I have been saying for years that water should be a basic Human Right, and that in order to save the Planet and Humanity from Hunger, Thirst, and Climate Change, everyone needs to choose People over Profit, and make water available to everyone.
So I am very happy to see that yesterday the UN voted to make Water and Sanitation basic Human Rights. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=35456&Cr=SANITATION&Cr1=
Now we that the world has finally collectively decided the obvious, we need to make that a reality for everyone.
I was totally disappointed to see the the USA, Canada and other nations did not vote for this resolution. They did so to protect people who want to exploit and own water resources. I am not opposed to people getting rich, I just think that corporations and people should not be able to own Water. They can get rich off of building water pipelines, desalination plants, or water treatment plants, with out owning the water the flows through them.
But over all this is an Historic Day and one that we all should applaud, work to make real, and to build upon.
You can read more about my ideas to get everyone water, in the chapters in my book, Ideas to Save the Planet, Water Pipelines instead of Oil Pipelines, and Desalinate Sea Water and Re-Salinate the Oceans.
