Don't Play Chicken With Water
Richard Wooley
Executive, Nonprofit Strategist, Entrepreneur, Political Consultant, Speechwriter, Business Strategist, Media Producer, Social Equity Advocate, Digital Content
The severe drought in Cape Town, South Africa, renewed interest in the growing global water crisis, one that affects billions of people a year and is now encroaching upon some major cities like Beijing, Cairo, Moscow and London. Demand for water is exceeding supply, and supply is down not just because we like to drink, cook and shower, but because climate change is drinking up the supply, and we've polluted a great deal of what's left.
The reaction should be deafening considering the statistics: about 3 billion people have limited or no access to water. There are about 2,000 children a day -- 800,000 children each year -- dying as a consequence of water shortages. […]
[…] At the same time, when a brand-name fast-food restaurant runs out of their trademark chicken, it causes an uproar heard around the globe.