Ethical
Water-Learning to value what matters most
Authors :
Robert William Sandford and Merrell-Ann S. Phare
A few months
ago I overheard a discussion regarding the planet and the state of water. The
discussion ended with someone dismissing the issue by saying something along the lines of “we live in Canada, we have tones of water,
I’m not going to worry about it”. I knew
this was the wrong attitude, it bothered me and I wanted to learn more. A few weeks later I came across the book
“Ethical Water”. From the book I have learned many things but what sticks out
the most in my mind is the answer to how I could have responded in the
above-mentioned situation. The next time
I am involved in such a conversation, I will mention this book and that it
taught me that Canada has 20% of the worlds fresh water, but
only 6.5% of this fresh water is renewable. I will also mention this statement
by Robert Sandford and Merrell-Anne Phare “We should also recognize that most
of our water is in the north and flowing away from where we need it , away from
where most Canadians live, namely within 300 kilometers of the US border” (pg
32-33). Now that’s something to think about!
Good little
book to check out, especially if you live in Canada.
