AlterNet.org: Water Alternative News and Information. en-us AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. Vandana Shiva: Why We Face Both Food and Water Crises http://www.alternet.org/water/85433/ The world renown activist reminds people that corporation-friendly economic schemes got us into this mess in the first place. Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:01 PDT Maria Armoudian, Ankine Aghassian, AlterNet How One Region Has Gone from Breadbasket to Food Crisis http://www.alternet.org/water/85496/ At the heart of the story is pesticide poisoning, water shortages, soil salinity, fertilizer runoff, skyrocketing cancer rates and farmer suicides. Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:01 PDT Mira Kamdar, OneWorld.net How Schwarzenegger Is Trying to Finagle More Big Dam Construction http://www.alternet.org/water/85420/ California Governor Schwarzenegger is using global warming as an excuse for more massive dam construction. Wed, 14 May 2008 19:00:01 PDT Felice Pace, CounterPunch The Triple Threat: Our Food, Water and Climate Challenges http://www.alternet.org/water/85414/ Why are food and water shortages are feeding the climate crisis. Wed, 14 May 2008 15:00:01 PDT Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Drive 1,000 Miles or Feed a Person for a Year? The Biofuels Dilemma http://www.alternet.org/water/84628/ Can the pumping of ethanol into American fuel tanks really make it harder for parents to feed their families? Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:01 PDT Stan Cox, AlterNet Water Shortage Concerns: City Contemplates Going From Toilet to Tap http://www.alternet.org/water/84866/ Tuscon residents may soon be drinking treated wastewater as part of a growing national trend to offset diminishing freshwater sources. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Barbara L. Minton, Natural News Selling Tap Water in New York to Help Provide Clean Water in Developing Countries http://www.alternet.org/water/84736/ An initiative to charge diners $1 for tap water and donate it to UNICEF to provide clean drinking water is taking off. Wed, 07 May 2008 19:00:01 PDT Brita Belli, E Magazine Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Unknown Climate Change Victims http://www.alternet.org/water/84730/ The islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged and the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked. Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Independent UK A Return to the Tap: Why Bottled Water Is on the Way Out http://www.alternet.org/water/84591/ Environmental concerns are sending people back to their taps and putting bottled water companies on the defensive. Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Melissa Knopper, E Magazine Latin America: Why There's a Water Crisis in the Most Water-Rich Region http://www.alternet.org/water/84145/ With the most annual rainfall of any region in the world, the water crisis in Latin America is particularly perplexing. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:01 PDT Bart Beeson, North American Congress on Latin America To Save Rivers, Help Farmers http://www.alternet.org/water/83942/ Chinese environmental activist Tian Jun found that in order to clean up Chengdu's rivers, she needed to look upstream. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:00:01 PDT Christina Larson, Christian Science Monitor Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars http://www.alternet.org/water/83796/ In Ethiopia, violence breaks out as water turns to sand and climate change takes hold. It may be a warning to the rest of the world. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:01 PDT Ernest Waititu, Indypendent Vermont Deals a Blow to the Bottled Water Industry http://www.alternet.org/water/83794/ The state's legislature has passed a bill that limits how much groundwater bottlers and other companies can draw. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT Tom A. Peter, Christian Science Monitor Can You Get by on Just 5 Gallons of Water a Day? http://www.alternet.org/water/83735/ A British woman attempts for a day what most in the developing world deal with all the time -- living on just over 5 gallons of water. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT Sophie Morris, Independent UK Our Political Leaders Are to Blame in World Water Crisis http://www.alternet.org/water/83362/ As Barlow's new book shows, the world does not lack the knowledge about how to build a water-secure future; it lacks the political will. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:00:01 PDT Maude Barlow, The New Press Turkey Plans to Sell Rivers and Lakes to Corporations http://www.alternet.org/water/83304/ The water privatization fever is hitting Turkey, just a year before the country will host the World Water Forum. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:00:01 PDT Olivier Hoedeman, Orsan Senalp, Corporate Europe Observatory Forget Carbon: You Should Be Checking Your Water Footprint http://www.alternet.org/water/83205/ Water footprints will tell consumers the amount of precious H2O that has been used in the products they buy. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:00:01 PDT Amol Rajan, Independent UK Fishermen Hit Hard by Closure of West Coast Salmon Fishing http://www.alternet.org/water/83204/ Drastic federal action to try to save chinook salmon is latest move in an ongoing battle. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor Asia Teeters Toward Food Crisis from Lack of Water http://www.alternet.org/water/82225/ In countries like India, overpumping of groundwater for agriculture is reaching crisis level. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT Daniel Pepper, AlterNet Goldman Prize Winner Saves One of the World's Most Important Drinking Sources http://www.alternet.org/water/82449/ How one activist took on President Putin and oil interests to save 20 percent of thew world's freshwater reserve. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:01 PDT Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor