Articles about water
Root of the water problem
In his article on the world's water problems (10 questions the west must answer, H20 supplement, August 23), John Vidal writes: "If we learned not to cut down forests, we'd find that there was more water for everyone." This illustrates a widely held misconception, which is arguably leading aid organisations to waste billions of dollars on afforestation programmesThe Guardian
Wednesday, June 09, 2004
# posted at 6:20 PM 0 comments
10 questions the west must answer
What rich countries must do to meet their commitments, and how much it will cost. John VidalGuardian
This parched earth
Water is life. Nothing can exist without it - not humans, not animals, not plants, not food, not even dreams. As Marq de Villiers, author of Water Wars, put it: 'Millions have lived without love. No one has lived without water.' Juliette Jowit,The Observer
The Battle for Water
The next time you’re walking in the rain, stop and think that some of the water falling on you ran through the blood of dinosaurs or swelled the tears of children who lived thousands of years ago.
Tony Clarke and Maude Barlow, Yes Magazine
water 1
