'Water, the new Petrol' in the media: Blue living ideas

23 de mayo de 2012

Blue living ideas

Water, the New Petrol May 23, 2012 By Heather Carr Leave a Comment Water, the New Petrol Water, the New Petrol is a web site which aims to raise awareness of the current state of water issues in the world and the problems related to it. On Tuesday, the U.S. State Department announced that Water, the New Petrol was one of two web sites that had won the Doors to Diplomacy Award. The title of the web site refers to the fact that water, like petroleum, was once an abundant resource, but is now becoming scarcer. The unequal distribution of water, due to geography and politics, causes difficulties for many people around the world. Water, the New Petrol is aimed at young people and includes web comics, charts, lists, and plenty of information to get kids interested and give them something to think about and act on in their own lives. The Doors to Diplomacy Award recognizes web projects by student groups that teach young people about international affairs. 225 student teams from 38 countries competed for the award in 2012. A $2000 scholarship is given to each student member of the winning teams and a $500 cash prize is given to the coaches of the winning teams. Image courtesy Water, the New Petrol Source: Blue Living Ideas (http://s.tt/1cCG6)

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Thanks Doors to Diplomacy!

Hello everybody!

What is our aim? To get our message across to the world.

Thanks to Doors to Diplomacy, many of you will get to read our project, this wouldn't have been possible had it not been for us taking part in this amazing competition. Here is a compilation of some of the exposure we are getting from the media.

OUR PROJECT

In the world that we live in, water is an essential and valuable resource that is not distributed equally. In many developed countries we are not aware of how lucky we are to have a resource that is unattainable for so many people. The countries that have the least resources are usually the countries that have the least amount of water. Throughout history, great civilizations (like the Mesopotamians) always grew out of areas where there was access to water. Now we live in an overpopulated world (at the end of October we reached seven billion people). It is a paradox that in such a globalized world, we still find isolated areas, where people have to walk for miles to get drinkable water. With our project we would like to offer an overall picture of the current state of water issues in the world, and the problems related to it (pollution, shortage…). Our aim is to raise awareness; we would like to reach as many people as possible. This way, together, we can all contribute our small bit, and save every drop of water we can for all.

We think that people talking to people is the way to make people comprehend the depth of any given problem. We see things on TV every day, and we seem to have become immune. This project has been an eye opener for us, and we would like to reach as many people as possible, aiming to achieve a real understanding of this worldwide problem. We are not all lucky enough to have one of our most basic needs covered: we don’t all have access to water. So, isn’t it only fair that we should all reach out and give a hand? And that starts by knowing about the problem. Welcome to 'Water, the New Petrol'.

Gracias, Doors to Diplomacy

¡Hola a todo el mundo!

¿Cuál es nuestro objetivo? Lanzar nuestro mensaje al mundo.

En el mundo en el que vivimos, el agua un recurso imprescindible y valioso que está repartido de manera totalmente desigual. En muchos países desarrollados no somos conscientes de nuestra suerte al disponer de un recurso inalcanzable para muchos. Los países que menos recursos tienen suelen ser los que disponen de menos agua. A lo largo de la historia, las grandes civilizaciones (como por ejemplo la civilización mesopotámica) nacieron siempre en zonas en las que disponían de agua. En un mundo superpoblado (llegamos, a finales del mes de octubre de 2011 a siete mil millones de personas) no son posibles unas migraciones masivas a una u otra parte de planeta; en un mundo globalizado, nos encontramos con zonas totalmente aisladas, zonas cuyos habitantes deben caminar kilómetros para conseguir agua potable. Pretendemos con este proyecto ofreceros una visión global de cuál es la situación actual del agua en el mundo, cuáles son los problemas principales relacionados con ella (contaminación, escasez) con el objetivo de concienciar a la mayor cantidad de personas posible, para que, ente todos podamos aportar nuestro granito de arena, o podamos conservar cada gotita de agua.

Gracias a Doors to Diplomacy, muchos de vosotros leeréis nuestro proyecto, cosa que no habría sido posible si no hubiéramos participado en este increíble concurso. Aquí tenéis una recopilación de las noticias que se han publicado sobre nuestro proyecto en los medios de comunicación.

Pensamos que hablando se entiende la gente, y que así es como se pude transmitir a la gente la gravedad de cualquier problema determinado. Cada día vemos que suceden cosas por la tele, y parece que nos hemos vuelto inmunes. Este proyecto nos ha abierto los ojos, y nos gustaría llegar al mayor número de personas posible, para conseguir que comprendan realmente lo grave que es este problema que nos afecta a nivel mundial. No todos tenemos la suerte de tener cubierta una de nuestras necesidades básicas: no todos tenemos acceso a agua. De modo que, ¿no es justo que todos echemos una mano? Y la forma de empezar, es teniendo conocimiento del problema. Bienvenidos a ‘Agua, el Nuevo Petróleo’.