Life is Healthy

It appears that globalization has come full circle with this as well, as now giant conglomerates race feverishly to control this resource that is our right. Large water bottling companies make huge profits selling water they claim is clean and safe while not only in many cases misrepresenting that claim, but polluting our landscapes with their plastic bottles while the water coming out of our taps is neglected. People, there is no other way I can say it, but that we are being screwed over royally concerning this water issue.

Why is it that you have to buy a 2.00 + bottle of water to have the false sense of security that you aren't drinking toxins, when that money could be spent towards making sure the water that comes out of your tap is just as good or even better? EXTORTION is what is going on regarding our basic right to water, and it is something that we must take aciton on now. In this article then, it was good to read that in this country there are civil action groups taking on the privatization of this right, and the waste and pollution generated from the privatization of our water. Legislatures across this country and municipal govts must also stand up to those who would dare to continue to cut even more funds from public works projects that only make conditions ripe for these large companies to come in and privatize our water systems.
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Market forces seek to control the essence of life -- water

Water For Profit
This is a MUST READ.
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The World Water Forum has been debating this issue and privatization of this resource around the world including the United States, and deservedly so. The bottled water industry alone takes in BILLIONS of dollars in profits annually, while people pay more for the water coming out of their taps. This is absolutely due to the Conservative agenda that is taking funds out of public works projects in this country, thus leaving them open to privatization. They have got ONE BIG RACKET going, and again the American consumer is the victim.It is time to wake up regarding this issue.

People need to be weaned off of bottle water as you wean a baby off it's formula in order to begin to reverse this cycle of greed that is holding the world hostage. Globalization, privatization, and government intervention regarding cutting the funds we need to modernize our current water systems is only adding to the problem that persists worldwide.I do not know how many times it must be impressed on the mind that this situation is also turning deadly. People fighting over and being killed for water. It is only a matter of time before the catastrophic effects of climate change and other factors then seek to lend a hand to the vultures out here waiting to capitalize on our suffering.

This is where we must then strike pre-emptively. This is where we must mobilize to tell our government in no uncertain terms that privatization of a resource that is our right to have is absolutely not wanted, and kills. From India, to Bolivia, to the Northwest United States, the effects of water scarcity and hoarding by large companies for profit is being felt. The World Water Forum may address these issues this week, but where will we be once it is over?

Why is the World Bank pushing for privitization while at the same time giving the impression it wants to help? Why is this issue not in the forefront of our discussion in relation to environmental, economic, and poltical policy? Why is the right to water not included in international law? HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO DIE TO ROUSE US ALL TO ACTION? ONE person cannot do this. This WILL take the concerted effort of hundreds of millions of people coming together to stand up for our right to survival! Will you be one of them? Look at this picture and say no:


Bangladeshi girl collects drinking water from a hole in the ground in Dhaka. Officials from 140 countries were set to issue a broad declaration on World Water Day, but will stop short of declaring a universal right to the precious resource for which two thirds of humanity face uncertain supplies.(AFP/Shariq Alam]

Then look at these links, and read about how you can also work to conserve water, appreciate it, and work to see clean safe water in the hands of those who need it most.
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Water crisis now "one of greatest causes of mass suffering"

Big Water Companies Quit Poor Countries
You see, it IS after all, all about profit.

Final Declaration Holds Diluted View of Water as a "Right"
Why wouldn't the World Water Forum declare unequivicably that access to water is a human right? I think I know why, and it has World Bank influence written all over it.

Groups Demand Water Rights,Cite Millions of Deaths

Water, Use It Wisely
This is an excellent site we can all use regarding water conservation.
As the site name explains: WATER, USE IT WISELY.
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Again, WATER IS LIFE, and it is worth fighting for.

As stated previously, this crisis is being felt mostly in Central America, Asia, and subsaharan Africa, and as the picture shows, China, but is also an issue gaining awareness in our own country. This issue must also continue to gain awareness in America, because those countries which believe they are not vulnerable to such crises, are usually caught unaware, and then it is too late.

Many Americans thought we were inpervious to attack from an outside enemy and didn't need to worry about our own defenses, then 9.11 happened. Many thought the levees in New Orleans would hold, (or didn't care if they didn't) then Hurricane Katrina happened. This time we must not be cocky in thinking that this country is now impervious to the water crisis facing our world. Those who arrogantly ignored the warnings regarding 9.11, Hurricane Katrina, post invasion Iraq, and other major tragedies that have changed the lives of innocent people forever must have this INGRAINED IN THEIR MINDS.

