Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on a single day – October 15.Last year, more than 13,000 bloggers participated from 152 countries. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion about an important issue that impacts people around the world.
Why water?
This year the theme is water, and befor you ask why, a few numbers:
* Up to 60% of the human body is water, the brain is composed of 70%water
* We need a minimum of two quarts (1,9 liters) of clean water per day per person
* The total human appropriation in 2025 would be 70% of estimated available water (compared to current 54%)
* Today approximately one in eight people in the world aready don't have enough acess to clean water....
Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
What can we do?
* Recycle Used Cooking Oil and Grease (1 litter of oil can contaminate 1 million litters of clean water)
* Purchase low water footprint products, exchanging meat for grains (Over 65% of water use is on agriculture, mainly for feeding livestock)
* Drink tap water instead of bottled water (avoiding global warming and green-house gas emissions due to its production and transport)
More on: http://www.waterfootprint.org/
As my grandmother used to say, "who cares will always posses what is cared for".
So care for water, it fuels the humans today and tomorrow!
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