I envision a world where individuals and organizations value the importance of water and protect water voluntarily. Recalling from the documentary “The World’s Water Crisis, Explained”, water outage and its day zero could be much closer than we expected, and water is not treated as much as how important it is to humans. Aside from what has been discussed in the video such as changing the water pricing, I also hope there could be an annual event to raise the awareness of the need to protect water. Just like there is an Earth Day happening every year and many people participate in the event by turning off the light, there could also be an explicit “Water Day” where people can consciously pay attention to how much water we use/waste on a single day.
Actually after I have composed the post, I found there is already a World Water Day held on March 22 every year and the theme of this year is “Groundwater - Making the invisible visible” as it is hidden underground but its impact is literally everywhere. I felt a bit ashamed not knowing this event, and I do hope it can be recognized by more people like me and actually bringing into actions, so that the value of water can be appreciated at a wider scale among the whole society.
I wasn't aware of World Water Day either so thank you for bringing it to my attention!
I don't think you have anything to be ashamed of here Danielle. The fact that you, the other commenters, and myself weren't aware that there's an international world water day just goes to show how little exposure this event has. It's an important topic, yet evidently hardly anyone even knows about it. Perhaps instead of creating this annual day/event, since it already exists we can work towards promoting it and amplifying the coverage so more people hear about it and can participate in it!
Hi Danielle! Thank you for mentioning World Water Day, I wasn’t aware of it either, but I will be putting it in my calendar!
Hi Danielle,
Thank you for sharing! I appreciate you bringing up "Water Day" - I can also agree that I did not know that it existed. I think this brings light to how there is a lack of awareness of this Day.