Press Releases
Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
- IBM has published Water: A Global Innovation Outlook Report [PDF], which “covers the economic, political and social imperatives surrounding water. Thanks to your contributions, critical insights were gathered over the course of nine deep dives with 158 GIO participants from dozens of countries. Substantial opportunities emerged to bring new policies, new business models and information technology to bear on the many issues and opportunities that exist around the global economy’s ever-growing dependence on this resource. In cooperation with interested parties, we’ll now seek to convert these ideas and insights into actionable efforts.”
I recommend this report, and not just because it quotes me!
“The cheaper water is, the more we’ll use,” says David Zetland, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley. “But if we raise the price to where people start paying attention, individuals, farmers and businesses will quickly realize that the more water they use, the less profit they get from it.”
- “A COMPAS survey [PDF] of business leaders shows overwhelming support for proposals to reform water pricing made in Wave of the Future: The Case for Smarter Water Policy, a C.D. Howe Institute Commentary by Steven Renzetti… Immense majorities back universal use of water meters, full cost accounting, and adequate revenue to allow full updating of equipment and processes.”
- “RainBud, a locally-owned company founded by landscape designer Paula Henson and writer Alex Metcalf, is providing Los Angeles area residents with a creative solution to the water crisis: rain barrels… the City of Santa Monica offers residents a $100 rebate on rain barrels. RainBud’s rain barrels are reused polyethylene barrels retrofitted to fit under rain gutters.”
- “Fill The Glass is a campaign to quench the thirst of thousands in need of water for drinking, bathing, and growing food. Whether it is providing clean water to Sudanese refugees and families in Gaza, building water pumps in the Philippines, or providing rain storage tanks to rural communities in Oaxaza, Mexico, there are water-related projects around the world that could benefit from public support. The campaign specifically hopes to raise funds for 10 grass-roots water projects that you can view on our website. Those projects that raise over $10,000 between March 9 and March 30 will receive additional funding from GlobalGiving.”
- Heather and Goliath - a short film about the LA River controversy and the famed Army Corps whistleblower - will screen in LA at The Reel Women’s International Film Festival March 30th (Press release [PDF])”
- “The pretty widespread agreement that the Obama banking plans have been floundering seem to create an opening for positive change. At A New Way Forward, we (you!) will push for more systematic plans to reorganize the banking sector, not just give more bailouts. There’s an opportunity to turn this populist anger into a force for actually changing the system for the better. The website lets people initiate protests in their cities and coordinate on designated forums — we expect this distributed organizing to culminate in a protest in each state.”
- “ONE DROP, an NGO launched by Cirque du Soleil founder (Guy Laliberté) to realize his dream of fighting poverty by providing access to clean water to the world’s population, will be raising awareness for the Global Water Crisis and World Water Day (March 22nd)… in an upcoming social media effort called Ripple. This Friday March 20th an unprecedented rally event will be held on Digg [click on ripple to get more info/digg...]“
- “we are a for profit company that partners with non - profits at no cost to provide donor engagement and on-going donations through our replyforall email signature… that features a cause, a non-profit in text with a hyperlink and an advertiser. advertisers pay to reach our users and we share that payment with the non-profits with whom we partner. our signature currently serves about 600,000 impressions a month, our website about 8,000 monthly/uniques and our email blasts to over 6,000 dedicated cause advocates. our users are predominately female between the ages of 18 and 34.”
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