World Water Day
There is a water crisis affecting our territories.
The problem is not foreign to big cities. In Buenos Aires, both the rivers and the water we drink are contaminated. While extractivist projects that worsen the current crisis continue to be promoted, those who defend water and life are being criminalized.
Is it democracy when we’re persecuted for defending water?**
Water is a business for extractivist corporations.
For us, it is life
Meet the Lake Titicaca Frog - one of the world’s largest fully aquatic frogs! Found exclusively in the high-altitude waters of Lake Titicaca, this fascinating amphibian has developed loose, wrinkled skin to help it absorb oxygen directly from the water, allowing it to thrive at elevations over 3,800 meters (12,500 feet)! 
Telmatobius culeus
A. Munoz
#WorldWaterDay #Frogs #ExoTerra #Nature #Wildlife
Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe
#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe
Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025
"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .
"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers
From #Himalaya to #Arctic - #GlaciersAtRisk: A Wake-Up Call on #WorldWaterDay
Story by Namrata Dadwal, March 21, 2025
"This year on World Water Day on March 22, the UN is highlighting '#GlacierPreservation'. Why? Because these frozen reservoirs that supply freshwater to nearly two billion people are disappearing at an alarming rate due to #ClimateChange.
"According to the #Copernicus Climate Change Service (#C3S), Earth's #glaciers have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to #RisingSeaLevels and #WaterScarcity concerns. Nearly 6,000 gigatonnes were lost between 2000 and 2023, with the 2010s being the worst decade on record for glaciers almost the annual ice loss was more than double that of the 1980s, with an average of 370 gigatonnes of ice vanishing each year."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #OceanWarming #OceansAreLife
#WorldWaterDay 2025: History, Significance, And Importance Of #Glacier Preservation For Future #WaterSecurity
"Every year on March 22, the world comes together to observe World Water Day, a significant occasion dedicated to raising awareness about freshwater conservation and its sustainable management. The day serves as a call to action, reinforcing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal, which aims to ensure clean water and sanitation for all by 2030.
"As we mark World Water Day 2025, let’s take a deeper look into its history, significance, this year’s theme, and the crucial role of glacier preservation in securing the future of global water supplies."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/nutrition/world-water-day-2025-history-significance-and-importance-of-glacier-preservation-for-future-water-security/ar-AA1BqtZU
#WaterIsLife #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ArcticWarming #OceansAreLife
[Video] #Chileans call for #WaterRights during #protest to mark #WorldWaterDay
March 22, 2025
"Chileans call for water rights during protest to mark World Water Day
Protesters marched in the Chilean capital on Saturday, marking World Water Day and demanding expanded access to safe drinking water for citizens. The demonstration, which was echoed in other Latin American cities, occurred during a regional crisis that has affected power generation and drinking water distribution."
https://apnews.com/video/chileans-call-for-water-rights-during-protest-to-mark-world-water-day-ea074594e6ab43fc8f79c9282c70b872
#WaterIsLife #Chile
Same lake different years. 1st picture was last year after a big storm that flooded our garage and attempted to come into the kitchen,and the second was just in 2021 drought year. #lake #lakelife #worldwaterday
#Anishinaabe Elder explains significance of water ahead of #WorldWaterDay
by Ryan Dwight MacTavish | March 12, 2025
"Water is not just a resource — it is sacred. It is our first medicine, as we are all born of water. It connects us to the land, to the ancestors, and to future generations. In #Indigenous worldviews, water is a living relative that must be treated with reverence. The more I have come to understand the vital role water plays in the health of our people and our planet, the more I recognize that protecting it is not just an environmental issue, but a spiritual and cultural responsibility."
Read more:
https://uwimprint.ca/anishinaabe-elder-explains-significance-of-water-ahead-of-world-water-day/
#WaterIsLife #WaterIsSacred
Switching gears to focus on #WorldWaterDay (I know, I'm a day late). But since #WaterIsLife, EVERY DAY should be World Water Day! TY to @Yehuda for reminding us all about World Water Day!
“March 22 is #WorldWaterDay and an apt birthday for Japanese geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi (1920-2007) who created tools that allowed her to make 1st measurements of CO2 in seawater, raised the alarm about nuclear fallout, tracing it in oceans & researched peaceful uses of nuclear power”
Ele Willoughby, PhD (@minouett...
Belated #WorldWaterDay part two!
These ink abstract minis were fun to make. I would like to return to them soon when I’m feeling a bit healthier..
Belated #WorldWaterDay
Please make the small changes you can to take better care of our planet.
Ecologist Sandy Milner has traveled to Alaska for decades to study the development of streams flowing from melting glaciers. He’s seen insects move in, alders and willows spring up, and spawning fish arrive in thousands. #WorldWaterDay
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2023/glaciers-climate-change-salmon
After nearly three decades, the Executive parties have no one to blame but themselves for this environmental and public health catastrophe.
We need a 21st-century water management plan. It’s time to flush out the incompetence!
* Environmental resilience: 2,145 pollution incidents in Lough Neagh since 2017
The DUP and Sinn Féin-led administrations have:
* Chronically underfunded NI Water (£2bn shortfall for 2021-2027)
* Ignored warnings since 1998
* Failed to address agricultural runoff and climate adaptation
Result? Crumbling infrastructure, polluted waterways, and a housing crisis.
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World Water Day
#worldwaterday
Glacier preservation
Glaciers are melting faster than ever.
As the planet gets hotter, our frozen world is shrinking, making the water cycle more unpredictable.
Glaciers are considered as important water towers since they store approximately 70% of the global freshwater.
Saving our glaciers is a survival strategy for people and the planet.
Glaciers: Guardians of Earth's Future
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Rhône Glacier _ Summer 1989
Rhonegletscher
As glacial cliffs break off and destabilize frozen landscapes, glaciologist Richard Alley focuses on the fractures. The work could improve predictions about future sea-level rise. #WorldWaterDay
Happy #WorldWaterDay
"Be Water, my friend.
Empty your mind.
Be formless, shapeless, like water.
You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow, or it can crash.
Be water, my friend."
- Bruce Lee
We celebrate World Water Day with dolphins, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/world-water-day
#LionsBayWatershed #WorldWaterDay #HoweSound #Dolphins #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #LionsBay
