Google Logo - Change... Did you see it ??

What was the Google logo change all about
on - March 22, 2005....

I had know idea - after seeing the graphic
here:
http://www.google.com/logos/water_day05.gif

can you guess what the logo is all about ??

If not - and you want to learn more - I have done
some research... below I share with you why
the Google logo (for one day) changed...
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Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005
World Water Day 2005: Water Privatization in Stockton and Detroit

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To mark World Water Day 2005, we take a look at the issue of
water privatization in this country in California and Michigan.
We speak with activists from Stockton and Detroit and an
independent filmmaker who produced the documentary,
"Thirst." [includes rush transcript]

"Thirst", excerpt of documentary on global water issues.
more:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/1530217


WEF Commemorates World Water Day 2005

Alexandria, VA -- The Water Environment Federation (WEF)
will join the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday, March 22 in
commemorating World Water Day 2005. Commemoration
of this event is an excellent opportunity to strive for
improvements and highlight the inter-relatedness of water
to human health and sustainable development.
The theme for this year is "Water for Life: 2005-2015”
and marks the beginning of the UN’s “International
Decade for Action”.

more:
http://www.waterandwastewater.com/www_services/news_center/publish/article_00525.shtml



Shri Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, Minister for Water Resources
on the occasion of pre-function press conference as
regards World Water Day being celebrated on March 22, 2005.
"The United Nations General Assembly adopted a
resolution on 22nd December 1992 by which 22nd March
of each year was declared World Day for Water to be
observed starting in 1993

more:
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=8014


WATER FOR LIFE: THEME FOR WORLD WATER DAY:
WORLD WATER DAY BEING CELEBRATED ON
MARCH 22, 2005

PRIYARANJAN DASMUNSHI TO INAUGURATE:
DELHI CHIEF MINISTER TO ALSO ADDRESS

DR. KIRIT PARIKH TO DELIVER
KANWAR SAIN MEMORIAL LECTURE ON
WATER DAY

more:
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=7972



WORLD WATER DAY - 22 March 2005
By UNICEF Maldives (English News)
22/3/2005

The World Water Day for 2005 (22 March) is guided
by the new water decade’s theme “
Water for Life”, the starting day for the new
International Decade on Water 2005 – 2015.
As the International Decade for Action “
Water for Life” begins, the United
Nations and Governments are seeking to galvanize
efforts to meet the internationally agreed target on
halving the number of people without access to safe
drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015.

more:
http://www.aafathisnews.com.mv/main.asp?inctype=english&StoryID=5339,001100030005.asp



On World Water Day, glass half empty for fifth
of world's children
22 Mar 2005

Ninety days after water generated horror and headlines
around the globe, UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy
said that 400 million children - almost one fifth of all
children - lack even the bare minimum of safe water they need
to live...

more:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=21664



GENEVA Mar 22, 2005 — The lack of any major
outbreak of disease in areas hit by the Dec. 26 tsunami
is largely due to the rapid deployment of clean water and
sanitation teams, the international Red Cross said Tuesday.

more:
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=602733



WORLD WATER DAY:
Warming Threatens Precious Wetlands

Stephen Leahy

BROOKLIN, Canada, Mar 22 (IPS) -
South America's giant Pantanal wetland could
be destroyed should global temperatures rise
three to four degrees C., as would 85 percent
of the world's wetlands, according to a new report.

more
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=27972




WORLD WATER DAY-ASIA:
Private Sector Still Eyeing to Own Every Drop
Anil Netto

PENANG, Malaysia, Mar 22 (IPS) -
Selling water rights to private institutions
and then having people buy them back again
is an issue that keeps rearing its ugly head
at every World Water Day, which falls on Mar. 22.

more:
http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27968


World: Water Day A Reminder That
Life Depends On This Liquid Gold
By Breffni O'Rourke

Water -- clear, cool water -- is one of the necessities
and also one of the blessings of life. But in a world of
growing human populations, and many ecological
problems, water is becoming increasingly scarce,
particularly in arid regions like Central Asia.
World Water Day is being observed today as
a reminder that this commodity is capable of
provoking political tension as well as peace.

more:
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/3/4447B08D-0E2B-4581-8A8A-199BFBCCE449.html


Water Consumption In Brunei
Highest In ASEAN Region
Bandar Seri Begawan

Water consumption in the Sultanate has increased
by 91 per cent over a decade and will continue to
increase and reach 485 litres per day in 2015.

more:
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/Mar05/230305/nite04.htm



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