The 22nd March of each year was declared in December 1992 by the United Nations' World Water Day ", it is also increasingly known as World Water Day. The decisive factor was the Agenda 21, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Water is our most important constituent.
In many parts of the world's drinking water scarce. Shall dispose in the developing world 1.2 billion people lack access to clean water. All organizations, management of water resources Fulfill tasks or for the protection of waters can contribute are asked to make the public aware of the special value of clean drinking water.
the time wars are fought over oil, in the future there will be wars over water.
located in Germany, the daily average consumption of 4130 liters of water per head. "Only" 130 liters directly as drinking water, shower or rinse water needed. The remainder is 4000 liters of this is so-called "virtual water" consumed in the production of food and other products, evaporated or contaminated.
beef, for example, one of the water-intensive Food. For a kilo of steak that lands on our plate, 16,000 liters are consumed! (The latter can be read in a printout from the Internet site of the magazine "Parliament" with the supplement "From Politics and Contemporary History" issue 32, 8/4/2008 © German Bundestag and the Federal Agency for Civic Education, 2009)
savings in our community
back in September 2000 provided the town Althengstett an exemplary contribution to saving water. Under a program of support for renewable energy sources and use of rain water is the construction of tanks with at least 5 cubic content with $ 1000 (later 500 €) was eligible. Unfortunately
was singing this promotion a few years ago and quietly set ...
by insistent demands from the Greens, it has the administration - largely managed to switch to recycled paper - thanks to Mayor Dr. Goetz. Moreover, the consumption can be reduced drastically because it was finally taken up our suggestion to use the front and back. To date, everything was printed and comprehensive (usually relatively short-lived) conference documents only one side or copied!
is also thereby saving water (according to the WWF Germany stuck alone in an A4-sheet virgin fiber paper ten liters of water ...
with the motto "small cattle manure also makes" together we can certainly find more savings ...
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