MY HERO Celebrates Worldwide Water Conservation Heroes
The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22, 1993 as the first World Water Day to celebrate the importance of fresh water and managing our fresh water resources. This year the focus is on nurturing opportunities for cooperation in managing the waters that cross borders and link us together. “Whether we live upstream or downstream, we are all in the same boat.”
Stories
Jon Rose
By: David Kelly
Jon Rose
founded Waves for Water, which works on the front-line to provide clean water.
Australian Aborigines Protecting Wetlands
Australian Aborigines
Protecting Wetlands
by working to conserve the environment around them.
Fin Donnelly
By: Jenny Kim
Fin Donnelly
works to keep our rivers and waters clean.
Jason Expedition Disappearing Wetlands
"The mission of this JASON Expedition is to work with our host researchers to better understand what wetlands are, why they are disappearing, and how to best manage these ecosystems in Louisiana, in your neighborhood, and around the world."
Coalition helps the Connecticut River become the first National Blueway
By: Cathryn J Prince <br> Contributor of The Christian Science Monitor<br> <h5>P...
Between 40 and 50 local and state entities, both public and private, from four states will work together to preserve the 410-mile-long Connecticut River and its watershed.
Wetland and Water Conservation in South Africa
J.N. (Ding) Darling
By: Lauren from Charlotte
J.N. (Ding) Darling
was a conservationist and cartoonist who used his art to raise awareness about the environment.
A polluted river in China becomes the site of a water park that provides a safe place for children’s play, a celebration of water’s beauty, and a cleansing of the water itself.
Sandra Postel
By: Edward Ortiz
Sandra Postel
believes in the importance of water conservation.
Ikal Angelei: A Kenyan woman stands up against a massive dam project
By: Christina M. Russo <br> Yale Environment 360 <br> <h5>Permission to use this...
Ikal Angelei is helping lead a campaign to stop construction of the Gibe III dam in Ethiopia that threatens the water supply and way of life of tens of thousands of indigenous people.
A 'Source to Sea Cleanup' for New England's longest river
By: Cathryn J. Prince <br> Contributor of The Christian Science Monitor<br> <h5>...
On Sept. 29 thousands of volunteers will spread out along the banks of the Connecticut River collecting tons of plastic bottles, cans, food containers, and other trash.
Green roofs in Nairobi save energy, water
By: Gitonga Njeru <br> AlertNet <br> <h5>Permission to use this material<br> was...
Kenyan architects are designing buildings with green roofs covered in vegetation to cool their interiors, conserve energy and water, and help curb greenhouse-gas emissions.
Scott Harrison of Unconventional Charity: Water
By: Cody Switzer <br> The Chronicle of Philanthropy<br> <h5>Permission to use th...
Scott Harrison of Unconventional Charity: Water aims to raise $2 billion for clean water.
World Water Day 2012: Two innovations for purifying water
By: Erik Mandell <br> Global Envision <br> <h5>Permission to use this material<b...
Harnessing the bacteria naturally occurring in water and using solar energy are just two innovations that may help bring clean drinking water to the world's poor.
Healing Waters: Jeff and Wendy Dean's Guatemalan Adventure
By: Jeff and Wendy Dean
"We can’t fix it all on our own, but there’s probably one part that gets us going more than others, and for Wendy and I, it’s water, clean drinking water." Jeff Dean
Art
Water is Life
Fishing
Pink Water Lillies
The Water Lillies Of Croydon , England
Environment - Life in the Clean Water and Air
Save Water
Winter Mist
- Environmental Photography -
River
Matt Damon
The Villager
Film
Deep Bonds: People of The Mattaponi
Produced by:Jason Harwell, Jesse Bogue, Ben Franz
The people of the Mattaponi are connected to their river in more ways than one.
Water.org
By: Water.org
Water.org is an attempt to solve the global water crises.
Jon Rose - Humanitarian Hero
By: Tom Aiello of HURLEY International
Humanitarian Jon Rose brings clean water to the people of Haiti.
La Source [Trailer]
By: Patrick Shen
Where water runs life flows.
Make a Change
By: Tina Napolitano / Directed by John Locke
A song written and performed by Georgia Napolitano to show the plight of struggling people in Africa.
UN Water Day