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Jeffrey Sachs Looks To The Future: “No One Will Take Water for Granted.”

Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and one of the world’s leading experts on economic development and the environment, says he sees major problems with water in much of the world and that “we have not been attentive” to them.

In a video interview with Joseph B. Treaster, the editor of 1h2o, Dr. Sachs said that “at least some of the roots of the conflict” in Darfur in the Sudan can be traced “to great water stress, declining rainfall and rising population.”

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Northern Peru: Jungle Rivers Where the Sweet Water No Longer Flows

By Kelly Hearn

Nueva Jerusalén, Peru - Tomas Carijano sat at the front of the canoe, whittling the wooden dart to a deadly point, a blowgun propped against his knee. Then, with a nod, he gave the signal.

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The Death of A Lake: Nobody Took Care of It; A Cactus Rises Where Fishing Boats Once Bobbed

By Sarah Stuteville

HARAR, Ethiopia - Girma Moges is angry. He was here in eastern Ethiopia four years ago when the pump he managed for a decade stopped forever. And he’s still here now, just outside the ancient walled city of Harar.

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Walking for Water: An Exhausting Job That Never Ends

By Sarah Stuteville

DILLO, Ethiopia - “Just breathe,” I tell myself as I slowly shuffle up the dusty gravel path. “One breath with each step.” I have a muddy yellow plastic can strapped to my back. It is filled with water and weighs 50 pounds, close to a third as much as I weigh. It is hard for me to walk, but I am trying to follow the cracked plastic sandals in front of me. 

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BOOK REVIEW: Blue Covenant, The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water

By Maude Barlow, 184 pp, The New Press, $24.95

Reviewed By Alexandra De Filippo

I thought I knew a lot about the serious problems with water around the world – the shortages, the pollution, the impact on cities and villages. After all, we have been hearing for some time that if the wars of the 20th centuries were fought over oil, those of the 21st century would be fought over water.  Even so, I was caught off guard as I read Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water, Maude Barlow’s latest book. The book, the 16th she has written on the environment, development and politics underscored for me the immediacy and magnitude of the global water crisis and the nature of the debate surrounding the ownership of water. 

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You can lend your voice to discussions taking place online about global water issues. 1H2o is partnering with helium.com in another effort to bring awareness of the global water crisis through the creation of media on the subject. Click on one of the titles below to participate and compete in the 1H2o Citizen Journalism Awards Contest.

Will great rivers die?

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By Chiranjibi Paudyal

"Everything including the nature changes and to cry over the past is futile" is completely true in the context of our great rivers. Nile Ganga Sindh Yangtze and Mississippi were the great names in the past. But they are no more. Everything changes in due course of time. Big rivers are dying due to the construction of big dams pollution climate change landslides tornadoes volcanoes and other natural calamities. This is only a matter of time but our great rivers will be only in the
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When will people worldwide have enough clean safe water to drink?

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By Steve Lussing

The delivery of fresh water to those who need it is becoming increasingly important to an ever growing global population. In an ironic demonstration of karmic balance the benefits of plenty seem to be traded for the adverse environmental impacts that result from the exploitation of natural resources to provide those benefits. As our demand for potable water increases so does our proclivity for making its sources more impure. More people than ever before are in desperate need of a ready
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Will science and technology conquer water-related diseases?

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By Akram Saqib

Water that is available for drinking purposes is not healthy. It is often infected with the disease spreading germs. It is becoming the cause of some fatal diseases due to contamination. The development made so far in the field of purification and cleansing of water is enough to overcome these diseases. But the socio-political conditions of different states are a hurdle in the way of getting pure drinking water. It is wrong to blame that Science and technology are responsible for this sad state
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Will there be wars over the ownership of water?

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By Sharron Moore

By simply watering our yards during the heat of the day a silent war has already begun. Laws have started popping up in many areas in an effort to reach out to people who are unaware that there is a water shortage. Continuing to ignore the problem by simply leaving it for the following generations is sure to start a war in earnest. Water is necessary for our planet to survive and judging from the past few decades the situation is getting far worse than many want to believe. As we are
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The traditional division of labor in households entails that millions of women spend several hours a day collecting water

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Videos

Ethiopia: Water, Climate Change and Conflict Global climate change is making a bad situation worse. As we see in this report from the rugged region of southern Ethiopia, where drought is drying up wells, threatening an ancient way of life and fueling conflict. View Video...

Innovate or Die - Aquaduct: Mobile Filtration Vehicle The Aquaduct is a pedal powered vehicle that transports water and filters it while in motion. View Video...

Lifestraw In an effort to combat water related diseases the Lifestaw purifies water while it is being consumed. View Video...

Jeffrey Sachs Looks To The Future: “No One Will Take Water for Granted.” Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and one of the world’s leading experts on economic development and the environment, says he sees major problems with water in much of the world and that “we have not been attentive” to them. In a video interview with Joseph B. Treaster, the editor of 1h2o, Dr. Sachs said that “at least some of the roots of the conflict” in Darfur in the Sudan can be traced “to great water stress, declining rainfall and rising population.” View Video...

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