World Water Day

Hello My Faithful Followers,

Today World Water Day was observed. Please click on the link below to learn more.

World Water Day

I am not sure about you, but I find it unsettling that ONLY 10% of the world's water is fresh. The remaining water is either too salty, too frozen, or too polluted to consume. In fact, if you were to scale this down and imagine all of the world's water as filling a single glass of water - we would have access to a mere drop! Not a whole lot of water when you consider that there are nearly 7 billion people on our planet! I have a great demo that I do for students to really drive home this point. I adapted it from Bob McDonald of CBC's Quirks & Quarks, but I use it so that students might give a little more thought to the value of water. Hopefully, they will be a little more mindful the next time they are brushing their teeth with the water running, walking by a leaky faucet without concern, or letting the tap run so that they can have a 'cold' glass of water.

If you are concerned about water shortages, I have posted a link to a documentary that still haunts me, despite seeing it a few months ago. I think this Canadian documentary vividly demonstrates how lucky some of us are to have a steady supply of clean and running water. Perhaps more importantly, it also provides a sobering look at what could happen if our fresh water supplies were to run out...even in Canada, the world's so-called water-keeper!

No Running Water

Until next time...