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Enviado por Andy Sternberg el 9 March, 2010 - 06:00.
Two-time GRAMMY Award-winner and one-time Academy Award winner for Best Song for the Al Gore documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" Melissa Etheridge, and multi-platinum three-time GRAMMY Award-winner Rob Thomas, will perform live at the April 18th Los Angeles and Atlanta events, respectively. The largest worldwide water initiative on record to help combat the global water crisis, the Dow Live Earth Run for Water is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance many women and children walk every day to get water), culminating with water education villages and live musical performances.
Enviado por Andy Sternberg el 20 March, 2010 - 12:05.
World Water Day is on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 and is a crucial moment in the fight against the global water and sanitation crisis that effects thousands of people every single day. Live Earth's NGO partners are organizing many of the events taking place on World Water Day around the world.
No matter where you are in the world you can bring awareness to World Water Day!
Click here to check out some of the ways you can take part.
Enviado por jgeeslin el 19 March, 2010 - 15:30.
We are proud to continue highlighting the wonderful Friends of Live Earth Run for Water events being planned around the world for April 18, 2010.
The Friends of Live Earth Run for Water event in Lima, Peru has trespassed all boundaries known in Peru for helping and reducing water wasting habits. So far, the movement and attention generated in the pre-event arrangements, has attracted the attention of local media, tv artist, politicians and sport celebrities. Every single one bonded by one great cause!
Enviado por jgeeslin el 19 March, 2010 - 07:53.
On Thursday March 25th 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around important education causes by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness. Twestival uses social media for social good! All of the local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to the projects. This year the focus is education.
Click here for more information and to register your city.
Enviado por jgeeslin el 18 March, 2010 - 11:12.
The Salvation Army is one of our NGO partners in Sweden and is helping us to fight the global water crisis.
Enviado por jgeeslin el 18 March, 2010 - 00:29.
World Water Day is on Monday, March 22nd, and it's a crucial moment in the fight against the global sanitation and water crisis that’s killing thousands of people every single day. No matter where you are in the world you can celebrate World Water Day! Check out some of the ways below:
The World’s Longest Toilet Queue is a mass mobilization event and Guinness World Record attempt bringing together thousands of campaigners from across the world to demand real change.
Enviado por Andy Sternberg el 17 March, 2010 - 22:48.
In the months leading up to the April 18th Live Earth Run for Water one thing has become obvious. The entire world is in love with Facebook. In addition to keeping up with friends and loved ones, Facebook is a virtual land of possibility and a hopeful one at that. We hope that you're already a Live Earth fan (if not, just click below). The Run for Water is only one month away, and you can help make a difference just by becoming a fan and spreading the word via Facebook and your other favorite social networks.
Enviado por Geoff Livingston el 17 March, 2010 - 09:59.
I was recently joined RarePlanet's advisory board after hearing about their cool vision. The concept puts environmental campaign managers into a social network where they share and learn best practices in online community management. It's a two year program, and if successful, community managers earn a communications masters degree from the University of Texas - El Paso.
The range of topics is pretty diverse, from more sustainable agriculture and better management of a protected areas to water conservation and even a 350 group. Though it's early in the life of RarePlanet, the effort already has 1000 community members.
Enviado por Mark Tiele Westra el 17 March, 2010 - 05:41.
Ever seen water flow uphill? Without help of petrol or electricity? Meet the hydraulic ram, a robust and simple water-powered water pump. The ram pumps uses the power of water with a height difference flowing in the spring, stream or river to lift a fraction of the water up to 200 meters vertically, and sometimes pump it over a kilometre or two to where it is needed. No fuel or electricity required. The ram pump holds great potential for rural drinking water and irrigation water supply in hilly and mountainous areas, such as Afghanistan, Colombia, Nepal, and the Philippines.
Photo above: Children surrounding a hydraulic ram produced by AIDFI on the island Negros, the Philippines.
Enviado por jgeeslin el 16 March, 2010 - 12:57.
If you are in the Los Angeles area, come celebrate World Water Day with a Night of Generosity at SKYBAR on March 22nd at 8pm.
