FWW Receives Shout-out for World-Saving
This year, the hopeful month of April brings one more reason to be optimistic. New out on the shelves as of the first of this month is the updated version of the classic 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. And among suggestions for cutting back on energy use, buying organic, and voting “green” is nestled a two-page spread about what you can do to help ensure clean water for all Americans.
Among the suggestions for action are forgoing bottled water, as part of Food & Water Watch’s “Take Back the Tap” campaign, and contacting your legislators to urge support for a Clean Water Trust Fund to ensure a working water system for all Americans.
The book features Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter telling it straight: “If we don’t get control of our crumbling infrastructure, we’re going to time-travel back 200 years when people got dysentery and cholera from their water.” But it doesn’t stop at pointing out the problem; author John Javna offers several tips—and yes, they are simple—for starting a change right now. This book’s readers can jump right into some of Food & Water Watch’s crucial campaigns—helping to make sure that they’ll be able to jump into their local body of water, too.
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