Today is World Water Day; a day to bring attention to the big challenges we face in ensuring that the people of the world have the safe water they need to live. Here are some of the great online resources available to get informed and involved.
The documentary film “Tapped” is celebrating World Water Week “because one day isn’t enough.” The director and producer of the film are embarking on a “Get Off The H2O” truck tour, driving across the country asking people to pledge to reduce their bottled water use. You can order the film today on DVD. See the trailer here.
The Story of Bottle Water by the The Story of Stuff Project in an interesting video presenting some interesting data points:
- Bottle water is typically less regulated than tap water
- Tap water is preferred over bottled water in taste tests
- Bottled water costs 2,000 times the price of tap water
- Many of the big bottled water brands use filtered tap water
- 80% of plastic water bottles end up in landfills or incinerators
The Huffington Post has a featured article titled World Water Day: How You Can Get Involved that includes lots of links and this startling fact: over half the world’s illnesses are caused by unclean, unsafe water.
National Geographic is featuring World Water Day as well, with a special issue: Water: Our Thirsty World. You can download a free copy of this fascinating issue. They also have a very informative section of their website dedicated to Freshwater.
Care2.com highlights 10 Ways To Celebrate World Water Day.
Stay tuned to WaterFilters.NET all week for more information about World Water Day 2010.
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