Here are a couple of statistics you can remember for these people who dismiss climate change and human rights should you deem this a problem worthy of them knowing about it:

And these statistics were gleaned from the World Water International site. The comments are mine:

*Over 1 BILLION people worldwide currently do not have access to clean safe drinking water. They cannot just walk into a corner store and buy a bottle of Evian. They are politically oppressed, poor, sick, weak, and many times in need of proper sanitation facilities, pumps, wells, and water enough even for one day to sustain themselves ane their children. No one should have to live this way.

*Unsafe drinking water (or TOXIC water) will kill over 14,000 people today, tomorrow, and every other day this problem is ignored. Those who believe corporations should "police" themselves regarding the crap they dump into our water, should then also have to be the ones who drink it! I don't think I need to tell anyone reading this the amount of disease in untreated feces ladden toxic water. And people around the world daily HAVE NOTHING ELSE, or NOTHING AT ALL.

*11,000 of them children, will die because of lack clean safe water, and inadeqaute access to proper sanitation. Can you picture a village with improper sanitation and what it looks and smells like? Can you picture streams of feces ladden water running through your own town knowing that is all you have? Would you want your children playing in it?

*Women and girls (and that is an issue in and of itself regarding the gender that is required to do this work) will spend more than 200 million hours walking just to get enough of the polluted water that is available for one more day's survival. And in many instances, purified water (or what they say is purified water) is available, but you have to be able to afford to pay the company master to get it. And in many places such as Kenya, they take their own lives into their hands just by walking to get water for their families. Children and women have been raped, beaten, and killed just to take the water they worked so hard to get. Again, NO ONE should have to live this way.

So as you can see, this is not a small confined problem. This is a worldwide crisis, and the only way those in this world who will have the water they need to survive, is by the people of this world coming together to help them. And that means us. I have sent a donation to World Water Partners International, am still saving my pennies for water, and will continue to write about this to get this out to all I can, because this is an issue of morality that goes to the very core of who we are as human beings.

This is also not just about not having enough water. This problem breeds so many other problems from it environmentally, economically, socially, and politically. Not to mention the effect this has on those suffering from it. Humans are most certainly an intriguing species to me. We are the only species that sabotages the very things that keep us alive, and then lives in denial that we had anything to do with it. Well, the time for accountability has come.

So here is my question:

Will you remember this plight and pledge to do something no matter how small to help?

Or will you go about your business by taking your showers, flushing your toilets, buying your Starbucks, and watering your lawns without giving it a thought?

Please, give it a thought.

World Water Day

What you can do to help. And if you cannot give money, then please spread the word about this and do all you can to become more aware of what you use, how you use it, where it comes from, who supplies it, and the impact that it has on others around you.

Thirsty Africa Struggles To Meet Water Access Goals
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And think about what will happen should these people not be able get what they need... they will move to other areas tro sustain themselves, and come up against tribes and other populations that may not be cordial to them or want to share what they have.

Could you live on less than 2 gallons of water a day? The question is, how do we conserve and still get what we need to survive? Well, I fear that would require an entire reconfiguration of the human soul.

"Cancer" Village Highlights China's Current Water Woes
Link may be deactivated, but picture in this entry shows where this is happening.

It would be like dipping your cup into the Hudson River and just drinking it down.
Scary? You bet it is. But for many, water like the Hudson and much worse is all they have to live with. And it is conditions like this that certain private companies prey on.

Look at what Libya is doing to quench her thirst.

WATER IS LIFE. It is not something to be bargained for or withheld for profit.

WATER IS SPIRITUAL. It is the essence of all life on our planet. It is sacred.

WATER IS THE BLOOD OF THE EARTH. It is time to stop killing her.

Please help sustain our world and our people.


Thank you.

What really happened at the World Water Forum?

Representatives of the World Water Council say that they are looking to provide enough funds for poor countries to serve the needs for water, yet forum representatives who claim to be against privatization also claim they are still looking to private investment. Is the World Water Forum then just another big sham like all the other "globalization" meetings held around the world where the fat cats meet to divvy up the spoils for their rich friends? It's beginning to look that way to me.

