1000 Flowers for the Planet - #479 Observe World Water Day
Today is World Water Day. It is a day to
recognise that water is vital to survival on this planet. Water is not only
available for the use of humans, but for everything
– animals, fish, insects, plants, ecosystems. Water provides life for all
living things. Water is the basis of all ecosystems. Water has the power to
keep us clean and prevent the spread of disease through our communities. Water
has the power to create energy, which we use without thinking about, every day.
These are the positive aspects of water.
Then there are the destructive ways in which
humans use water. Manufacturing uses large amounts of water, which provides us
with all the stuff we want, but
pollutes water in the process. Water creates inequality – ‘women’ spend
millions of hours every day, carrying water. Water can create conflict. More
and more water is required to produce food as the world’s population explodes. Water
is easily polluted, and carries that pollution far beyond the source of
pollution, and this, in consequence, affects every living thing.
Spend today thinking about how well you use the
most valuable resource this world has to offer us. We cannot live without it.
Let’s make our use of it sustainable well into the future.
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