Save Our Water

I just watched Flow, an award-wining documentary on the global water crisis, and I'm really mad about all the ways corporations (such as Nestle, Coca Cola, and Pepsi) and governments around the world are turning water into a commodity, and in the process, destroying the environment, displacing communities, and ignoring regulatory laws like The Clean Water Act.

A few things you might want to know:
One, pesticides and Prozac are ending up in water supplies.
Two, drilling for natural gas is polluting well water and rivers with toxic chemicals (not to mention the BP oil spill, which is wreaking havoc on marine and human life and livelihood).
Three, we're going to run out of potable water. What are you going to do about it?

There are many, many more water issues, such as: access and sanitation for people in developing countries, aquifer depletion, global warming, ...

Don't assume that the government is looking out for your safety.  Just because there are laws and regulations in place doesn't mean that there aren't exceptions, loopholes, and neglect.

Learn more about what you can do to conserve, get mad at the companies and governments who are not protecting our water, and then get in touch with congress.

Here's where you can learn more:

• Start by watching: Flow: For Love of Water, an award-winning documentary about the global water crisis. 
• Riverkeeper, an advocacy group based in NY.
• Water.org, a non-profit organization co-founded by Matt Damon.
• World Water Council, "a global movement for a water secure world."
• Natural Resources Defense Council, which provides info, stats, and action alerts about environmental issues.

Save the Polar Bears

Check out these sites to save the polar bears....

From Save the Polar Bear: 

"Polar bears are dying. As global warming accelerates, the sea ice they depend on for survival is literally melting away. Bears are starving and drowning as they have to swim farther and farther to reach solid ice. Some are even turning to cannibalism in a desperate search for food. Those trapped on land hundreds of miles from the nearest ice often wander near villages in search of food and are shot.

As if that weren’t enough, oil and gas drilling is destroying and polluting their fast-dwindling Arctic habitat.

A third of all polar bears — including all bears in Alaska — will be extinct by 2050 if current trends continue. The rest of the species will be gone by the end of the century."

http://www.savethepolarbear.org/  - click here to sign a petition that will be sent to Pres. Obama

 More resources...


http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/polarbear/polarbear.html
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/


If you live in Canada, sign this petition:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/256644385