Data
from sources worldwide highlight ever-growing concerns about water
supplies. US-based journalist association Circle of Blue surveyed
people in 15 different countries and found that water pollution and
shortages were the public’s biggest environmental concerns.
In Wyoming, United States, two glaciers of the Teton Mountains have lost over 20 percent of their surface area,
affecting water supplies in three states.
In Europe, a report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that only half of Germany’s total water footprint
comes
from within the country, illustrating the dependency of industrialized
nations on other countries for water sourced in imported goods.
And
in Asia, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) along with the
International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka are calling for
irrigation reform to help supply food and water for an additional 1.5
billion people by 2050.
Our thanks, Circle of Blue, World
Wildlife Fund, UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),
International Water Management Institute and all others for sharing
this vital information.
Let us unite to implement lifestyles of sustainable consideration that bring about water security for all.
During
a March 2009 Juice Fast For Peace videoconference in California, USA,
Supreme Master Ching Hai reminded that the quickest way to return to
plentiful water stores is to halt livestock raising.
Supreme Master Ching Hai :
At a time when we have water shortage and all the reservoirs are
dwindling at such an alarming rate, we are truly afraid that even if we
don’t take shower at all, it will not do much help because all the
human uses and everything comes together is only 30% of water around
the world.
Everything else is mostly used for meat industry,
70% of it. Meat industry should be cut. That will help the planet. That
will help to reserve our water, to refill our lakes and our rivers
again.
Referencehttp://www.panda.org/wwf_news/?172404/Wealthy-world-at-risk-from-water-woes-elsewhere http://www.sltrib.com/ci_13135276?source=most_viewed http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/opinion/opinion/12566-water-shortage-the-biggest-environmental-concern-on-the-planet,-says-survey.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8206466.stm,http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206230.stm
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