World Water Day, March 22
“Each day 4,500 children die around the world due to mostly preventable water and sanitation- related diseases,” said David Douglas, President of Water Advocates, a US-based nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing American support for safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. “That’s about 135,000 lives per month — a small city’s worth of children — an ongoing disaster by anyone’s standards.”
25 OTHER Things I’ve Learned Since Moving to Tucson
In today’s Caliente section of the Star, there is a promising-ly titled article “What I’ve Learned About Tucson” by Coley Ward, a new Caliente reporter who’s been in Tucson about a month longer than I have. The article was an enjoyable read, but….