Comments on: Support the Human Right to Water http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/ Welcome to Eat Drink Better: Sustainable Food for a Healthy Lifestyle Sun, 27 May 2012 02:16:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Help Families Get Access to Clean Water – Eat Drink Better http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/comment-page-1/#comment-98600 Help Families Get Access to Clean Water – Eat Drink Better Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:47 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5261#comment-98600 [...] on the tap and having nothing come out. Now, imagine having no tap at all. For so many families, clean water is a luxury. Women walk miles every day to gather water for their families to drink and use for [...] [...] on the tap and having nothing come out. Now, imagine having no tap at all. For so many families, clean water is a luxury. Women walk miles every day to gather water for their families to drink and use for [...]

]]> By: A Case Against Bottled Water (Infographic) : Eat. Drink. Better. http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/comment-page-1/#comment-92521 A Case Against Bottled Water (Infographic) : Eat. Drink. Better. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:02:29 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5261#comment-92521 [...] It’s definitely healthy to drink more water, but that doesn’t have to mean buying plastic bottles of fancy water that’s shipped all over the world. Not only do these little bottles have a huge carbon footprint, they’re not healthy for us and they often represent violations of someone else’s right to water. [...] [...] It’s definitely healthy to drink more water, but that doesn’t have to mean buying plastic bottles of fancy water that’s shipped all over the world. Not only do these little bottles have a huge carbon footprint, they’re not healthy for us and they often represent violations of someone else’s right to water. [...]

]]> By: Success! UN Declares Water as a Human Right : Eat. Drink. Better. http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/comment-page-1/#comment-92439 Success! UN Declares Water as a Human Right : Eat. Drink. Better. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:35:02 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5261#comment-92439 [...] The UN resolution declaring the human right to water passed [...] [...] The UN resolution declaring the human right to water passed [...]

]]> By: eatdrinkbetter http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/comment-page-1/#comment-92285 eatdrinkbetter Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:37:40 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5261#comment-92285 Interesting point! I feel like privatization might work in some instances, but not necessarily in others. Mineral mining is responsible for quite a bit of pollution and hardship for surrounding communities. Look at something like an open pit mine for copper, gold, or silver. There's another case where privatizing resources to resell them to the wealthy is causing terrible damage to populations where they're actually gathering those resources. Interesting point! I feel like privatization might work in some instances, but not necessarily in others. Mineral mining is responsible for quite a bit of pollution and hardship for surrounding communities. Look at something like an open pit mine for copper, gold, or silver. There's another case where privatizing resources to resell them to the wealthy is causing terrible damage to populations where they're actually gathering those resources.

]]> By: Vines & Cattle http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/07/23/support-the-human-right-to-water/comment-page-1/#comment-92283 Vines & Cattle Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:47:23 +0000 http://eatdrinkbetter.com/?p=5261#comment-92283 Privatization has shown throughout history that the best way to conserve a resource, and to prevent the eventual tragedy of the commons is to assign property rights, and thus value, to that resource. Property rights schemes are currently saving fish populations, ( <a href="http://tiny.cc/rj3st" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/rj3st</a> ) and endangered species in Africa. ( <a href="http://tiny.cc/09i28" target="_blank">http://tiny.cc/09i28</a> ) If water rights mirrored in some way the private ownership of mineral rights, we wouldn't have near the issues with scarcity, conservation and pollution we have now. Privatization has shown throughout history that the best way to conserve a resource, and to prevent the eventual tragedy of the commons is to assign property rights, and thus value, to that resource. Property rights schemes are currently saving fish populations, ( http://tiny.cc/rj3st ) and endangered species in Africa. ( http://tiny.cc/09i28 )

If water rights mirrored in some way the private ownership of mineral rights, we wouldn't have near the issues with scarcity, conservation and pollution we have now.

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