And not to sound too alarmist (on second thought forget that because hell yes, it is ALARMING) but people are DYING RIGHT NOW FOR WATER. Children have been raped, beaten, and killed to steal their water! Farmers are either losing it completely, or suffering from flooding due to their land being flooded in order to divert water to rich communities being built right next to their land! Developers, private contractors, corporations, and all embroiled in the make a profit whatever it takes game are KILLING PEOPLE, and all we can do in this world now is have a FORUM? WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW. We need to get it to the people NOW.

You know, I at first thought that this World Water Forum was a good idea, but after reading up on it, I'm not sure anymore. Once again, the citizens living this are on the outside, while their fate is being determined by those who will never go without water. MAKE SENSE TO YOU? The World Water Council representative also actually stated that they were looking to institute a "peacekeeping force" to settle disputes about water in the future. My God. We don't need to spend money on another militarization process, we need that money to go DIRECTLY to giving water to people who need it so there is no FUTURE CRISIS. And If you still have any doubts that people will kill for water, read this:

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 17, 9:28 PM ET
MEXICO CITY - Water is worth fighting for -- even to the death, activists holding an "alternate" forum outside the world water summit said Friday. That attitude might seem strange in developed countries, where water flows at the touch of a faucet. But it isn't nearly as accessible in the developing world. And water wars aren't an apocalyptic vision of the future. They're already starting to happen, the protesters say.

"We've been beaten, we've been jailed, some of us have even been killed, but we're not going to give up," said Marco Suastegui, who marched alongside about 10,000 protesters Thursday outside a convention center where the international Fourth World Water Forum is being held. Suastegui is leading the battle against a dam being built to supply water for the Pacific coastal resort of Acapulco. Opponents fear the dam will dry up the nearby Papagayo River."We will defend the water of the Papagayo River with our lives, if need be," Suastegui said.

Protesters on Friday organized an alternate forum in Mexico City, miles from the convention site, in which they accused the official summit of serving as cover for companies that want to privatize water services."The Fourth World Water Forum doesn't represent us," said Audora Dominguez of the nongovernmental Mexican Committee for the Defense of Water Rights. "It's a forum where you have to pay to speak. It's a forum where the poor aren't included."

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And then there are the Indian families whose crops are ruined by the diversion of water to feed a nearby city, while their children go without safe drinking water. For farmers and fishermen whose river is about to be dammed, or a rural resident who sees his town overrun by tens of thousands of new housing units in the space of a few years, water is a fighting issue."We will fight for the rest of our lives. For us, fear doesn't exist," said Victoria Martinez Arriaga, a 33-year-old Mazahua Indian woman who led a protest in 2004 to demand safe drinking water for local families. The demonstration temporarily cut off part of Mexico City's water supply.
Martinez stressed, however, that the last thing her community wants is violence. "Our wooden rifles are symbolic," she said, referring to the props the Indians carry in their protests. "They're symbols of the idea that we still can stop the wars for water from breaking out. We still have time to solve things through dialogue and understanding."

Local Mexico City legislator Aleida Alavez Ruiz says the conflicts may intensify, especially in the capital, whose combination of floods and water shortages, urban sprawl, pollution and wasteful practices make it an example of the world's water woes. "It's getting critical, and if we don't recognize the problem now, when the dry season comes, the conflicts will get worse," Alavez Ruiz said of her district, where residents have fought over water trucks that make deliveries when tap water runs out.

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Loic Fauchon, president of the nongovernmental World Water Council, and a co-chair of the official water forum, has proposed the creation of a peacekeeping force to solve water conflicts around the world. The force would be modeled after the U.N.'s "blue helmets."

"We don't want to override national governments," Fauchon said. "We just need a force that will take over in cases of water conflicts." Danielle Mitterrand, the widow of late French President Francois Mitterrand, said French cities have rejected private water management, even though many of the world's largest water companies are French. "We are at an important moment, because everyone agrees that the current system of water management has failed," Mitterrand told the protest forum.

Protesters Say Water Wars Turning Deadly
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Yes, the system has failed. It has failed miserably, so now the wolves at the door want to come in and make it all better-for themselves. However, it isn't only water shortages due to climate change, extortion, and greed that we have to be concerned and outraged about... Our rivers not just in this country but worldwide are polluted. The Nile, the Ganges, the Yellow, the Mississippi, the Hudson, (include any number of names here) all major tributaries, DEAD, and WE KILLED THEM.


