Singer Lizz Wright Takes You To The Water
Jazz singer Lizz Wright is a Georgia native who takes fans down to the water in her track Song for Mia from the album The Orchard. Listeners are rocked by the ebb and flow of Wrights smooth vocals over a gentle strumming of her guitar, entreating them to take their worries down to the water. Metaphors [...]
WaterWideWeb Celebrates World H20 Day in NYC
WaterWideWeb celebrated World Water Day 2011 at the Phillips Club on New York City’s Upper West Side. Building Community Bridges (BCB), a non-profit organization that provides clean drinking water for rural villages in West Africa, hosted a charitable event to raise awareness about the difference water makes to local communities in Togo. BCB founder Enyonam Nanevie [...]
Happy World Water Day Everyone!
Today individuals and organizations are hosting events to celebrate World Water Day 2011. Pressing concerns about decreasing water supply for ever increasing populations are perplexing policy makers. For World Water Day 2011, WaterWideWeb is out landing interviews with New York City’s “Who’s Who”. WaterWideWeb is gathering information and testimonies from others concerned about global water shortages. Tomorrow, [...]
Why NOLA’s Water Meter Jewelry is a Must Buy
New Orleans (NOLA) water meter jewelry is a big deal in the Big Easy. Rings, necklaces, and bracelet charms are fashioned after old water meters found scattered throughout NOLA’s French Quarter. There’s plenty of exciting trinkets to purchase in the birthplace of jazz, before enjoying a beignet and coffee at Cafe DuMonde. But, replicas of the city’s water [...]
You Know You’re Irish When You Know This!
Plenty of people are out and about today celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Though no leprechauns were spotted, nor breaking news stories about the poor turned rich after finding a lucky pot of gold, there is a tale or two of Irish folklore and ancient water tales. Celtic oral tradition and old Irish superstitions make several references [...]
Cheers For Ted Danson’s Book on Ocean Conservation
Ted Danson is an actor, activist and long time advocate for conservation of America’s oceans. Danson starred as Sam Malone on the sitcom Cheers. In the world of ocean conservation, most people certainly know Danson’s name. He recently released his book Oceana, a compelling analysis of ocean degradation and efforts to stop it. “For over 20 years, [...]
Will Your Beer Be Here in 20 Years?
Ever think that the future of beer drinking could be affected by the global water crisis? The food and beverage industry is especially at risk as issues of global water scarcity are increasingly more pervasive. AB InBev is the umbrella company that manufactures Budweiser beer. In a previous article published on 03 December 2010, WaterWideWeb interviewed [...]
High School Swimming Lessons Dried Up?
Increasing concerns about the depleting global water supply, water scarcity, and drought in the Southwest might get high school students off the hook from taking the big dive in swimming class. Should high school deans and the Department of Education at large rethink requirements for swimming and other water sports due to water worries in the [...]
Understanding the Chinese Water Personality
Ancient Chinese astrology is based on the five elements of water, metal, earth, wood and fire. The day and time of an individual’s birth indicates which element, or personality type that person has. The Chinese Water Personality is said to be to be smart and resourceful. Like the water, these people take the shape of any [...]
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