Water! What you can do.
Today is international blog action day! The topic this year:
Water.
This stuff of live, still being pressure from being privatized, will replace oil as the the resource most fought over this century. Access to clean drinking water is so basic, I can't believe it is being denied to so many for profit. And ground water pollution continues to make otherwise drinkable water toxic.
Here in Berlin, there is renewed pressure to privatize the water system, and people are right to jump to action. Witness so many bad examples of privatized water treating people like dirt!
The other thing that bugs me is how Vancouverites use water. We use the most per person compared to anywhere else in Canada. My condo was using 280L/day/unit average, and most units had 1-2 occupants That's like 3-4 hot water tank's worth! Some is technology (low and dual flush toilet) but it's mostly lazy and inappropriate use (hosing stuff down, watering the lawn too much, having too much lawn). People think we have lots of water, but not with climate change coming. We'll have a tougher time accessing water, especially in the summer.
See the petition below for what YOU can do. And also:
1) Stop polluting ground water, no more cosmetic pesticides, or soaps that have phosphates!
2) If you have property, don't solidly pave over surfaces! Use permeable rocks or paving; let the earth clean its water instead of being surface runoff.
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Water.
This stuff of live, still being pressure from being privatized, will replace oil as the the resource most fought over this century. Access to clean drinking water is so basic, I can't believe it is being denied to so many for profit. And ground water pollution continues to make otherwise drinkable water toxic.
Here in Berlin, there is renewed pressure to privatize the water system, and people are right to jump to action. Witness so many bad examples of privatized water treating people like dirt!
The other thing that bugs me is how Vancouverites use water. We use the most per person compared to anywhere else in Canada. My condo was using 280L/day/unit average, and most units had 1-2 occupants That's like 3-4 hot water tank's worth! Some is technology (low and dual flush toilet) but it's mostly lazy and inappropriate use (hosing stuff down, watering the lawn too much, having too much lawn). People think we have lots of water, but not with climate change coming. We'll have a tougher time accessing water, especially in the summer.
See the petition below for what YOU can do. And also:
1) Stop polluting ground water, no more cosmetic pesticides, or soaps that have phosphates!
2) If you have property, don't solidly pave over surfaces! Use permeable rocks or paving; let the earth clean its water instead of being surface runoff.
Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »