In the run-up to WorldwaterDay 2011- to be organized by UNWATER in Cape Town next 22 March 2010, I hereby solemnly pledge to:
- a part from doing my job as good as possible
1. Reach out to at least one politician that I don't know and brief her/him on the water, sanitation and hygiene crisis that at least 1/2 of humanity is facing
2. Brief a journalist along the same lines
If all my colleagues at the UNWATER meeting in Zaragoza would commit to the same pledge and spread it in their networks we truly can make a difference in public opinion
Signed
2010-12-23
2010-12-23
2010-12-20
The journey of a lifetime...
Reading: Confucius
Viewing:Inception
Listening to: Leonard Cohen
Thinking: Sweet Disposition, The Temper Trap
Travelling: from Zaragoza to BRU, and touching down only to find out the snow-covered tarmac wasn't cleared
Last picture: running the Pajot snow
Driving in snow
Aan de kl**tzakken die mij zaterdag continu rechts voorbijstaken, en die lullige vrachtwagenchauffeurs die me op het linkerbaanvak op de E40 inhaalden aan dubbel de snelheid van de rustig-rijdende kolonne auto's: een welgemeende f*ck-you en ik hoop dat ge niet op tijd op uw bestemming geraakt zijt.
Wat bezielt die wegpiraten toch?
noot: nummerplaat van klootzak met Mercedes G (grijs) was EQC213 - ik hoop dat ge tegengehouden zijt #betweter
Wat bezielt die wegpiraten toch?
noot: nummerplaat van klootzak met Mercedes G (grijs) was EQC213 - ik hoop dat ge tegengehouden zijt #betweter
Glacier Alarm Call - threat to Water Supply of Billions (UNEP)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) executive director Achim Steiner has called for adaptation strategies ranging from urban planning to improved water storage to be developed urgently in the face of intensified rainfall and glacier shrinkage, which the organisation warns ‘threaten the food security and livelihoods of hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people’.
Some glaciers put on a little bit, but most are loosing icemass at alarming rates. the "Water towers" of the East are increasingly under pressure, threathening the lives of billions of people.
Some glaciers put on a little bit, but most are loosing icemass at alarming rates. the "Water towers" of the East are increasingly under pressure, threathening the lives of billions of people.
2010-12-17
Calling all stations: call to co-fund a global award for water journalism
Okay, here comes a revolutionary, viral idea that can be stolen by whoever is concerned.
in Zaragoza now, at the UN-Water conference on Sustainable Urban Water Management,
an idea springs to mind, while attending a session on how to better "work" with journalists (no longer "using the media" please).
Why don't we organise/co-fund a global annual journalism prize for (investigative) water journalism?
Fact: water stories are the stories of the 21st century, of humanity, of our world - yet they are under-reported systematically, not interesting most of the time, not critical enough etc..
Why: because... well I don't know... too many reasons, but surely we're not doing our jobs well enough as "water professionals"
Solution:
The idea would be to challenge established and world-reknown journalists to report on water (Pulllitzer for water); as well as to have competition entries from all continents by "young" (criterion to be refined) journalists (in-training).
at first reflection we'll need
- institutional support (could be thru UN-Water, UNSGAB etc...)
- money (by hitching 1% of the water conferences' fees worldwide, IWA memberships, voluntary etc...)
- support from major news outlets
- backing from high-profile board of trustees
- media champions and "people" support
- competition rules etc...
- linkages with journalism faculties around the globe
Ready to join me on this campaign, drop me a line at wacondah@yahoo.com
in Zaragoza now, at the UN-Water conference on Sustainable Urban Water Management,
an idea springs to mind, while attending a session on how to better "work" with journalists (no longer "using the media" please).
Why don't we organise/co-fund a global annual journalism prize for (investigative) water journalism?
Fact: water stories are the stories of the 21st century, of humanity, of our world - yet they are under-reported systematically, not interesting most of the time, not critical enough etc..
Why: because... well I don't know... too many reasons, but surely we're not doing our jobs well enough as "water professionals"
Solution:
The idea would be to challenge established and world-reknown journalists to report on water (Pulllitzer for water); as well as to have competition entries from all continents by "young" (criterion to be refined) journalists (in-training).
at first reflection we'll need
- institutional support (could be thru UN-Water, UNSGAB etc...)
- money (by hitching 1% of the water conferences' fees worldwide, IWA memberships, voluntary etc...)
- support from major news outlets
- backing from high-profile board of trustees
- media champions and "people" support
- competition rules etc...
- linkages with journalism faculties around the globe
Ready to join me on this campaign, drop me a line at wacondah@yahoo.com
2010-12-03
Trend?
De opkomst van Rechts, en vooral dan "denkend rechts", blijkt niet te stoppen. Pessimistische visie op ontwikkeling, maatschappij, migratie en politiek spat uit de kranten dezer dagen: als zelfs een doorwinterd socialist als Daniël Termont het heeft om toch vooral niet té solidair om te springen met de stroom Oost-Europeanen die "zijn" stad bezetten - dan moet er toch een belletje gaan rinkelen. Als we er als "Europa" niet in slagen om dit probleem aan te pakken, zal het jaar na jaar erger worden - trouwens overal in het rijke Westen.
Wat gaat Termont van de daken schreeuwen als het hier binnen een paar decennia vol met klimaatvluchtelingen uit Bangladesh zit? Of denken onze politici dat ze die achter de Himalaya kunnen houden? Quid met die andere gelukzoekers die hun leven vijl hebben om tot in onze relatief welvarende, rustige-veilige samenleving te geraken? Zal 0,7% BNP/jaar volstaan om de armen rijk genoeg te maken dat ze ginder blijven? Las, Las, ô vraiment marâtre nature...
Wat gaat Termont van de daken schreeuwen als het hier binnen een paar decennia vol met klimaatvluchtelingen uit Bangladesh zit? Of denken onze politici dat ze die achter de Himalaya kunnen houden? Quid met die andere gelukzoekers die hun leven vijl hebben om tot in onze relatief welvarende, rustige-veilige samenleving te geraken? Zal 0,7% BNP/jaar volstaan om de armen rijk genoeg te maken dat ze ginder blijven? Las, Las, ô vraiment marâtre nature...
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