Digg for Water!

Hey everybody!  Together we’re gonna kick off World Water Weekend here at OH, FOR THE LOVE OF SCIENCE!

Perhaps you have heard of World Water Day, which occurs March 22nd every year as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.  Well, I’ve decided that this issue is so important that it deserves your attention for the entire weekend!

Today I want as many people as possible to help out an organization called ONE DROP, founded by Guy Laliberté (who also founded Cirque du Soleil).  ONE DROP’s mission is “water for one, water for all”, or to  fight against poverty by providing access to water and raising awareness among individuals and communities about the need for mobilization in order to make safe water accessible to all, in sufficient quantity, today and tomorrow.
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I want everyone reading this to help ONE DROP’s grassroots effort called Ripple.  Join their Facebook group and their Facebook page.  Follow them on Twitter.  And most importantly, I want you to Digg for water, in an effort to take over the front page of Digg to raise awareness to the urgency known as the Global Freshwater Crisis.

Where can I Digg for water?

• Support World Water Day: Digg For Water!
• Global Crisis Kills 5,000 People Yesterday
• Best 5 Ways to Save Water

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Creating Water Out of Thin Air

Yep, you read the title correctly.  The folks over at Element Four have created a home appliance called the WaterMill, which will create drinking water from air.

The system draws in moist, outside air through an air filter. The moist air passes over a cooling element, condensing the moist air into water droplets. This water is then collected, passed through a specialized carbon filter and is then exposed to an ultraviolet sterilizer, eliminating bacteria.

Originally envisioned as an antidote to the freshwater crisis, the unit costs $1,299.

Check out the article from msnbc.

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