Blog Action Day 2010 on October 15th: Focus on water
Unless you really don’t know me or my blog, you’ll probably know that one of the biggest areas of research in my academic life is water (specifically, wastewater governance, cultural perceptions of drinking water, conflict in transboundary water bodies and adaptation of water policy to climatic change). So when I found out that Blog Action Day this year was focused on water, I told myself I could NOT not participate. This is too important an issue not to. I have written about water both on my research blog and on my personal blog. I’ve discussed concepts like the water footprint, water stress, the culture of flushing and the commodification of water.
Blog Action Day 2010: Water from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
I research wastewater governance (a topic most academic folks eschew), mostly because I realize that every day 2 million tonnes of human waste end up in water courses. I realize that my caffeine intake procedure needs to be changed, because coffee consumes up to 140 litres of water per cup (virtual water).
On October 15th, consider (a) donating to charity:water or any other water charity of your choice and (b) writing about water on your personal or professional blog. Fridays are usually my research day, but with October 15th being Blog Action Day, I will be blogging about my water research on my professional blog, and possibly publish one or two posts here.
Hope you will join in the action. Because environment is MUCH more than just climate change.
