The 1,900 Foot Climb For Water
Lupe Fiasco, Kenna, Jessica Biel, and others climbed Mount Kilimanjaro recently to raise to awareness of the global water crisis. Your probably wondering what do they have to do with each other. Well, sometimes people do weird shit to get attention i.e. people walk in circles for days to raise money for cancer. (c) Julian G. So what is it that we need to know about the water crisis?? Well here are some not so fun facts.
- 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease. (11)
- 43% of water-related deaths are due to diarrhea. (11)
- 84% of water-related deaths are in children ages 0 – 14. (11)
- 98% of water-related deaths occur in the developing world. (11)
- 884 million people, lack access to safe water supplies, approximately one in eight people. (5)
- The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns. (1)
- At any given time, half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by patients suffering from a water-related disease. (1)
- Less than 1% of the world’s fresh water (or about 0.007% of all water on earth) is readily accessible for direct human use. (12)
Please check out http://summitonthesummit.com for detailed accounts of their climb.
Facts cited at water.org
Song of the Week- Wale-Um Ricka f.K’Naan
DC Artist Wale and Somali Artist K'Naan, team up to produce a monster record "Um Ricka". Both artists being of African decent, attack issues of immigration, assimilation, education, and the over glorification of "gangsterdom". Enjoy the message!
"A realist is a pessimist in disguise"
The other day a friend said to me, “A realist is a pessimist in disguise”. I thought about it for a minute and it started to resonate. One persons fear is another person’s reality. When someone tries to talk you out of something and says, “I’m just being a realist” there secretly saying, I’m afraid to do what it s that you are trying to do. Being a “realist” puts a ceiling on natural progress. Instead of being real, be undeniable! Be purposeful and extraordinarily zealous! Live beyond the realm of comprehension in between passion and insanity. Because being a “realist” just isn’t good enough.
Inspired by Courcy D. Magnus