Today Is World Water Day...What will you do?

Good idea. Yes, farmers are definitely those we should rely on to bring better irrigation practices to areas that are experiencing drought. The technology is there on that score as well, only this government must once again have the will to invest in it or give farmers the ability to do so.

I believe that otherwise it will come to the point where just asking for voluntary conservation will not be enough, and if that time does come it will not be pretty in many areas where forced conservation will hurt the livelihoods of those farmers who make their living out of growing more water intensive crops. We need only look at Australia to see the repercussions of that.

We need to find a way for them to continue being able to grow the same crops but without wasting water...and those who invent and or employ those methods should be rewarded for it.

For years, I've been writing to state legislators suggesting that they pay out-of-livelyhood US farmers to travel to wherever water irrigation maintenance and crop experience would serve "Locals" best.
I still think it's a good idea that would bring the US some, much needed, positive publicity, worldwide and get our farmers back to work.
That's one of my contributions. Clean water should be available to all for a thousand right reasons.

Absolutely. Lack of democracy and politcal corruption are main ingredients as well behind water rights being stripped from people in developing countries. Look at Darfur as a stark example. Thank you for this link.

JanforGore;

You are doing a great job. I also think the problem in some parts of the world is promoted by greedy politicians who care only about themselves.

Take a look at this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71xhffh_PM0

Water crisis is really a problem in most underdeveloped areas of the world.

http://www.wateruseitwisely.com/100ways/index.shtml

100 ways to save water.

http://www.h2oconserve.org/home.php?pd=index

calculate your water footprint.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/03/22/fea06.asp

Access to clean water and sanitation is also essential for economic stability, lifting people out of poverty, and peace.

http://current.com/topics/86975691_global_water_crisis
Please check out the entries in this topic. More information will be added here regarding water conservation and climate change.

You're welcome. This is so close to my heart. I will talk about this everyday until people get sick of hearing it. It is the only way to get it out here. The simple truth: without water we die. Without the moral and poltical will to address this crisis as well as the climate crisis we will forever alter this planet for our children and other species, and that is simply not an option.

There is nothing more important than this. Without a planet we have nothing else. My letters are ready to send out and I am hoping to do a video on local water issues as soon as I get more free time. Water is a human right, and all children of this world deserve to live in a world at least having the water they need to survive.

This crisis is thankfully getting more exposure thanks to the UN, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, and others who are spreading the word, and also Al Gore who addressed it in An Inconvenient Truth and has talked about freshwater resources . For years people have been warning that we better start conserving this resource because it is even more precious than oil...and we are now getting closer to that tipping point as well.

We are one with the Earth. What we do to her we do to ourselves. We are seeing that much more with each passing day. What we then do with that knowledge will determine our future.

Thanks JanforGore for spreading the word.

The Water is One.

THINK ABOUT IT/ACT LIKE IT
ONE EARTH