring
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
In recent years, Nestle has been hard fought by communities across the country over bottled water plants, as citizens are concerned that local aquifers will be depleted. From Washington to California, towns have been divided and long battles fought as the maker of Perrier, Poland Spring, S. Pellegrino, and Arrowhead bottled waters plans to expand. Nestle is the largest bottled water company in America. Recently, the company won approval in south central Colorado for another source of its bottled water brands.
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Annoying Sharks Used to Make Biodiesel in Greenland
Posted on Jul 30, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
Parts of Greenland have a shark problem. When I think of sharks, I inevitably jump to images of Jaws, but the trouble with the Greenland shark is not the makings of Hollywood. Slim Allagui writes from Sisimuit, Greenland:
The Greenland shark, one of the largest species of sharks, is a nuisance to fishermen and its meat is toxic to humans, but researchers now hope the flesh can be used to create a biofuel for Inuits. Native to the cold Arctic waters, thousands of the sharks get caught and die in fishermen’s nets off Greenland every year.
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Everyone’s Downstream From This: Maria Gunnoe’s Appalachia
Posted on May 17, 2009 by Scott James.
Imagine if someone came into your neighborhood, blew up a few buildings, took what they wanted and dumped the toxic debris into your drinking water. What would you do?
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World Water Forum: An Agenda for Privatizing Water?
Posted on Mar 26, 2009 by Reenita Malhotra.
The World Water Forum (WWF) held in Istanbul last week has turned out to be a more highly contentious event than anticipated by many. The forum got off to a rough start when Turkish police fired tear gas and detained activists who protested against the privatization of water, the most charged and controversial issue surrounding the triennial event and for water activists worldwide.
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