As an intern at Earth Day Network, going to World Water Monitoring day was absolutely amazing and eye opening. There were all our sponsors and huge organizations such as WEF (Water Environmental Foundation) and IWA (International Water Association) that came to the event, where they spoke of the importance of conservation and education. There were tents set up: one for the speakers and two for all the companies and organizations that came to set up booths. This was the first time our Global Water Network had its own booth, and it was designed specifically for kids. Once the kids came around, we would answer a question: What uses the most water in the world? Is it houses, industries, or agriculture? Why it’s agriculture! Actually, seventy-five percent of water goes towards making food, trees, plants, and so on. Also we made an experiment with water bottles, splitting up the percentage of freshwater (2.5%) and saltwater (97.5%). But we explained that only 30% of the freshwater is drinkable, and the other 70% in frozen in glaciers. It was just so amazing to see how the kids cared, and how they actually picked up on the lessons, showed them to their teachers, and helped their classmates understand. It really is education that will influence these generations, and through education we spread awareness, and thus it springs into action.

To see more, go to http://www.worldwatermonitoringday.org/

-Caroline Lemp