To mark World Water Day, I am launching the a DROP of LIFE Campus Tour, to bring attention to the world water crisis. Designated in 1992 by a United Nations General Assembly resolution, World Water Day is an international observance and call to action to bring attention to the problem of insufficient access to clean, safe drinking water. Using my film a DROP of LIFE as a spark to inspire discussions about the world water crisis, the tour celebrates World Water Day, Earth Day, Women’s History Month, and Asian American History Month.
The tour kicks of screenings and discussions at:
April 8, 2009 Northeastern University Boston, MA
April 15, 2009 Wesleyan University Middleton, CT
April 17, 2009 Connecticut College New London, CT
April 24, 2009 Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
With my key partners such as Water for All and Think Outside the Bottle, I aim to engage a new generation in a large-scale environmental movement.
WATER IS LIFE.
“If the wars of the twentieth century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” (Ismail Serageldin, Vice President of the World Bank)
The truth is simple and terrifying. By 2027, one-half to two-thirds of the world's population, an estimated 4 billion people, will not have access to clean drinking water. This is a crisis without borders. Individuals and corporations are over-consuming at such a rate that every species on the planet is in danger. And as Maude Barlow points out, “As demand rapidly exceeds supply, corporations are vying to buy water resources and sell them, like any other commodity, to the highest bidder. “
WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT.
The United Nations and the World Bank have classified water as a human need, not a human right. This classification makes water a commodity subject to trade. It is already happening. At the recent World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, legislation was drafted to give rivers, lakes and ponds to corporations. Until now, corporations only ran water distribution services. Now they may "own" bodies of water. So begins a new era in the privatization of water.
EVERY DROP MAKES A DIFFERENCE
In celebration of World Water day, here are a few of some of our favorite resources in H20:
Just Do Something:
a DROP of LIFE Take Action
http://www.adropoflife.tv/takeaction.html
Take the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2215/t/8100/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=1410
Water for All
http://waterforall.org/
Tell your Governor to Think Outside the Bottle
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2215/t/8036/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=440
Narmada Bachao Andolan
http://www.narmada.org/
Intelligent Use of Water Film Competition
http://www.iuowfilm.com
Learn more:
Democracy Now: Special on the World Water Forum
http://i1.democracynow.org/2009/3/23/water_rights_activists_blast_istanbul_world
Democracy Now: Narmada Activist Medha Patkar on Dams in India
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/23/dam_politics_indias_leading_activist_medha
H20 Calculator
http://www.h2oconserve.org/home.php?pd=index
Circle of Blue
http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/about/
Buy Blue
http://astore.amazon.com/adrofli-20
Saturday, April 11, 2009
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1 comments:
i remember you from "On the lot". As always, you get the message across with great visuals. I kick start the video thinking that "this is going to be another documentary" but i am glad that i always get lost in the visual beauty of your creation :). All the best with your future endeavours. And hey...whats your take on Slumdog Millionaire? I think its a perfect blend of Hollywood - British - Indiain cinema. What do you say?
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