FREE Screening of Flow: For Love of WaterThursday, February 11
7:00 p.m.
Unit 2 All Purpose Room
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We are in a global water crisis...
A crisis of inequity: The average American uses 150 gallons of water per day; often, those in developing countries cannot find even five (the daily requirement is 13.2 gallons). Of the 6 billion people on earth, 1.1 billion do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and every 15 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease.
A crisis of consumerism: Water is a $400 billion dollar global industry, the third largest behind electricity and oil. In 2007, US consumers spent $16.8 billion on bottled water alone, but it only takes $6 to supply 10 liters of safe water per day for a year.
A crisis of sanitation: Between five hundred thousand and seven million people get sick per year from drinking tap water, with 116,000 human-made chemicals found in public supplies.
A crisis of resources: Californiaʼs water supply is running out, with about 20 years of water left in the state.
Learn more about the global water crisis and how YOU can help! Featuring FREE food, a presentation by Professor Darren Zook, interactive discussions, and a FREE screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary "Flow: For Love of Water".
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