The article titled "National Geographic Society's Freshwater Initiative" discusses the necessity of water for humans and for Mother Nature and what we need to do to preserve it. We use water for just about everything; drinking, farming, producing energy, making goods, raising meat, etc. Humans are seeing less and less freshwater especially in third world countries. In America however, people use on average 1,320 gallons of water a day. Our freshwater in America is slowly dwindling away and there are many things people need to be doing to help prevent water scarcity.
Since it is estimated that there will be 8 billion people on Earth by 2025 and not enough freshwater for the humans now, organizations have been working on a global challenge to reduce people's water intake by 25%. There are many things people can do to work on this such as turning off the water when brushing your teeth, not running the dishwasher/ washing machine until it is full, and not overwatering your yard.
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/about-freshwater-initiative/
Elizabeth Woollen
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Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteThe article you chose was very eye opening and to the point. When I read it, I flipped open my book to Chapter 5 on page 125 where it defines social construction as the process by which issues and problems are defined in a society. America has definitely constructed a problem by taking for granted the water we now have available to us. I loved the first line in the article: there is no substitute for water. Especially in the last few years, the government has put a huge emphasis on oil and how we're in desperate need for an oil substitute. What kind of things do you think government could do to help America understand that our water won't last us forever? It worries me to think of what the world would be like if we became in serious need of water.
-Elise Leppert