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GreenTalk Radio host Sean Daily talks with Sabrina Walasek of Blue Planet Run Foundation<\/a>, which has a vision of a world where everyone has access to safe drinking water and healthy human beings have a chance to live up to their potential.
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Transcript<\/h4>\n

Sean Daily: Hi and welcome to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green Talk\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, a podcast series from greenlivingideas.com.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green Talk\u00e2\u20ac\u009d helps listeners, in their efforts to live more
\necofriendly lifestyles, through interviews with top vendors, authors,
\nand experts from around the world. We discuss the critical issues
\nfacing the global environment today, as well as the technologies,
\nproducts, and practices that you can employ to go greener in every area
\nof your life.<\/p>\n

Hey everybody this is Sean Daily. Welcome to another episode of
\nGreen Talk Radio. It is good to be back. I was on a short vacation and
\nwe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re very happy to be back.<\/p>\n

We have a very exciting episode today on a very important topic, which is clean safe drinking water for the planet.<\/p>\n

I am just going to go over a few facts here that most people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t
\nrealize about drinking water. Most of us really take it for granted.<\/p>\n

I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know if most of you know this, but 1.1 billion lack access
\nto an improved water supply. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s approximately 1 in 6 people on
\nearth.<\/p>\n

2.6 billion people in the world lack access to improve sanitation.
\nLess than 1% of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fresh water, which is about 0.007% of all
\nwater on earth, is readily accessible for direct human use.<\/p>\n

A person can live weeks without food, but only days without water.
\nAnd one person needs 4 to 5 gallons of water per day to survive.<\/p>\n

So we have this crisis which we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not feeling it in all parts of
\nthe world, certainly not in most parts of the United States, but it is
\na major issue. So my guest today on the program to discuss this with me
\nis from an organization whose mission is really to deal with this in a
\nvery unique way. Her name is Sabrina Walasek. The organization is the
\nBlue Planet Run foundation at blueplanetrun.org,<\/p>\n

Sabrina is the program director for Blue Planet Run. She is a former science teacher and educational content developer.<\/p>\n

Sabrina welcome to the program.<\/p>\n

Sabrina Walasek: Thanks so much Sean.<\/p>\n

Sean: Well, it is good to have you. So why don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t we just jump right in. Tell me what is the Blue Planet Run foundation.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Sure. The Blue Planet Run Foundation is a non profit and as
\nyou mentioned we are working to spread awareness and raise funds to
\nbring safe drinking water to the 1 billion plus people who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have
\nit today.<\/p>\n

Sean: So tell me exactly how you guys are doing that.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Well, we go about it in a variety of ways. We have a lot of
\nsupport from runners and athletes, but we also have supporter who don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t
\nrun. Primarily, we started last year, in 2007; we did an event that was
\nthe relay around the world, the first one ever. We had 21 elite runners
\nwho ran for 95 consecutive days and it covered 15,200 miles. Their
\nmission was to help inform the world about the water crisis and, also,
\nto motivate people to do something about it.<\/p>\n

So we have some very strong advocates in that arena and we found
\nthat, from a grassroots perspective, people are really coming out of
\nthe woodwork and everybody wants to help in any way that they can. So
\nit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a very exciting time.<\/p>\n

As you mentioned, a lot of Americans can still turn on their tap and
\nthey don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really see the crisis. But I think it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually becoming
\nmore and more apparent as we are facing some of our own issues.<\/p>\n

We have a faith based organizations, schools, individuals, community
\ngroups. Everybody is realizing that they can give a small amount and
\nmake a huge difference.<\/p>\n

Sean: Yeah, I mean, a lot of people say that really clean safe
\ndrinking water is going to be the canary in the coal mine for global
\nproblems before other things, the results of global warming, and from
\ncarbon missions, and things like this. A lot of people say, well the
\nreal crisis is happening more immediately with regards to water and the
\navailability thereof.<\/p>\n

