This year the theme of World Wetlands Day will be ‘Wetlands & Tourism,’ celebrated on Thursday 2 February 2012. This will celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Ramsar Convention, an intergovernmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Iran for the protection of wetlands worldwide. 160 countries have since signed the treaty. World Wetlands Day will also create an … [Read more...]
Siyabona Youth demand water improvements
Bike mechanics in Auckland New Zealand went through the city offering free bicycle repair. Boy Scouts in Mexico installed energy efficient light bulbs in cities. Robben Island started to go solar. Cyclists took to the streets in Durban and joined in a clean-up of the Mgeni river. These were but a few of the actions for earth that took place in more than 7000 places in almost … [Read more...]
Water gives and takes life
It came as a surprise to me that only 0.25% of the water on our planet is available to us. I do know that it is not evenly distributed and that water is the source of all of life. I've also heard a rumour about the shortage of this resource. It is therefore no surprise that an entire conference was recently dedicated to spreading awareness about the serious trouble our water … [Read more...]
SA’s water experts to converge
With floods causing havoc in several South African provinces earlier this year, it may be hard to believe that the looming water crisis that was debated in Parliament in 2008 remains an issue. Engineering Council of SA vice-president Thoko Majozi warns: 'The maximum consumption that SA's water resources can sustain will be reached in about five years.' This should sound … [Read more...]
Developing Sustainable Water Consumption
Water Footprints and Corporate Strategies Understand the issues facing us globally in water management Learn how water footprints can be calculated for individual processes and products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses Discover how to develop a corporate water strategy and manage it as a key business issue in order to capture the real value of … [Read more...]
Whose water is it anyway?
'Whatever we do to the water bodies on this planet, we're doing to ourselves.' Both Earth and our human bodies consist of 70% water and 30% solids. 'On this planet the water cycle and the life cycle is one,' said Helen Lockart of the Two Oceans Aquarium on World Water Day. Water is our lifeline - without water we cannot survive longer than a day or two. Most people are … [Read more...]
