World Water Day
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An international day to celebrate freshwater, focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
Recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
» http://www.unwater.org/activities/awareness-campaigns/world-water-day/en/
United Nations official Water Day 2014 site - about the event, fact and figures.
How the water cycle works and contributes to the people, economy, culture, food production and environment of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Worth Understanding and Worth Celebrating
Environmental sustainability work sheets and links to other Austalian water saving programs.
Student video distributed on youtube.
This musical animation introduces Ebenezer 'Eb' Droppinson, and his sister Florence 'Flo', who fall from their rain cloud into the upper reaches of the Murrumbidgee River near the Snowy Mountains. They travel past Canberra to Burrinjuck Dam.
Water watch NSW - How to become involved including links to the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage web site for field guides and records.
Available for download or loan to Landcare groups and Networks.