“We still think of air as free. But clean air is not free, and neither is clean water. The price tag on pollution control is high. Through our years of past carelessness we incurred a debt to nature, and now that debt is being called.” ThinkingYearsStillsPastWaterAirCleanConservativeDebtPollutionTagCarelessnessClean WaterPrice TagClean AirPollution Control Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970
“Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There's a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.” PeopleRealityWaterCleanDrinkingEnvironmentalFar AwayToiletsCleanersClean Water Author:Matt Damon
“For many of us, clean water is so plentiful and readily available that we rarely, if ever, pause to consider what life would be like without it.” IfsWould BeWaterCleanAvailablePausesClean WaterPlentiful Author:Marcus Samuelsson
“I'd worked on leprosy and malaria in India [at the World Bank] and asked myself the question: Why do we let 2 million children die every year around the world for not having clean water? Because they're faceless and nameless. So, for me, Facebook looked like it was going to solve the problem of the invisible victim.” WorldYearsChildrenProblemDiesWomenWaterWorkCareersMillionsIndiaVictimCleanSolveInvisibleAround The WorldNamelessClean WaterMalariaFacelessWorld BankLeprosy Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“There is one, and only one solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world, and train all our young people to help. They want to; we need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, clean energies, secure communities, stable regions, and to know how to do it from hands-on experience.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantNeedsGivingTryingHelpingHandsLastsYoungTurnsEnergyWaterCommunityNaturalChanceKnow HowSolutionsResourcesTrainCleanForestsSecureSoilRegionsStableNatural WorldClean EnergyClean WaterRepairingLast ChanceHands On Experience Author:Bill Mollison
“When the invasion began, the British public was called upon to 'support' troops sent illegally and undemocratically to kill people with whom we had no quarrel. 'The ultimate test of our professionalism' is how Commander McKendrick describes an unprovoked attack on a nation with no submarines, no navy and no air force, and now with no clean water and no electricity and, in many hospitals, no anaesthetic with which to amputate small limbs shredded by shrapnel. I have seen elsewhere how this is done, with a gag in the patient's mouth.” PeopleDoneForceNationsWaterSupportAirMouthsTestsUltimateCleanPatientIraqBritishUsaHospitalsElsewhereTroopsElectricityLimbsNavyQuarrelsInvasionCommandersProfessionalismAir ForceClean WaterSubmarinesGagsSupport The Troops Author:John Pilger
“The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water. But we also know what it means to see our children begin to smile again, with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.” PeopleKnowsMeanChildrenWaterOur ChildrenCleanDeprivedRestorationHope And FaithClean Water Author:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
“Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.” RealProblemCarePoliticalWaterRightsVoteSickCleanPatientCriticalMedicalReal ProblemsHaitiMedical CareClean WaterDestitutePolitical Rights Author:Paul Farmer
“Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.” IfsHumansCareSchoolLife IsWaterHuman BeingsRightsPerspectiveBasesCleanHuman RightsAccessHealth CareClean Water Author:Gelila Bekele
“Water is one of the most basic of all needs - we cannot live for more than a few days without it. And yet, most people take water for granted. We waste water needlessly and don't realize that clean water is a very limited resource. More than 1 billion people around the world have no access to safe, clean drinking water, and over 2.5 billion do not have adequate sanitation service. Over 2 million people die each year because of unsafe water - and most of them are children!” PeopleWorldNeedsYearsChildrenDiesWaterRealizingMillionsSafeWasteResourcesCleanDrinkingAccessBillionsAround The WorldGrantedAdequateTaken For GrantedDrinking WaterUnsafeClean WaterTaking Things For GrantedSanitationLimited ResourcesClear WaterWorld Water DayWater PollutionClean Drinking WaterSafe Drinking WaterAccess To WaterSafe Drinking Author:Robert Alan Aurthur
“I know it's way too Utopian to think we will all ever just hugand love each other- but proactively dealing with hate could be as important to the future as clean water.” ThinkingKnowsWayImportantHateWaterCleanLove Each OtherUtopianClean Water Author:Bobby Sager
“Having lived in the arid deserts of Southern California since the 1970s, my interest in water conservation is a very personal concern. Water! The source of life! Some people are squandering the world's most precious resource while others have too little clean water to drink.” PeopleWorldLittlesInterestWaterSourceDrinkResourcesConcernCleanDesertCaliforniaSouthernConservationSource Of LifeClean WaterSouthern CaliforniaSquanderingWater Conservation Author:Eric Burdon