For many years oil was often referred to as 'liquid gold' - a high value commodity we seemingly cannot survive without. However, as emerging water resource issues and problems of scarcity intensify around the world we are now forced to question our resource value system and consider the true tangible and intangible value of freshwater [just 2.7% of all water on Earth]. Water itself is an essential resource for life, subsistence, and good health, yet we still treat it as an unlimited resource to be exploited, while expecting the hydrosphere to absorb our damaging influences which further impact quality and availability over time. Ultimately, in order to attain a sustainable existence on Earth, society must learn the importance of frugality and restraint - and this is perhaps most relevant in the case of freshwater. Thus, as the end of the decade for water [2005-2015] edges closer and closer, the conservation and protection of our most vital resource emerges as one of humanity's most important socio-environmental challenges to date.15 November 2011
A new type of liquid gold?
For many years oil was often referred to as 'liquid gold' - a high value commodity we seemingly cannot survive without. However, as emerging water resource issues and problems of scarcity intensify around the world we are now forced to question our resource value system and consider the true tangible and intangible value of freshwater [just 2.7% of all water on Earth]. Water itself is an essential resource for life, subsistence, and good health, yet we still treat it as an unlimited resource to be exploited, while expecting the hydrosphere to absorb our damaging influences which further impact quality and availability over time. Ultimately, in order to attain a sustainable existence on Earth, society must learn the importance of frugality and restraint - and this is perhaps most relevant in the case of freshwater. Thus, as the end of the decade for water [2005-2015] edges closer and closer, the conservation and protection of our most vital resource emerges as one of humanity's most important socio-environmental challenges to date.
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