I know that people, like the guy that invented the segue, is now on
\nthis issue as seeing it as more important than personal transportation
\nthat this is really\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I am not thinking of his name at the moment.–But
\nI know that just in general a lot of people who are in the know are
\nsaying this is where we need to be putting our global efforts right now
\nor at least a large part of them.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yeah.<\/p>\n

Sean: You mentioned the running. So I am just wondering, is it sort
\nof the model is that people are sponsoring these runners that are
\nrunning around the world, so it is basically a sponsorship type thing?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: It was a one time event in 2207, but we are planning to
\nhopefully have another run, that goes through the fifty states, next
\nyear. And in addition to that, we have some grassroots programs. People
\nreally are very creative about how they can support our effort and the
\nwater projects around the world.<\/p>\n

So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just running. It can be\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6we have had people put on bake
\nsales and the whole gamete. We also have a book that we sell. It just
\nrecently won a award and we can talk about that a little later. But
\nit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really a matter of finding what makes sense to you as an
\nindividual and how would you want to support our efforts.<\/p>\n

Sean: OK. But it seems like, I mean from the name, obviously, Blue
\nPlanet Run, and from the website, it seems like that at least the
\ngenesis of this organization was this idea of doing the sponsor run.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Absolutely!<\/p>\n

Sean: Yeah. So you mentioned that there were 21 elite runners that
\ndid the original run. Are these professional runners or are these
\neveryday Joes that are more in the marathoner category?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yeah, they were just regular people. There was a series of
\nqualifications. They needed to leave their lives for 95 days, so\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Sean: Wow.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: They are just regular people. They are amazing. Obviously,
\nmany of them have trained to run long distances. They weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t
\ncelebrities, but they are now, for us.<\/p>\n

Sean. Yeah. So in moving forward with future events are you
\nplanning on a smaller number of runners? Or do you have future plans
\nfor more races that, maybe, involve more people or the same people?
\nWhat is the situation there?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Well we are really hoping that we can do, as I mentioned,
\nthe 50 state run throughout the US. But in addition to that, after this
\nrun I think we have really tapped into something where we have people
\nwho put on races on their own. We have had students, some of our
\nrunners have had contact with family members and friends, and other
\ngroups have developed their own races and have spread the word for us.
\nSo it is actually catching on at a grassroots level.<\/p>\n

But we definitely plan to continue to host runs. So it will be exciting to see where it all pans out.<\/p>\n

Sean: And I see on your website, on the blueplanetrun.org website,
\nyou\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve also got a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcrow for water\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 event that is happening, as well.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yeah, that was one of those that just\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6This is a young woman
\nby the name of Katie Spots. She goes to college in North Carolina. I
\nhad the opportunity to meet her at one of our trail runs this spring
\nand this is her own personal challenge. She wants to row across the
\nAtlantic and she wants to give half of the money that she raises to our
\nfoundation to help build water projects.<\/p>\n

Sean: That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great.<\/p>\n

So I am just curious, Sabrina, why did you choose water as the focus of your efforts in the organization over other causes.<\/p>\n

Sabrina. As you mentioned, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the number one human need. And,
\nunfortunately, people are really suffering unnecessarily. It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t
\nrequire the long term research that cancer or Aids or HIV does, so I
\nthink the founder really cam to the realization that the solutions are
\nhere, we could irradiate this problem without a great deal of research
\nor money.<\/p>\n

It really tends to be the basics. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s people who just don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a
\nwell or you can put up a rain harvesting system for them. Obviously,
\nyou need an education, but it is not rocket science by any means. So
\nwe are really looking at the simple solutions.<\/p>\n

Sean: Well, I guess, there are different categories of solutions
\nbecause I was thinking earlier of the segue inventor Dean Kamazes.- I
\nrecalled his name.- Dean Kamazes is treating it more like rocket
\nscience where he is trying to go for the fancy solution, the
\ntechnological solution, which is great. Certainly we like to see this
\naddressed at all levels<\/p>\n

And I think, certainly those collective efforts are what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s needed to create a global solution.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Absolutely! I mean, creativity and innovation is very
\ncritical in any effort where your dealing with a world wide situation.
\nI think my point is just that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not only rocket science it is at our
\nfingertips and we can help people today, right now, without going into
\nheavy duty research.<\/p>\n

