the water boy
Monday, March 22 2010 @ 07:00 AM PDT

“You are water,” the boy’s teacher told him, “… mostly.”

This information fascinated the boy, though at the same found it a bit unsettling. He wondered what time would happen to him.
Would he dissolve in the rain?
Or turn to ice in the winter?
If his cat scratched him, would all that water leak out and leave him lying flat on the sidewalk like a punctured balloon?
Ever since the bathwater wrapped around his big toe and tried to pull him down the drain, the boy had been a reluctant bather [...]

On the occasion of the celebration of the World Water Day we present you a story on water, sent to us by a team of teachers engaged in story telling.

The MEdIES Secretariat wishes to all its members to be the water drop that eventually will transform to a river of people of different mindsets

Message from Irina Bokova, DG of UNESCO for the World Water Day "Clean Water for a Healthy World" 22 March 2010
Thursday, March 18 2010 @ 09:33 AM PDT

Water is fundamental to life on earth. For human populations and ecosystems to thrive, that water must be clean, it must stay clean and, most importantly, it must be accessible to all.

World Water Day 2010 calls for "Clean Water for a Healthy World". As we celebrate this Day, let us consider the facts. More than 2.5 billion people live without proper sanitation. An estimated 884 million people, the majority of them in Africa, do not have access to safe drinking water. Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases. The degradation of water quality in rivers, streams, lakes, and groundwater systems has a direct impact on ecosystems and human health. This state of affairs represents an unspeakable human tragedy, and is also major obstacle to development.

Survey on the 2nd half of the UNESCO Decade on ESD
Thursday, March 11 2010 @ 07:06 AM PST

In the midst of 2009 a Survey was undertaken on UNESCO's Action for the Second Half of the Decade.

Now the results of the Survey are available. 111 international experts have evaluated the Action Goals of the Bonn Declaration by making us aware to which degree the goals might be realized until 2014.

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Friday, October 16 2009 @ 04:48 AM PDT

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(article credits: youth X change e-bulletin EB V2 N12)

Tales around the world - Life stories of people with nature
Wednesday, May 02 2007 @ 07:32 AM PDT

"Tales around the World- Life stories of people with nature " is the fourth edition of an international awareness campaign on sustainable development for children aged 8 – 11years old organized by "Veolia Environnement" (http://www.veoliaenvironnement.com/). UNESCO Education Sector and the French National Commission for UNESCO are supporting the campaign, whose goals are in line with those of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).