We can live for some months without food but can only last about three days without water. Even shorter depending on our health and weather conditions. We do not like brownouts but dread water shortage evenmore. In the Philippines, it is estimated that more than three million rely on unsafe water so
pretty remarkable 60 years into the space age, there is a plan b and a way for regular people to go to space. i m excited to be part of this journey. i think in another 60 years we ll look back on this week, this year, and say this is when the human race finally began to move into space. it s a really exciting time. glen, you re using this as an opportunity to raise awareness about what s happening on planet earth. with your donation to water.org. what else do you hope comes out of this flight for you? so, i ve soon it in life sciences and health care, which is what i work in. when you have an industry that has this innovation being fueled by people who are passionate about the future of humanity, exciting things emerge. and i don t know exactly how space technology and people going to space is going to change society, but i know that it is going to. and i know that the faster we get to more people up there and do things like what we re doing at blue, the faster we ll make that tec
you were speaking with william shatner earlier this month. what were your thoughts when you heard he was in fact going up? had a great interview with him. i was very impressed that as a 90-year-old person that he was in such great shape and very mentally sharp and alert, asked some funny questions. we had a great time and it was really a surprise to learn he s about to go fly with blue origin and touch space. it was fantastic, here s a guy i grew up watching at captain kirk helping to inspire me to go to space myself getting that chance to see that spectacular view. you can see the excitement and a little bit of terror. preparing to go into space, and one of the other members of his crew, glen devries, talking about making this million-dollar donation to water.org. he wants to raise awareness for the other issues back home on planet earth as part of this
In Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare (population 3,000,000), a man relieves himself in the dirt next to his tin shack, holding his nose to ward off the stench of a nearby overflowing latrine. In Ramallah (population 300,000) in the occupied Palestinian territory a 14-year-old girl wakes with menstrual cramps - and skips class because her school lacks a washroom where she can clean herself in private. In Bangladesh’s mega-capital (population 12 million), a monsoon-season flash flood leaves thousands with cholera. Different continents, same problem: City populations continue to grow above ground while water resources shrink underfoot, leaving emptying aquifers to sate growing needs, and compounding existing problems with wastewater collection.
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