In our book we actually highlight some of the water heroes and
\ninclude the innovation and technology that is going on not only in ways
\nof transporting water and filtering water, but capturing water. So we
\nare very excited about all of those possibilities, too.<\/p>\n

I think that on an individual level people sometimes want to see an
\nimmediate reaction. And so, I think that what gives us the most hope is
\nthat for $30 you can provide a lifetime of safe drinking water for
\npeople. And so $30 is very accessible for somebody.<\/p>\n

Sean: Yeah, certainly.<\/p>\n

Well, I want to hear more about that and I want to hear about the book.<\/p>\n

We are going to take a quick break and then we will be back.<\/p>\n

We are talking on the topic of solving the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s safe drinking
\nwater crisis with Sabrina Walasek of the Blue Planet Run foundation.
\nYou can find them online at blueplanetrun.org.<\/p>\n

This is Sean Daily on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green Talk Radio\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n

[Sponsor break]<\/p>\n

Sean: Hey everyone, we are back on \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green Talk Radio\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. This is Sean
\nDaily. We are talking on the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s safe drinking water crisis and we
\nare talking with Sabrina Walasek of the Blue Planet Run foundation.
\nThey are an organization whose focus is to help solve this problem.
\nThey are intending to provide safe drinking water to 200 million people
\nby 2027.<\/p>\n

Sabrina, before the break we were talking about the basics of the
\norganization, some of your past events, and also, your focus. I just
\nwanted to clarify. So is your focus really international?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Well, it is mostly primarily international, but we actually
\nnow accepting and looking for opportunities in the US. I think, we
\nrealize that there are many issues here domestically with water
\nscarcity and quality issues. So we really want to support efforts
\ndomestically, as well.<\/p>\n

For instance, I live in California and I recall hearing a couple of
\nmonths back about how the Central Valley of California has whole
\ncommunities that can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even cook with their water. They can not access
\nany safe tap water. And that really means that they are all relegated
\nto purchasing water.<\/p>\n

You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think that that actually happens in the United States, but it does.<\/p>\n

I also think that people are realizing there are really easy ways to
\nuse gray water, to access rain water for gardens, and that type of
\nthing, so.<\/p>\n

Sean: I am fascinated by that. That is interesting. I did not know
\nthat there were communities like that in the United States. I am just
\ncurious on that. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know how much you know about the specifics on
\nthat, but I am wondering, I mean, it seems like there is almost some
\nimplied obligation for the community, the municipality, to provide at
\nleast a level of water that isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t harmful to the population. What is
\nthe legislation around that? Or is there any? What is the logistical
\nobligations of the community, of the municipality, to provide that to
\nits citizens?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yeah. I am sure that they are doing as much as they can.
\nThat is definitely not my area of expertise, but I know that with the
\nCentral Valley that is a huge agricultural area. So there are two
\nimplications. One that the locals who are providing, basically, the
\nbread basket of the Untied States are themselves facing health hazard.
\nAnd I think that there is probably a lot of effort going on to try to
\nclean up the situation. I believe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s around nitrates or something in
\nthe soil that is contaminating the water tables.<\/p>\n

Sean: I see.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: As I said, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not completely informed on the whole issue.
\nBut that is one of the issues that we are facing as a whole in the
\nUnited States is that we have some infrastructure that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been around
\nfor awhile. We are hitting that tipping point where we are at an age
\nwhere things are starting to break down under ground.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to taxes and things like that, do people want to
\ninvest in whole new systems? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a big effort. So do we deal with it
\nnow? Or do we find new solutions to our systems? There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot of
\nquestions out there for us to handle domestically. And of course, the
\nfood and water relationship is a big one as well.<\/p>\n

Sean: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a real wakeup call. I think most people don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize
\nthat these problems can happen in the United States. I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6even
\nmyself; I was surprised to hear that. And I think that most of us
\nreally think that this is happening else where and not here on our
\nsoil. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good to know. And I think that will probably at least as
\nimpressive to a lot of other people as it was to me when you said that.<\/p>\n

Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just switch gears for a minute. I wanted to talk about the
\nfinding4 on the water projects that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got. Can you tell us a
\nlittle bit about your model there?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yeah, absolutely. I think this is where our foundation is
\nmost unique. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve developed an innovative model called \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthe pure water
\nexchange\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. This is an online model that enables water groups, your non
\ngovernmental organizations and collectives around the world, to
\ncollaborate and work efficiently. A lot of non profits are scrambling
\nto get money for their cause and the great thing about this model is
\nthat we are actually providing transparency where there is \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

[Sponsor break]<\/p>\n

Sabrina: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6competition.<\/p>\n

The way it works is we pull in the funds from various places we have
\nalready mentioned and we have funding cycles. Once the funding cycle
\ncomes any of our members who want to submit a proposal are able to do
\nso. And rather than it be an administrator in an office who reads the
\nproposals and makes the decisions, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve put it in the hands of the
\nexperts who are in the fields, who know what works and what doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t,
\nand who understand the community.<\/p>\n

So these members, actually, read each others reports. This allows
\nthem to ask questions directly to one another. They can report back on
\nstatus of what is going on with the projects. So it really allows them
\nto learn the lessons that are needed to make these projects successful.
\nIt also insures that more of the money goes directly to the projects.<\/p>\n

I think, also, another really interesting point is that right now,
\nI think we have about 24 members. We just went through and signed up
\nsome new members. And we have members that are extremely large, way
\nlarger than we are. And then, we have some members that are small
\ncollectives for a particular region. And what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really great about this
\nis that they are all on the same playing field. They are able to talk
\nto one another, learn from one another, and they are assured that they
\nwill get the funding that they need.<\/p>\n

Sean. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great.<\/p>\n

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m curious about\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I wanted to talk about, you mentioned the book
\nearlier. I know that you have this coffee table book that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done pretty
\nwell and has garnered some awards. Can you tell us about the book?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Oh yeah, definitely!<\/p>\n

It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s stunning. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a photo essay. It was done by two renowned
\nphotographers, Rick Smolen and Jennifer Erwitt. And if you are
\nfamiliar, Rick Smolen is most known for his \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Day in the Life of\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nseries. And it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really two books in one. Mainly it talks about the
\nglobal water story and it provides some of the really harsh realities,
\nthat we are facing in many many areas around the world, with these
\nreally striking phots.<\/p>\n

But, as I mentioned earlier, it also highlights and features some of
\nthe water heroes, the real people on the ground who are doing things to
\nmake their communtiy better and to make the world better. And there is
\nalso a section around technology, innovation, some of the really
\nwonderful marketing campaigns projects that have gone on around tap
\nwater project and charity water and various other efforts.<\/p>\n

And then as a second part of the book, the back part of the book
\nreally documents our relay around the world. You get to see all of
\nthese runners and hear their story, see where they ran, and get more
\ninformation around the impact that that had.<\/p>\n

What I find interesting about \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Day in the Life of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153 series and
\nthis book is Rick\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to really galvanize a group of really key
\ntalented photographers and photo journalists. So with this book for one
\nmonth 40 journalist crossed the globe taking these pictures and at the
\nsame time there was a team of researchers who would contact various
\nphotographers on every continent to identify some of the existing
\nbodies so that we could share information.<\/p>\n

And it was about a month ago, we just out of the blue received a
\ncall that said the independent publisher book award has been given to
\nyou as the outstanding book of the year, the book most likely to save
\nthe planet. So that was amazing.<\/p>\n

Sean: That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: I mean, we really got excited about that because so much
\nwork and so much effort went into this beautiful beautiful book. In
\nfact, the thing that I really love about the book is that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not
\nwritten in a textbook format. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very easy to understand. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a
\nmotive. And a lot of statistics are presented in a very clear
\ndigestible format.<\/p>\n

