“We forgot that water is a costly item,” lamented K. P. Singh, regional director of the Central Groundwater Board, in his office in the city of Jaipur. “Our feeling about proper, judicious use of water vanished.” According to this well researched NY Times article, India is depleating its groundwater so fast that scarcity could threaten [...]
Entries from October 2006
October 19, 2006
Ever wondered where the "World’s Worst Polluted Places" were?
Founded in 1999, Blacksmith Institute’s vision is a clean planet for our children. In November of 2003, Blacksmith Institute launched the Polluted Places Initiative to address severely polluted sites throughout the world. This is their 2006 list. World’s Worst Polluted Places 2006 Chernobyl, Ukraine Dzerzhinsk, Russia Haina, Dominican Republic Kabwe, Zambia La Oroya, Peru Linfen, [...]
October 14, 2006
Nobel Peace Prize: Muhammad Yunus
“Lasting peace can not be achieved unless large population groups find ways in which to break out of poverty,” — Nobel Committee Dr. Yunus, is the founder and pioneer of the concept of microcredit, the extension of small loans to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. Yunus is also the founder of [...]
