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Water Voices from Around The World
In this “table-top” book filled with awe-inspiring photographs, authors from around the world contributed to each provide their own unique perspective on the water of the earth. Many prominent and knowledgeable individuals, such as Kofi Annan, Maude Barlow, Mikhail Gorbachev, … Continue reading
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Tap Water for Global Water
Advertising that will raise awareness of the global water crisis, while raising money for UNICEF’s campaign to provide clean drinking water to children in developing countries, sounds better than consumerism to me! The second annual Tap Project ad blitz will … Continue reading
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World Economic Forum 2008 Wraps Up with Water
Water was a major topic of conversation at the World Economic Forum 2008 (WEF) now coming to a close in Davos, Switzerland. At the forum, according to the Environmental News Service, Bill Gates announced a grant of $306 million dollars … Continue reading
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UN and 2008 – International Year Of Sanitation
The United Nations General Assembly declares 2008 the International Year of Sanitation. This declaration will assist progress on one of the eight Millennium Development Goals that aims to provide sanitation infrastructure to half of all people in the world without such by 2015. Several UN partners are supporting this … Continue reading
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Nepal Discontent Over Climate Change Talks in Bali
Nepal, land on the edge of the mighty Himalayas. Although rather small (only the size of Arkansas), Nepal is known the world over for Mount Everest, highest mountain in the world (elevation 29,029 feet). As the UN Framework Convention on … Continue reading
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UN GEO-4 Report Released and Outlook for Water Dire
No, it is not a radical environmental group sounding the call this time around. It is the United Nations – Environment Programme, with the recent release of the report: UNEP Global Environmental Outlook: Environment for Development (GEO-4). This report assesses … Continue reading
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Water For Life – UN International Decade of Action (2005 – 2015)
The primary goal of the ‘Water for Life’ Decade is to promote efforts to fulfill international commitments made on water and water-related issues by 2015 – a decade of action. The UN has coordinated the International Decade for Action (2005 … Continue reading
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