Members of the group World Wildlife Fund wear signs signifying the deaths of major rivers around the world during the World Water Forum in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, March 17, 2006. A group of about fifteen members walked through the exhibition hall of the forum wearing the signs to call attention to the destruction of the rivers. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

And how many of us even give it a thought?

What actually would we do if we had no water?

Water will become more scarce under current conditions (which will also breed more disease,) and people will turn to violent means to get what they need as they are already doing if this is not mitigated now. And that will also give the perfect excuse for those who see profit to take advantage of this situation. And while I do not at all condone violence, I can understand it, because water is the right of all mankind. It is also an issue of morality and spirituality for me. Water cleanses my soul, and I will not do without it.

It is not something to be bargained for at forums like some commodity that those with the money think they can control. ALL nations of this world are ENTITLED to clean, safe water to drink, bathe in, use for sanitation, have for crops, and for any other life sustaining and life saving needs they need to use it for. To deny anyone water is a HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE. It seems like a no brainer to me.

I then submit that any private company, group, or government from here on out that uses its influence to privatize a water supply at exhorbitant rates as to be unaffordable to the occupants in any given area, or to then pollute or destroy that source for their own gain should be sued.

It is time for people to organize and take this fight to the courts. The corporations sure have their legal teams ready to fight for their greed, and I think it is time we had a worldwide peoples' network organized and at the ready to stand up for the rights of those less fortunate when our right to clean safe water is abused. It must be against international law to deny water to anyone. PERIOD. The same urgency these people in Mexico feel is now being felt in Kenya, Brazil, China, etc. and will most assuredly be felt right here in our own country. You NEED to be concerned about this.

Water rights is then an issue we also MUST face in this country in our discussions of global warming, states rights, economy, and human rights issues. It is then an issue we need to bring forward to our Congress (and yes, I laughed typing that, but we still have to do it) and to our local and state authorities. Many times our local water supplies are privatized and we don't even know it has happened, but they do. We need for people to become more aware of this issue. One way that can happen is for all who read this to write to their representatives in their states and ask questions. Write to the local newspapers. Tell people you know about these "water wars" and the tactics being used to take our basic right to clean safe water away from us, and that you aren't going to stand for it.

And then, pledge that you will do all you can do to conserve water, and to hold those who pollute it accountable. I am a member of a good organization that has been working for years in this country to hold such corporations accountable. Waterkeeper Alliance is a wonderful effective organization that holds polluters accountable and seeks to preserve our waterways. Robert Kennedy Jr. is the President, and it is an organization I highly recommend if you are now looking for a way to become involved in doing something regarding this issue.

Make no mistake about it, WATER is the center of our existence. 70% of our Earth is water. Without it we die. That's enough to motivate me to do something. We all can, and we must.

NO WATER PRIVATIZATION.

WATER IS OUR RIGHT.

And I implore you to read this book by Dr. Vandana Shiva. You will be glad you did.

I apologize for any links that may not work. The World Water Conference took place this past March, so any links referenced to YAHOO may already be dead.
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Can you imagine a world where you didn't have any water to bathe, drink, use to cook, or for proper sanitation? Many live this way everyday, and the water they do use they have to get by traveling for miles everyday, unassured that it is even clean enough to drink once they get it home. Water is such a precious commodity in so many places around our world, yet it is something we take for granted.

That is why I wished to let you know about World Water Day.

Every year since 1992 (United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ), March 22nd has been designated as World Water Day. This year holds special significance in light of the prevailing crisis in many parts of our world regarding water scarcity, and the outlook for the future based on current trends and climate change.

Though some might see this issue as unimportant, it is the crux of our survival. Without water, people have no crops, no way to provide proper sanitation (which breeds diseases like cholera), and no water to drink. Privatization of water in South and Central America has resulted in people dying because of pumping water from polluted lakes and streams because they are too poor to afford the prices of privatized water. And it is happening all over the world. Overpopulation also leads to shortages, and governments that have no contingency plans in place for when droughts occur.

This then is one special day among all days of the year to devote to promoting concrete actions within countries regarding preserving water resources for all, and finding new and better ways to provide safe clean drinking water to those who live in these countries, and that includes the United States. Each year, one of various UN agencies involved in water issues takes the lead in promoting and coordinating international activities for World Water Day. World Water Day, or "World Day for Water" 2005 also marked the start of the second "UN International Decade for Action for Water", also referred to as the Water for Life Decade 2005-2015.

