Work Together Globally To: 'SAVE OUR RIVERS', by Vinod Bodhankar

People's Movements to SAVE OUR RIVERS & RIVER BASINSHuman beings settled wherever water was available.Clean fresh flowing water was available at rivers So the early settlements are on the banks of the Rivers like the Nile, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges, and others. The Rivers 'digested' and 'recycled' our wastes for thousands of years. In the last few decades the population has grown and the culture of 'Use and Throw' has created packaging which is designed in order to help us to lazily avoid having to wash the containers. We have also added pollutants to our effluents - pollutants which nature has yet to learn how to 'digest' and 'recyle' into harmless components.The entire population of the River Basin is of stake-holders who are today unaware of their responsibilities towards the protection of the river and the conservation of the river as a sustainable resource. For most human beings in urban areas the flow of water begins from the tap and ends at the drain-hole - and there is no responsibility felt about the flow of water before the tap and the flow of water after the drain-hole. This network on change.org will:1. Gather and highlight information about Activism related to Saving Rivers, from all over our planet.2. Facilitate the sharing of this Data so that the sharing of experiences empowers each of the people's movements 3. Raise and engage funds and human resources for the networking of people's movements which are focussed on saving rivers4. The primary focus is on networking 'to bring back people to visit the rivers physically'. People's Movements like the Jaladindi People's Movement in the Upper Bhima River Basin in Maharashtra State, India will be discussed along with all movements from all over our planet where Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) and Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) are empowered by People Awakening and Mass-Action-Engagement. 5. The change will act as a forum to evolve a Shared Overiew of how we are managing/mismanaging our rivers, and to evolve a personal river-ethic of 'what can I do for my river'.Tags: Civic Health, Cultural Health, Environmental Health, Personal Health, Social Health, Spiritual HealthMembers: 37