So we are finding now that educators and professors are contacting
\nus and they want to use it as part of their curriculum. We offer free
\nPDF that you can download. So it is great for peope who want to project
\nit up onto a wall and discuss certain aspects of the book. Because, as
\nwell as selling the book, our goal is to share the information.<\/p>\n

Sean: Right. And I am curious, do you have a link you want to provide for people that are interested in that PDF you mentioned.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Sure. You can get it from our website. It will be in the media section. So I can definitely post that for you.<\/p>\n

Sean: OK. So the blueplanetrun.org website?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Right.<\/p>\n

Sean: OK. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just curious, do you have any statistics on how the
\nsuccesses that you guys have had so far with the past events and fun
\nraising? Do you have anything you can share with our audience in terms
\nof the things you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve accomplished in addition to future goals that you
\nhave set?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Well, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see. The event itself, the 2007 Relay Around
\nthe World was considered a huge success in terms of media. We received
\nsomething like 600 million impressions. So I think that for such a
\nsmall organization that had just started that was pretty amazing. The
\nfunding, I am not totally clear on the dollar amounts that came
\ndirectly from the event because we had money coming from different
\nsources.<\/p>\n

And I think that 200 million people being saved by 2027 is a very
\nlofty goal and we are working as hard as we can to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n

Sean: It is. Do you feel like you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on track, as of right now, towards that goal?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to say. I would say that we probably could use more support, for sure.<\/p>\n

Sean: And we want to help make that call out to our audience. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s
\none of the reasons we wanted to have you on the program today is to
\nreally reach out to our audience and encourage them to go online and
\nsponsor an event or purchase the book. These are the kinds of things
\nthat you can do, among other things, to help this cause. So we want to
\nencourage our audience to at least take a look at the website and
\ncheck out what Blue Planet Run is doing.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Great. Yeah. And our book is also sold in Barnes and Noble.
\nI have also seen it in many boutique stores as well, just your local
\nbookstore, so you can always ask and if they don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have it, maybe, they
\nwill get it.<\/p>\n

Sean: OK. Then what about the online sellers like Amazon.com, is it being sold there?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yes, it is on Amazon.com, as well.<\/p>\n

Sean: And you mentioned, on your website, as well.<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yes.<\/p>\n

Sean: Great.<\/p>\n

Sabrina do you have any other final words today for our audience?<\/p>\n

Sabrina: Yes. Well, I just want to remind everybody, as we mentioned
\nbefore, that $30 provides a lifetime of safe drinking water to one
\nperson. So just think about what you spend $30 on in a given day and
\nknow that you can make a huge difference right now.<\/p>\n

And if you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t provide any money, than that is OK too. We are just
\nlooking for ways to share information and spread information. We have
\ngot some really great videos on YouTube, which are also on our website.
\nSo we are just looking for people to get involved.<\/p>\n

Again, our website is blupplanetrun.org. So visit us and learn more.<\/p>\n

As a last final phrase, we like to always say, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Water is life. Pass it on.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Sean: Great. Well, we certainly appreciate having you on the show today.<\/p>\n

I just want to remind everyone again that Blue Planet Run
\nfoundation, they have a vision of a world where everyone has access to
\nsafe drinking water and healthy human beings have a chance to live up
\nto their potential. Its goal, again, is to provide safe and clean
\ndrinking water to 200 million people by 2027.<\/p>\n

My guest today has been Sabrina Walasek. She is the program director
\nfor Blue Planet Run foundation. You can find them online at
\nblueplanetrun.org.<\/p>\n

For those of you that have been interested in today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s podcast I just
\nwant to give you a cross reference to some of the other content on the
\ngreenlivingideas.com site. We have a water conservation section that
\ncovers all topics related to water conservation. And we have a drinking
\nwater section that will be posted on the site shortly, hopefully by the
\ntime this podcast is live. Also, you will find content in the eco home
\nliving section including an interview with Primo Water who is looking
\nto provide eco-friendly bottled drinking water.<\/p>\n

This is Sean Daily for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Green Talk Radio\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Thanks again everybody for tuning in.<\/p>\n

One last tip is, if you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t done so already and you are a
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