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The Nobel Peace Prize 2004

"for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

Wangari Maathai

Republic of Kenya, Assistant Minister, Environment, Natural Resources & Wildlife

http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/

 

Statement Maathai:

http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/Prof.%20Maathai%20Nobel%20Prize%20Statement.htm

 

Profile:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3726084.stm

http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/biographies.htm

 

Maathai, Wangari: The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience (englisch)

Taschenbuch - 117 Seiten - Lantern Books

Erscheinungsdatum: 1. April 2003

Auflage: Revised

ISBN: 159056040X

 

Presse:

http://idw-online.de/public/zeige_pm.html?pmid=87077

http://www.umweltjournal.de/fp/archiv/AfA_politik/7443.php

http://www.nzz.ch/2004/10/08/al/page-newzzE02BBMWW-12.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/story.jsp?story=570395

 

 

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NACHRICHEN

 

Water could have big future in politics - Those who plant grass and thirsty landscaping may face 'sticker shock'

October 17, 2004… "I think I was shocked," she said when she saw the bill for a little extra watering -- it was $46. The "sticker shock&quoot; prompted Lopez to ease up on the watering of her new grass. She said that she often monitors the timers on her sprinkling system, which is one way she makes water conservation a priority. Kirby Brill, the general manager of the Mojave Water Agency, said that water conservation is the same thing as gaining additional water supply. He also said that by far water conservation is the cheapest way to gain additional water. "The community is just beginning to become more water aware," he said. "Gearing up in the next two, three or four years you're going to start to hear a lot more about water conservation." …

http://www.desertdispatch.com/2004/109802629877289.html

 

Department warns on wasting water

October 17, 2004 In the face of a changing global climate, South Africans must use their water more carefully, warned Mike Muller, the department of water affairs director-general …

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,90043,00.html

 

Repairing your toilet stops water waste, prevents noise

October 16, 2004   In case you haven't heard, October is National Toilet Repair Month. Did you know that toilet flushing accounts for 38 percent of household water use and that a leaking toilet can be one of the greatest sources of water waste in the home? …

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/16/HOGAQ992741.DTL

 

OPEN SKIES TREATY STATES DISCUSS USAGE OF UNARMED OBSERVATION FLIGHTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES

VIENNA, 15 October 2004 - Experts from 31 states party to the Open Skies Treaty today discussed the possible use of the Treaty's tools for ecological purposes, such as cases of floods, tornadoes, air and soil pollution as well as urbanisation ...

www.osce.org/news/show_news.php?ut=2&id=4457

 

SAM: „Wasser bleibt ein attraktives Investment“

14.10.2004 Der SAM Sustainable Water Fund wird auch im dritten Jahr bestätigt hinsichtlich seiner Konzeption und seinem Management, ... Die Verknappung der lebenswichtigen Ressource Wasser bei gleichzeitig steigendem Bedarf in Haushalten, Landwirtschaft und Industrie stelle die Wirtschaft weltweit vor große unternehmerische Herausforderungen. Es gelte, Wasser flächendeckend zur Verfügung zu stellen, veraltete Infrastruktur zu sanieren, Wasser gründlich zu reinigen und nicht zuletzt mit Wasser effizient umzugehen, sei es in der Landwirtschaft oder in der Industrie. An den interessanten Möglichkeiten rund um den Rohstoff Wasser können Anleger mit dem SAM Sustainable Water Fund partizipieren ...

http://www.fondsprofessionell.at/redsys/newsText.php?endDate=2004-10-14&per=2w&kat=1&sid=22434

 

Wasser-Qualität der Neiße steigt

13. Oktober 2004Görlitz. Die Wasserqualität der Neiße wird nach Ansicht von Experten vom EU-Beitritt Polens und Tschechiens weiter profitieren ...

http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=696976

 

 

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NEUES  DOKUMENT

 

Water Challenges for South Australia in the 21st Century

Prepared by Professor Peter Cullen, Adelaide Thinker in Residence

Department of the Premier and Cabinet - Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity

September 2004

http://www.thinkers.sa.gov.au/images/Cullen_final_report.pdf

 

 

Herzliche Grüße von der Elbe

Jörg Barandat

http://de.geocities.com/joergbarandat/wassernetz.html

 

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