“The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons, ornaments, novelties, and drugs. The one great difference is that by now the revolution has deprived the mass of consumers of any independent access to the staples of life: clothing, shelter, food, even water. Air access remains the only necessity that the average user can still get for himself, and the revolution has imposed a heavy tax on that by way of pollution. Commercial conquest is far more thorough and final than military defeat.” WayKindStillsWaterDifferencesTechnologyEconomyAirMilitaryRevolutionDrugTaxesWeaponsMassIndependentRemainsTradeFinalsDefeatAverageHeavyAccessConsumersClothingsUsersPollutionShelterConsumerismConquestItemsDeprivedNoveltyFurThoroughOrnamentsOverconsumptionStaples Book:The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture Source: The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
“Access to a secure, safe and sufficient source of fresh water is a fundamental requirement for the survival, well-being and socio-economic development of all humanity. Yet, we continue to act as if fresh water were a perpetually abundant resource. It is not.” IfsWellsHumanityWaterEconomicSourceDevelopmentSafeSurvivalResourcesFundamentalsAccessSecureWell BeingSufficientRequirementsEconomic DevelopmentFresh Water Author:Kofi Annan
“While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.” WellsPersonsSpeakWaterDyingAccessMeaningfulGenuineLastingThirstTransientEphemeralPragmatismGenuine HappinessAccess To Water Author:Dalai Lama
“You are rich if you have enough to meet your most basic needs. You are rich if you have access to clean water, food, shelter, love, a roof over your head.You have to count your blessings to see that you are richer than you think.” IfsThinkingNeedsEnoughWaterRichBlessingCleanAccessOver YouShelterRoofNeed YouClean WaterBasic NeedsCount Your BlessingsRoof Over Your Head Author:Michelle Singletary
“With the growth of the world population, the global climate change and the need for a greater healthy environment, access to water resources has become a crucial condition for the realization of an equitable international order, where the needs of the peoples are effectively addressed. In this regard, the need for international cooperation, including in joint effort with relevant non-state actors, is paramount to ensure water is made available to all without discrimination. Water is a human right, an enabling right, not a mere commodity.” WorldNeedsHumansMadeStatesOrderActorsGrowthWaterEffortEnvironmentGreaterConditionsHealthyResourcesRegardMereClimateClimate ChangeIncludingInternationalPopulationAvailableAccessDiscriminationRealizationCooperationCrucialRelevantCommodityJointsEnablingParamountEquitableWater ResourcesWorld PopulationInternational CooperationHealthy EnvironmentJoint EffortsAccess To Water Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“Russia perhaps is still entertaining the possibility that the moons of Mars might have access to ice or water.” StillsMightWaterPossibilityMoonAccessRussiaIceEntertainingMars Author:Buzz Aldrin
“Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area.” IfsWaterResourcesAreasCleanAccessHardestGrantedSimplestClean WaterRural AreasThings We Take For Granted Author:Marcus Samuelsson
“Development is a fundamental part of our national security. It is extreme poverty - the realities of access to water and food - which creates the long-term drivers of our insecurity. Most wars are fought over scarce resources, and that is going to accelerate in the future.” LongWarRealityTermWaterPovertySecurityDevelopmentResourcesFundamentalsExtremesAccessLong TermInsecurityDriversNational SecurityScarceAccelerateExtreme PovertyScarce ResourcesAccess To Water Author:Rajiv Shah
“I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.” PeopleChildrenFactsWaterMillionsAwarenessProjectsChinaAccessEducateThirstUnescoAccess To Water Author:Joyce Giraud
“We live in a world, it's very hard for Americans to understand that every 20 seconds a kid dies, a kid under the age of five, right, dies somewhere on the Earth because of lack of access to clean water and sanitation. Every 20 seconds that happens on our planet. It's just very hard for us to relate to.” WorldHardHappensKidsAgeEarthDiesWaterFivePlanetsCleanAccessRelateSecondsOur PlanetClean WaterSanitation Author:Matt Damon
“[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.” WaterMillionsAccessToiletsCleaners Author:Matt Damon
“True conservation provides for wise use by the general public. The American people do not want our resources preserved for the exclusive use of the wealthy. These land and water resources belong to the people, and people of all income levels should have easy access to them.” PeopleWantShouldUseEasyWaterLevelsWiseLandResourcesShould HaveAccessIncomeWealthyConservationExclusiveGeneral PublicWater ResourcesLand And WaterEasy Access Author:George Aiken
“Access to safe water is a fundamental human need and therefore a basic human right.” NeedsHumansWaterSafeFundamentalsAccessHuman Needs Author:Kofi Annan