February 2 is being observed as the World Wetlands Day as has been done every year to mark the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands also known as the Ramsar Convention. The Ramsar Convention is a unique treaty in the sense that it is the only global environmental treaty which deals with a particular ecosystem and its membership covers all the geographic regions of the planet. 

Today is World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD), an international event that raises awareness about the importance of protecting the valuable water resources around the world.   Many people are unaware of the impact their daily decisions have on the quality of water. Because humans and other forms of life depend on water for survival, it is critical we take care of our water supply. Hosted by the Water Environmental Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association (IWA).

For thousands of years, nomadic herdsmen have roamed the harsh, semi-arid lowlands that stretch across 80 percent of Kenya and 60 percent of Ethiopia. Descendants of the oldest tribal societies in the world, they survive thanks to the animals they raise and the crops they grow, their travels determined by the search for water and grazing lands.

GOODWILL's children give water a voice at the world water day International poster contests 2008 and 2009 organised by Nature-Voice-Our Choice,USA

In celebration of World Water Day, 2009 over 3000 students from 9 different countries participated in the 2^nd annual International Poster Contest sponsored by Nature’s Voice Our Choice (NVOC),USA. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Water and Culture’. Educators were encouraged to spend time speaking to their students about the different ways in which water shapes their lives, culture, and values; finding examples in their community.

By David Bois

World Water Day 2010: Everything You Need to Know

If you've never heard of the Sacramento Delta, you're not alone. Even people who live in California aren't too sure where it is. But the Sacramento Delta is crucial to the health of the state, and climate change is threatening the delta's very existence.

The Sacramento Delta is a small triangle of land just inland from the San Francisco Bay Area. It's where the fresh water from California's major rivers and the salt water from the Pacific Ocean meet. More than 20 million Californians get some of their drinking water from the delta. It also provides much of the water for California's huge agribusiness.

The Scripps research vessel (R/V) New Horizon left its San Diego homeport on Aug. 2 for the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, roughly a thousand miles off California's coast. With collaborators from Project Kaisei, the team is surveying plastic distribution and abundance, collecting samples for analysis in the lab and assessing the impacts of debris on marine life.

The scientists and research volunteers onboard are seeking scientific data on just how much influence the accumulation of human-produced plastic and other debris has on this ocean area. Prior to this cruise, very little was known about the size of the "garbage patch" and threats to marine life and the gyre's biological environment.

Right now you can do one thing – to celebrate Earth Day, to change your life and to make our world greener. It’s simple and you don’t have to spend money or wait for other people to get their act together. Go to www.tenhabits.org and pledge to change one habit for six months.

You’ll see ten straightforward ideas - just pick one. You can do it!

Unless we act soon, the Great Disaster of 2050 will occur.

From 100thoughts.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-disaster-of-2050.html

Catching rainwater has never been easier. Hey! Tanks L.A focuses on the practice of catching and collecting rainwater for irrigation and any other household purposes.

Hey! Tanks L.A just visited Environmental Charter High School to demonstrate to Green Ambassadors how to install your own rainwater harvesting system and how it works.