Water
Blue Gold – World Water Wars
01 month ago
Blue Gold – World Water Wars is a 2008 documentary based on the book Blue Gold, The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water written by Maude Barlow & Tony Clarke. Following is the summary of the film as given on the website of the project http://www.bluegold-worldwaterwars.com/
‘In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.
Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure More >
Stop!! Don’t Kill the Gifts of the Sea
02 months ago
Considering the devastation that it brings along, today climate change has become far more urgent and serious than current economic problems. The irresponsible attitude of humans towards the environment has put several species including the coral reefs and mangrove forests at risk. Industrialisation might have increased productivity making our lives more convenient, but at the same time it is quickly depleting the resources that our lives depend upon. Every day, excessive amount of carbon dioxide is released in the air which is later absorbed by the oceans and seas. This carbon mixes with carbonate ions already present in the water forming carbonic acid.
Studies show that today, the level of carbon dioxide found in the sea is the highest in several million years. Not only has the amount of carbon increased, but the sea levels are also rising at an alarming rate.
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The Dying Indus Delta
14 months ago
KARACHI: Once upon a time, the Sindhu River, flowed triumphantly into the Arabian Sea, regal, majestic, bragging of the beauty of the alluvial lands it left on its pathway. Today, thanks to lack of rains, and the construction of barrages and dams from Punjab to Sindh, its appearance at the Thatta-Sajawal bridge, seems to be only a wide strip of left over rain water.
It is the several contributing factors at stake that have changed this river into a sorry sight.
Rains for instance are what Pakistan needs the most, especially being an agricultural state. The Indus River too, apart from being fed by glaciers, depends upon rains, so that the summer monsoons and the Western Depressions can give it back any water lost in the middle.
Even though the land of Punjab manages to survive because of high annual rainfall, the Indus in Punjab and its tributaries have become More >
What is more damaging to the Environment, Poverty or Affluence? Part 1
05 months ago
Although affluent and poor share the same planet but both have their own ways of depending on the environment. The poor directly consume the natural resources for food or livelihood. On the other hand, rich not just consume them they also govern them. This has given both groups a different attitude towards their natural environment.
Here, I have tried to give shape to this debate that who is actually putting more pressure on the environment.
First! What is Poverty and Affluence?
Poverty has always been defined with respect to income and consumption; however, World Development Report 2001 found out that for people poverty means material needs, safety and freedom of choice; and food was well below their priorities. Affluence gives an economically favorable position to an individual or a group over others on the basis of class, race, education or profession. More >
Let’s Rejoice for It’s a Day of Eid!!!
86 months ago
Your guide to celebrate an eco-friendly Eid-ul-Adha this year .
The Day of Arafah has passed and Haj has been performed. Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha -the festival celebrated to remember Prophet Ibraheem’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isma’il as an act of obedience towards Allah.
Similar to all our important festivals, preparations are in full swing. Moms are busy planning Eid lunches and dinners, going over the grocery and to-do lists over and over again to ensure everything has been brought in advance and properly stocked. Some of us are ‘still’ running to the tailor for our Eid dresses or are yet to head to the shopping mall to buy one. Do not forget the mehndi appointment in the evening where sometimes one has to sit for countless hours waiting for their turn. Due to the immense rush some salons treat their customers More >
