To enhance our water pollution unit in ESA, we watched "Blue Gold: Water Wars", a documentary about the problems facing our water supply. This documentary followed several different facets of the water crisis: the cause, politics, historical disputes and solutions. Check out this link to learn more about the documentary!
Everyone knows that water is important, but many people, especially in industrialized countries, take this resource for granted. While our planet may primarily be covered in water, only 3% of that water is consumable fresh water. This small section of drinkable water is being pumped and polluted at an alarming rate. In America alone, 30 billion gallons of groundwater is pumped every day, which is a far too high a rate to be naturally replenished by the water cycle. The increasing use of bottled water, unsustainable business and farming practices, spread of urbanization, and general pollution are all damaging the sustainability of the Earth's water. In addition to the alarming depletion of the Earth's resources, the privatization of fresh water is an upsetting human rights violation. Every human needs water to survive and yet some companies have a monopoly on the water supply. Massive corporations like Suez and Nestle have taken advantage of disadvantaged areas and profited off of their desperation. Currently water is not recognized as human right by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, even though logically, water is a crucial necessity. I was not totally surprised by the majority of this information. Last year, I watched the documentary "FLOW" and wrote this reflection on the film, and much of the content was similar. To learn more about this documentary, check out their website. Here is a deleted scene from the "Water Wars" that I found on their website.
Works Cited
“Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008).” IMDb, IMDb.com, www.imdb.com/title/tt1137439/. “The Action Plan.” Blue Gold : World Water Wars, Purple Turtle Films, www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/actionplan/index.html.
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Mrs. Nguyen
1/7/2018 06:41:28 pm
Nestle is a repeat offender in the ethical dilemmas
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