FAWCO's Environment Team aims to inform members about global environmental issues that confront our planet, such as air, soil & water pollution, energy efficiency, conservation and waste reduction, and the major issues of global climate change. Since we believe that each person can make a difference, one of our main goals is to help members become more environmentally minded through the choices they make in their daily lives. The Team also seeks to promote informed action within FAWCO, at both global and local levels. Major past activities have supported carbon sequestration through tree planting and water awareness in conjunction with the First Target Program.
For more information and to get involved with us, contact the Environment Team Chair at .
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Anne van Oorschot-Warwick (AWC The Hague) |
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FAWCO's Environment Team is a dynamic and committed group of 15 women from 11 different clubs and FAUSA who work together to publish frequent informative articles. The Team’s aim is to increase member awareness about the environmental issues that confront our planet, such as the major causes of global climate change, energy efficiency, conservation and waste reduction, and issues affecting clean air, soil and...
Access to water is a basic human need and a fundamental human right. Yet over a billion people in the world still live without safe, clean water to drink. The diseases that result from drinking dirty water kill 5000 children every single day!!
While the statistics alone are shocking, they still say nothing about the daily reality of life without...
The third and last in our series on Worldwide Water Issues – real problems in real places.
While the global picture for water management is far from encouraging, that of Africa is much worse. 300 million Africans do not have access to safe water. The inability to be able to obtain clean water, and the illnesses that result from poor...
Water: Worldwide Issues - Asia & Western USA
Here is the second in a series of three articles from the Water Team giving you information about real water problems in real places.
While America is probably not the first place you think of for water problems, the US government projects that at least 36 states will face water shortages in the...
Anne van Oorschot (AWC The Hague) Kara Fairchild (