THIS JUST IN: CBS NEWS SAYS THAT UNSAFE DRINKING WATER POSES THE GREATEST AND MOST IMMEDIATE GLOBAL THREAT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT, NOT CLIMATE CHANGE. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler says that unsafe drinking water — not climate change — poses the greatest and most immediate global threat to the environment. In his first…
Source: Latin American Herald Tribune CAMOTAN, Guatemala – About a decade ago, the “rain began to fail” one May and summer came early in the Guatemala’s impoverished Dry Corridor. Since then, scanty precipitation has hurt the local harvests, but local peasant farmers have found a solution: they have learned to harvest the rain. When it comes, they…
When the new Sustainable Development Goals were launched in January, all of us at Healing Waters were pretty excited by the inclusion of #6: “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.” Recently, the United Nations held their inaugural meeting to monitor progress. We’re excited to share this article with you on why…