This is then the time to focus public attention on the critical water issues of our time. Participating agencies and Non Governmental Organizations have highlighted issues such as a billion people being without access to safe water for drinking and the role of gender in family access to safe water. I believe there must also be hands on instruction for residents in poor countries in learning how to build their own pumps, and contingency plans for storing and sanitizing water for future use in drought stricken areas. There is no denying that this is one of the most urgent environmental issues of our time. What we do in this decade will define the future for our children.

I then applaud all organizations which concetrate on this mist important goal, and all those who are advocating for clean, safe, and accessible water for all people of the world, because it is our right. Below you will then see some sources regarding World Water Day, and the link for one organization that is taking this task on. Please take a look at them, and mark your calendar for World Water Day on March 22.

You can also make a pledge to yourself that you will limit the amount of water you use in a day. Whether it be limiting your showers or baths, the amount of water you use for washing your car, or simply taking part in supporting organizations like those listed, you can help make this world more sustainable one for all of us. It really does begin with us. And that is important.

Water Partners International

World Water Day.org

Overhead view of current drought in Kenya

UN Tells Kenya To Brace For Prolonged Drought

WATER WARS are already here, and it has been spoken about with people being warned of what was to come for years. If you know of the genocide taking place in Sudan, then multiply those rates tenfold, realizing that we are killing ourselves if we do not take this seriously. There is water to sustain all of us, only it isn't getting to those who need it the most because of corporate influence, government intervention, and terrorism. And yes, THIS IS TERRORISM. And human nature is now kicking in... survival of the fittest...the law of the jungle (which is exactly the law companies like Halliburton, EXXON, and Bechtel to name a few live by.)

Those that are stronger or connected who can get it, get it. Those too weak or poor DIE. NO ONE in this world should have to go without the basic necessity of life, which is water. NO ONE. This is a LIFE AND DEATH situation for millions of people in Africa, Asia, South America, etc., and yes, a situation Americans mayl find themselves in if we do not face this problem now.

YOU DON'T THINK YOU COULD KILL FOR WATER? THINK AGAIN, and PLEASE read the information here and the story below. Then PLEASE make sure you get this information out to as many as you can, and reflect on what you can do to see that this necessary and precious gift of life is given to those who need it most. Then, make sure that your know for sure where your water is now coming from. You may be surprised to find out the true source.

This is just but one example of what is to come throughout this world by 2015 (not too long in coming) if we don't get truly serious about the water scarcity in this world:

Kenyans Fighting Each Other for Water (Link has since expired. Will be adding more information on this in subsequent entries.)

By CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press Writer
Wed Mar 15, 2:26 PM ETOROPOYI, Kenya -
Akiru Lomukuny's clan already has seen one boy killed, a girl raped and dozens of women beaten just for trying to get a drink of water. Now, she says, things are about to get a lot worse. Generations of east Africans have clashed sporadically over cattle, pasture and, most importantly, water. The drought sweeping the region is making the fight for resources more desperate. Lomukuny is a member of the Turkana tribe. Among these nomads, a family is judged by its cows. The Turkana walk their cows, goats and sheep through Kenya's northwestern corner, along the borders with Uganda and Sudan.It hasn't rained here in more than a year, and her clan — along with more than 11 million other people in this semiarid region that also includes Ethiopia and Somalia — is getting desperate.

Lomukuny knows where she can get water 10 miles away, but the spring is in Uganda. She and her daughters — usually with Lomukuny's three grandchildren strapped to their backs — have gone there for water in the past, only to be ambushed by Dados tribesmen."We were usually attacked on our way back," she said. "We would lose all of our water ... sometimes they strip us naked, take all of our beads."In January, Lomukuny's clan of some 600 families retreated back into Kenya to a secret place where water collects in the rugged hills. But now that supply has run out, and they must look across the unmarked border again."Drought always presents a great risk for us because the alternative is to go to Uganda, where we've had a lot of experience being attacked," she said. "The next move has to be to find water.

There is water in Uganda, so we have to move there."As Lomukuny spoke, dressed in a traditional blanket and leather skirt, dozens of children crowded around, their foreheads covered with an orange fuzz that is a sign of protein deficiency. They are skinny, but don't have the bloated stomachs of the severely malnourished.Only the night before, Dados raiders stole 28 cows from two families in the clan, leaving them destitute. The clan already has lost cattle to the drought, and more become weak and sick every day for lack of enough water.The Rev. Bernard Ruhnan, a German priest who has been trying to end the tribal fighting in the area for 34 years, said there have been minor clashes, but nothing too serious since the drought began. He is working with tribal leaders on an agreement to share resources, but worries about what will happen if the rains don't come soon.

Normally, there are several rainy season in the region. But there was no rain in October or December, and now the expected rain in March has yet to come."If we don't get rain in the next month, it will become much more serious," he said. He said already there were militant elements in both tribes trying to make sure they don't have to share anything.Oxfam and other charities have also been trying to help the Turkana survive the drought without fighting. The British group has drilled water wells and installed pumps. They have also bought livestock from the Turkana, slaughtering them and giving the meat to the needy.But those programs are too small and too far away to help Lomukuny's clan.

They will instead take their chances with the Dados as they try to reach an unoccupied, well watered, pasture, the elders said."The route through Uganda is like going between two dogs," Lomukuny said. "During the migration, the fighting is perpetual, all the way through, until we find a place to settle." She said the biggest concern was the supply of bullets, because unlike in Uganda, the Kenyan government doesn't provide the nomadic tribes with arms and ammunition. She said if the government would only give them more well water, things would be different. But Lomukuny said her clan has to take its chances and cross the border. "I don't care if I lose a child, or my husband, it is a desperate state now," she said. "We have to go." She looked a reporter straight in the eye. "If you want to help me," the grandmother said with immense dignity. "Give me a gun."
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This is an issue that is very close to my heart, because for the life of me I cannot understand raping and killing a child just to take their water from them!!!

Water signifies purity, peace, serenity, and is the essence of our souls. It is what sustains us, as the air we breathe. Water is essential for all life forms. For example it makes up 60 to 70% by weight of all living organisms and is essential for photosynthesis. The sustainability of all life on Earth is determined chiefly by the presence of water and the reliability of the cycles that keep it unchanged.Water covers 75% of the Earth's surface. Nearly 98% of the Earth's water is in the oceans, making it unusable by humans because of its saline content. Fresh water makes up less than 3% of water on Earth, with over two thirds of it tied up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Fresh water lakes and rivers make up only 0.009% of water on Earth and ground water makes up 0.28%.

According to Jack Reid On Water Wars http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?Stor...28-031259-7228r (Link has since expired, but will be adding other sources to Mr. Reed's statement as I find them) these circumstances added to the spectre of climate change which is already drying up rivers in China, Brazil, and countries worldwide making water sources scarce, will ultimately lead to worldwide wars for water, perhaps within the next thirty years.

So while so many discuss only peak oil and wars in the Middle East for oil, the current situation regarding the scarcity of water, it's privatization, and the effects of that privatization (backed by the World Bank) combined with global warming that is killing people, is not getting the attention it deserves.

Hopefully these links will impart a bit more knowledge on this most important topic for our future sustainability. Simply put, without water, we die. Water is a HUMAN RIGHT.
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Half the world facing water shortages by 2025

A must read interview with Vandana Shiva about privatization, the World Bank, and Earth Democracy

Article By Vandana Shiva

Water scarcity in the Middle East

Wars Over Water?

Water wars-The Middle East- and yes, this also effects Israel

Bechtel's water wars

This issue MUST see the light of day. I also then hope that Al Gore will somewhere in the future corrolate this to what he is now telling people about climate change. There have been warnings about this for years. It has been happening for years. And we now ignore it at our peril.

I do know how hopeless so much can seem to be to us each day, but if we already HAVE what is neccessary to survive and it is simply a matter of us opening our hearts to get it to those who need it, we MUST do it. THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.

Welcome to my Water Is Life blog. I will be posting various articles I have written and news regarding the current global water crisis we face in our world. I hope these articles and the news and information provided here will not only inform you, but empower you to take action to make our world a more sustainable place in which to live. All of the entries here have been written between March-August 2006 (though I have been speaking about this for the past five years,) and I will continue to add entries to it whenever I find news about water issues that affect our lives.

This is the moral issue of our time.

WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT.

A while back we mentioned that we've been working with Sony Ericsson to incorporate blogging into their new generation of cameraphones. Well, the k800 has started to hit the market and our friends in Sweden have a helpful graphic to explain how it all works.

Check it out!