Entries from The WIP Contributors tagged with 'water'
Food Is Priority for Children Evicted From Kenya’s Mau Forest
by Rachel Muthoni -Kenya- Since they were evicted from the Mau Forest complex two years ago, more than 10,000 families have known no better life than that of suffering, sleeping in the cold, hunger, and lack of access to basic...
To Survive Humans Need Will to Change: Commit to Reducing Pollution and Waste this Earth Day
by Victoria Stirling -Canada- What legacy are we going to leave our descendants? Will human beings worldwide re-evaluate our actions, our politics, and our economics according to their effects on the whole network of life? Today the ethics of ecology...
A Tribute to World Toilet Day: Why I Love My Latrine
by Tonopah Greenlee -Singapore- After college I moved to Sub-Saharan Africa for a year. During that time I learned a myriad of useful skills. I learned to kill a chicken and prepare a traditional meal. I mastered dancing like a...
Kashmir’s Economy Feels the Effects of Climate Change
by Nusrat Ara - Indian-administered Kashmir - After the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) admitted to a major mistake in its 2007 report, which asserted the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, skeptics and opponents alike went on...
The Water Front: Fighting to Keep the Tap On
by Jessica Mosby - USA - Highland Park, Michigan would seem an unlikely candidate for water access problems – the city is located on the Great Lakes, the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world. The Great Lakes are...
The Battle to Stay Alive: Surviving in Zimbabwe by the Mercy of God
by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - It has been a year since I last wrote for The WIP and it’s really good to be able to share what has been happening in our country. Every weekend for the past eight...
Dependent on Desalinisation, Bahrain Faces Water Conflicts
by Suad Hamada - Bahrain - Adhari was at one time a legendary site that attracted many tourists to the tiny desert island of Bahrain. Named for a beautiful girl whose tears flowed endlessly because she could not marry her...
Local Water Renaissance in France Ends Century-long Privatization Monopoly
by Alice Alech - France - Since the French revolution, town councils have been responsible for water management throughout France. Yet, most municipalities have been delegating the job to private water companies. As a result, 72% of French people use...
Xeriscape: Sustainable Landscape Design for the Desert
by Melissa Hahn - USA - Charles Kapuscak and his wife Sharon moved to the Phoenix metropolitan area from Pennsylvania over thirty years ago. They installed low-flow toilets, a low-water-usage washing machine, and they under-water their plants. Unlike many transplants...
East Kolkata Wetlands: Eco-Tourism Helps Preserve the Word's Largest Resource Recovery System
by Lesley D. Biswas - India - Commuting along the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass that runs parallel to the Indian city of Kolkata, the huge expanse of the East Kolkata Wetlands is a daily sight for city dwellers, and yet most...
California’s Fight for Water
by Jennifer I. Fenton - USA - "Steal my horse, run off with my wife, but damn you, don't touch my water." - Unknown Unlike many modern cities and towns across the United States, the town of Bishop, California bursts...
Flow: Who Owns the World’s Water?
by Jessica Mosby - USA - After seeing the new documentary Flow, my 2009 New Year’s resolution is to stop buying bottled water. Over $100 billion is spent annually on bottled water, but it would cost only $30 billion to...
Murky Waters: Why Privatization Is Not the Solution to Fixing America’s Aging Water Infrastructure Systems
by Wenonah Hauter - USA - Think of the last time you turned on a tap while washing dishes, brushing your teeth or grabbing a glass of water. If you’re like most people, it probably doesn’t stand out as a...
The Harsh Economics of the Global Water Crisis: “water is the oil of this century”
by Julie Chowdhury - Sweden - Every morning when you wake up and perform what you may perceive as insignificant chores, you might not realize that for 2.6 billion people around the world, your morning shower or just one flush...
Corruption Reduces the Basic Need for Water and Adequate Sanitation to an Elusive Dream for Billions
by Tess Raposas - Philippines - In coastal communities all over the Philippines, it is ironic that seawater is abundant everywhere but effectively, there’s not a drop of clean water to drink. But the problem exists throughout the country, and...
Women in the Philippines Demand a Solution: Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities Threatens Their Children and Their Lives
by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Women like this 70-year old landfill dweller in Baguio City must find water wherever they can. Photograph by Imelda V. Abaño. •For Edna Dela Cruz, water is life, but it's also backbreaking work. As...
Zambia Floods
by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - This year, MORE than 4,000,000 Zambian people, especially in rural areas, will be affected by hunger and will need immediate attention from the Government to save them from starvation. Severe flooding in six major...
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