Environment

Anne van Oorschot (AWC The Hague)                              Kara Fairchild (AWC Gothenburg) FAWCO Environment Bulletin	November  2010
Water: Worldwide Issues The third and last in our series on Worldwide Water Issues - real water problems in real places. Africa While the global picture for water management is far from encouraging, that of Africa is much worse.  300 million Africans do not have access...

Access to water is a basic human need and a fundamental human right. Yet over a billion people in the world still live without safe, clean water to drink. The diseases that result from drinking dirty water kill 5000 children every single day!!

While the statistics alone are shocking, they still say nothing about the daily reality of life without...

The third and last in our series on Worldwide Water Issues – real problems in real places.

While the global picture for water management is far from encouraging, that of Africa is much worse.  300 million Africans do not have access to safe water. The inability to be able to obtain clean water, and the illnesses that result from poor...

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Water: Worldwide Issues - Asia & Western USA

Here is the second in a series of three articles from the Water Team giving you information about real water problems in real places.

While America is probably not the first place you think of for water problems, the US government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages in the...

The Water Team has thrown a lot of water facts and figures at you over the past year. While this information is accurate and relevant, at a certain point, it starts to become too abstract, as if it all takes place in a world other than your own. We understand! So the next 3 water bulletins will tell stories about...

Climate Change – Fact or Fiction?

For many people, the fact that the climate is changing is indisputable.  Just last week I was riding in a London black cab (not a very green mode of transportation but a luxury since I am currently  9 months pregnant!) and remarked to the cabbie how mild our London winter has been thus far...

For most of us, the holiday season can be a time of excess – whether we are reminded in January upon opening our credit card bill or slipping on our jeans that feel a bit too snug!

In addition to the personal consequences of holiday excess there are also the environmental consequences to consider.  For example, it is estimated that...

Because water is essential for all life on Earth, the Environment Committee feels the Target Program should focus on increasing the supply of safe and secure water globally. In doing this, many of the other global projects that FAWCO supports will also be impacted and in June, we sent out our second water bulletin which addressed how the water supply is...

WATER & Health

According to the Global Health Council, more than 1 billion people live without access to safe water. There are also 2.6 billion people who do not have access to basic sanitation, which can result in the easy transmission of diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and several parasitic infections. More than 2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them...