The Element of Life.

Water the element of Life.

From our beginning it surrounds us.

Cushioning our fragile flesh as we dream of being.

Rocking us gently in the womb, our tiny universe.

The damn breaks and we are thrust into a world of brilliant thirst.

We always seek that illusive, oceanic dream of creation.

Drink, bathe, swim, shower and dive.

Water calls to us.

We waste it, horde it, pollute it, share it, fight over it, cherish it and protect it.

Without it, Life ceases.

Patricia Bowne

2009

It's a precious thing. This simple mix of Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules.  

The water we drink today is the same water the dinosaurs drank—there is no new water.

Nearly 450 million people in 29 countries currently face severe water shortages.

• 20 percent more water than is now available will be needed to feed the additional three billion people who will be alive by 2025.
• As much as two-thirds of the world population could be water-stressed by 2025.
• Aquifers, which supply one-third of the world's population, are being pumped out faster than nature can replenish them.
• Half the world's rivers and lakes are seriously polluted.
• Major rivers, such as the Yangtze, Ganges, and Colorado, do not flow to the sea for much of the year because of upstream withdrawals.
  
  http://water.org/learn-about-the-water-crisis/facts/
  

Crisis- noun

a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, esp. for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.

  

We have to make it for better.

We have to stop treating the water like a never ending, self cleaning resource. We need to stop expanding. 

"Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of a cancer cell."

http://www.worldometers.info/water/ 

Stop funking up my home!

We're not the only ones on this planet. Fish, turtles, otters, frogs, beavers, alligators.. They live in water.

Alright, the water is polluted. How about just having access to any water?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2943946.stm

Doing research for this blog and keeping up with world events in general has opened my eyes to most of this information.  In the future, wars will be fought over water. Oil is NOT necessary for life. Water is.

http://blueplanetnetwork.org/water/facts

We take it for granted. We turn on the tap and get drinkable water. Oh, it might taste funky, but we won't die if dysentery after drinking it. 

http://www.irinnews.org/IndepthMain.aspx?IndepthId=13&ReportId=62312

  Let's keep water clean and available. We all need it. Don't waste it!

Water, water everyewhere and not a drop to drink?

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Sustainability 101

"Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science."John F. Kennedy

Humans and the planet are roughly 70% water. Coincidence or some, Divine design?
I'd like to think since we came from the Earth (Yes, I'm an Evolutionists.) That we have a similar makeup. She is our mother after all. We should love and respect her.
So, why are we polluting, wasting and generally taking one of out most vital resources for granted!? Here, in the USA all we have to do is turn on a faucet. Like magic, water comes out and most of the time it's drinkable. Personally, I get my water from a good source and refill my containers. I grew up with sweet, well water. Hmmm, what a great childhood I had. To think I'm only 42 and how bad things have gotten in that short time. I worry about my son and how quickly our natural world is declining. But we have it good when you look at other parts of the world.
For starters, let's look at how much water we use. You'll be surprised.

http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home

We need to drink so much water a day just to survive. I keep finding different amounts but here in the hot, Tucson desert it seems you can't drink enough. I count my blessings every day that I have clean, safe water to drink. Apparently we're running out of drinkable water on this planet. WTF!? This is affectionately known as the BLUE PLANET. Not Dune or stinky, sludge planet. At least not yet.
There are so many people who don't have clean, drinking water. Something so basic to every living creature. How did we get to this? How do we solve it and make sure we all have access to drinkable water.

http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/index.php?id=5

http://www.cleanwateraction.org/

http://www.nrdc.org/water/pollution/gsteps.asp

So, we can do our part, even if it's just small steps. At least it's a step in the right direction.
Here's another link to a great, general site.

http://www.sharingsustainablesolutions.org/?page=Home&lang=2

"Nothing on earth is so weak and yielding as water, but for breaking down the firm and strong it has no equal."Lao-Tsze