Despite the seemingly limitless amount of water that flows through our faucets every day, the truth remains that we are living in the midst of a global water crisis. Right now, one out of every eight people across the globe lacks access to safe drinking water or adequate sanitation.
While much progress has been made in reaching the Millennium Development Goals for water, many countries remain underserved. Even as water access has improved as much as 22% in regions such as sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade, up to 40% of people in that same region still lack safe drinking water.
In the spirit of World Water Week, the Levi's ® brand -- in partnership with Matt Damon and Water.org -- invites you to help raise awareness for the 1 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water. A little goes a long way: according to WaterDay.org , every $1 invested in water sanitation and hygiene improvements does approximately $8 worth of good for individuals and communities across the developing world.
Matt Damon and Water.org CEO Gary White share a message to #gowaterless for one day this week in solidarity with the millions who lack access to safe water around the world. If you believe in sustainability, you need to try to build it into everything you do and show others the way. Visit Levi.com to find out how you can help contribute to the cause.
WATCH:
Multiply 450 nuclear power plants around the world times one million gallons of water a minute and you have a serious water usage issue!
And nuclear power plants are situated on the world's most important bodies of water! Oceans, rivers, lakes...and they discharge super hot water which in turns heats our waters!
Check out www.waterfootprint.org , explaining how much water it takes to produce products that we use.
No one in my city does.
The water here is not potable.
What are we supposed to do?
It's permanent. The city has a oil refinery here and we can't even get the EPA to make them stop and clean up the benzine they are dumping in Sand Creek.
There idea of a fix is to dig a tench, as if the ground on one side of the trench is not the same planet, or water table.
We have no choice.
Boil off a gallon of tap water and you get almost full teaspoon 'mineral residue' left behind.
We get yearly 'newsletters', from the local water utility and in the fine print, after several pages of pretty pics, flowers and trees, the last page being a warning, don't drink the water, and an admonition to talk to your doctor for reasons why.
Water is life, but oil is money.
Too many have made the wrong choice.