by Pam Lazos | Aug 15, 2021 | water |
by Ewoma Okah-Avae The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of marine toxic waste plastic pollution estimated to be 1.6 million square kilometers, twice the size of Texas and three times the size of France! As my writer friend put it, “it’s another continent...
by Pam Lazos | Aug 6, 2021 | Uncategorized |
También La Lluvia (Even the Rain) (2000), directed by Icíar Bollaín, tells the story of a small film crew making a movie about Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New World and the effect Spain’s arrival had on the indigenous Indian population. The movie crew travels...
by Pam Lazos | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, water, Water and Peace, water-borne diseases, water, sanitation and hygiene or WASH, World Water Forum |
Until Recently Nobody in this Indian Village had a Toilet (A journalist’s observations on the politics of toilets in India) Originally published, in Dutch, on April 15 2019, in De Volkskrant. a Dutch National Newspaper. Author Ben Van Raaij, foreign editor of...
by Pam Lazos | Jun 18, 2021 | Uncategorized, World Water Forum |
By Ewoma E. Okah-Avae As a species, we can’t overemphasize the importance of water. Oceans, rivers, lakes and streams make up the water ecosystem on the earth’s surface. Without water, human, aquatic, animal and plant life will become extinct. But when these natural...
by Pam Lazos | Jun 8, 2021 | wastewater management, water, water, sanitation and hygiene or WASH, wetlands, World Oceans Day |
[Sunset Beach, Cape May, NJ] Today is World Oceans Day! Like humans who are about 70% water, oceans cover 70% of the earth. In all likelihood, life emerged from the primordial soup, from the oceans to the swamps, bogs, marshes and wetlands, first as single-celled...
