Youth's corner

AQUA plunges spectators into a journey into the world of water. We now invite you to continue this adventure. Discover water and its importance in your life, and learn what you can do to help make it available to everyone.

Water is everywhere. It is essential to life on Earth.

Water is present in every country and every culture.
Learn how to say “water” in other languages and discover its role in different cultures and religions.
http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=4988&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://www.unesco.org/water/wwd2006/world_views/
water_religions_beliefs.shtml


Water moves in cycles.
Follow its journey.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/water_cycle/rivers/pg_02_flash.shtml

All living organisms require water for survival.
Find out which parts of your body contain water.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/images/info/facts/e-Body_of_water.htm
List of interesting facts about water and life.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/waterfactsoflife.html

Unevenly distributed and unequally accessible, water is becoming ever more contaminated because of how we use it.

Almost a billion people on earth lack access to safe drinking water.
Find out about the issue of water access.
http://www.onedrop.org/en/foundation/water-crisis/access-to-drinking-water.aspx

Water, like wealth, is very unequally distributed.
Explore how other young people throughout the world view these inequalities and what their daily impacts are.
http://hdr.undp.org/external/hdr2006/water/index.htm

Here and elsewhere, pollution threatens access to water.
Find out about pollution in Canada.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/manage/poll/e_poll.htm

There is not always enough water for everything we want to use it for.
Explore how water is used throughout the world and test your knowledge.
http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/images/info/facts/e-Competing_water_uses.htm
http://www0.un.org/cyberschoolbus/waterquiz/waterquiz4/index.asp

We are all responsible for taking action to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient quantities of good-quality water, today and tomorrow.

Canadians use more than 300 litres of water a day.
Calculate your water consumption and check out tips to reduce it.
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/reseau/watercalculator/login_e.html
http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/nttw/e_nttwi.htm

The products that we consume have an impact on water.
Find out about your water consumption footprint.
http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/productgallery

Water for all, all for water!
Commit to taking action to share and preserve water.
http://www.onedrop.org/en/drop-experience.aspx

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