Water, Water, Everywhere: $50 per gallon and up

Hey all.

Family stuff is happening these days, so I'm not able to keep up here as I once was, but I have been following the rapid approach of World Water Day, which occurs this Sunday, March 22. To that end, I thought I might link you all to some articles around the web that might give you a broader understanding of the problems involved in water rights and water availability throughout the world.

• CHILE: Why "Free-Market" Water Rights Just Don't Work
  An article about the water struggles in Quillaqua, Chile by The New York Times illustrates how badly wrong a water rights policy can go.
• CANADA: No Princes in the Water Rights Game Either
  Now, you'd think that a country with a fairly solid human rights record (in the main--I know no one's perfect) would be a little quicker to agree that clean water is a basic human right. Not so much. Luckily, you can tell the government just what you think of that.
• AFRICA: Coca Cola Equals Fresh Water?
  The Coca Cola Company has pledged $30 million dollars to fresh water projects in Africa. Now if they could just stop wasting the world's water by bottling it and shipping it across the globe.
• USA: We Solve Our Problems on Film
  The Environmental Protection Agency is running a contest for films that will inspire the nation's people to protect our lakes and wetlands.

For more information about water rights, check out:

• New American Dream, which is holding a webinar on water rights this coming Monday.
• This list from Business and Human Rights Resources which provides more links to more water info.
• FLOW: For the Love of Water is a documentary film on the global water crisis. It's available on Netflix, if you're like me and are too lazy to seek it out in a theater or rental store.

So that's it for today. Go drink a little tap water out of a real glass, would you?

Food and Movies! Two of my favorite things!

Just a quick post today, since I'm always running late on Sundays. I figured I'd leave you with something interesting to read, so I'm linking you to other people. :)

I happen to love documentaries, so when I got the latest issue of Treehugger's newsletter in my email box, I thought "Hey! More documentaries for me to watch!" And they're about FOOD, so really, how can you go wrong?

Speaking of documentaries about stuff I care about:

• No Impact Man, the documentary based on the New York dad who calls himself No Impact Man, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival to great applause this month! I hope we'll all see it coming to a theater near us some time soon.
• An Inconvenient Truth is always a good addition to any environmental film festival.
• Who Killed the Electric Car actually made me furious. I own a Prius, but I'd rather own an electric car! Also, check out the blog Revenge of the Electric Car to keep up to date on electric technologies.

That's it, I'm out of here--have to go enjoy the wonderful freezing weather! Have a great day!