The Forgotten Cycle

The video tells the story of mismanagement of the water cycle in a blue planet sustained by water. Problems of over-use, pollution and leakage of water are highlighted. A paradigm shift in thinking is advocated. Viewers are reminded that there are plenty of technologies available to clean dirty water and finance is hardly a constraint. The only missing ingredient is political will and viewers are urged to push their political leaders to take action. Ultimately, the video makes a call to manage the water cycle as a whole.
Santoor, a musical instrument, highly evocative of water plays in the background.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ADB Water
• water pollution
• sahana singh
• water technologies

[sahanasingh]

chanakya1939 thanks for the ideas for a sequel. My view is that while individual actions are most welcome, they cannot have the vast, wide-ranging effects that can be achieved by governmental policy implementation. Of course the ideal situation is to marry individual effort with governmental action.

Unless we bring pressure upon governments to come down heavily on water polluters and wasters.we are not getting anywhere.

[chanakya1939]

Reminds us of famous JFK's speech......."Ask not what your country can do for you - Ask what you can do for your country".It may be a good idea to bring a sequel to this video clip incorporating more remedial measures to delay the inevitable if not to entirely avoid the looming disaster.

The message is now music to ears.Will this remain music after several years????........

[chanakya1939]

Present water cycle as prevalent in our planet cannot possibly support a population of more than 2 billion & we have already reached that figure. Government cannot bring any effective legislation to control the population.

We have to do it. Possibly some NGO's may step-in too.

[chanakya1939]

Even though it is the main responsibility of the Government to take care of the water supply and the maintenance, the common man cannot escape his own responsibilities too.In the end it all boils down to the number of consumers or the population. Unless this is controlled no plan can succeed.

[Critic1945]

This Planet has produced several Nobel Prize winners for Physics, Science, medicines & Politicians who fought for peace, preserving life etc. What will become of this planet without water?.

Where are these Scientists & Policy makers & what are they doing?....

A beautiful clip.Real music to ears. Alas!!- if only Parliamentarians wake up and heed the call....

[gvseshagiri]

This is a thought provoking film.Hope policy makers will be inspired to take real interest in preserving our 'forgotten water cycle'.The comparison of interest shown by scientists & journalists in finding traces of JUST a constituent of water in distant moon & the total neglect of the beautiful readymade divine water cycle on our earth is well illustrated.The least we can do is to treat domestic & industrial effluents with so many available technologies shown before discharging finally.....

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