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Tag Archives: access to clean water
Happy World Wetlands Day!
A Time to Restore February 2nd marked the 52nd anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance. Signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, this inter-governmental treaty sought to assure that the world would conserve and protect its wetlands … Continue reading
We Still Alive
When we talk about WASH — water, sanitation and hygiene — it’s not just access to water that we are discussing but access to clean, safe, usable water. The reality is that more children die each year from lack of … Continue reading
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Tagged access to clean water, GWA, Kenya, Nairobi, Thomas Jefferson University, WASH
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Making From the Ground Up!
Tomorrow, following GWA’s 14th Annual Conference, we will kick off the award ceremony with a showing of “From the Ground Up,” a short documentary about lack of access to clean water in Tanzania. (spoiler alert: the story has a happy … Continue reading
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Tagged #GWA, access to clean water, climate change, climate crisis, SDG6, student filmmakers
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Revenge of the Fatberg
FOG is no fun. Continue reading
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Tagged access to clean water, fatberg, FOG, public outreach, WASH
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We Are Water Protectors
Stories and prophecies surrounding Mother Earth and Father Sky are abundant in indigenous folklore where Indigenous People have long protected the earth from those who would seek to abuse her resources. That’s why it is so wonderful to see that … Continue reading
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Tagged access to clean water, carole lindstrom, Children's books, michaela goade, water protectors
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Here, There, and Everywhere: The Problem with Microplastics in Water and What Women Scientists are Doing to Solve It
Read all about it in wH2O, The Journal of Gender and Water, Volume 8 (2021) right here.
Posted in microplastics, plastics
Tagged access to clean water, microplastics, plastics degradation, wH2O Journal, women scientists
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Plastic Bank
[ PLASTIC BANK Okay, since this is supposed to be a feel-good blog post, I’m not going to bury you in plastic statistics the way we are ourselves being buried in the real thing, but I will shed a dash … Continue reading
Posted in plastics, recycling, Uncategorized
Tagged #WATWB, access to clean water, clean water, entrepreneurs, microplastics, plastics, Plastics Bank, plastics recycling
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Janjay – A Story About Water
This year I joined the Board of the Global Water Alliance in Philadelphia and have gotten to see first hand just how extensive a reach the GWA has. So many of our GWA partners are writers, educators, academics, and leaders … Continue reading
Posted in access to water, clean water
Tagged access to clean water, Chantal Victoria Bright, Children's books, mom advice, WASH, water, writers, writing
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WATWB – GI
WATWB – GI (Green Infrastructure) Do not despair our present difficulties, but believe always in the promise and greatness of America because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. … Continue reading
Posted in access to water, clean water, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, green infrastructure, sustainable cities
Tagged #WATWB, access to clean water, blog hop, clean water, climate change, Edmonston, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, GI, green infrastructure, Maryland, sustainable cities
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