Human beings need Water:

Several Buddhist monks are walking over a terraced waterfall.

If man was gesture water would be his history.

A beautiful river, it’s water perfectly reflecting the skies, is lowly flowing down a wide valley, disappearing on the horizon.

If water is a dream, water is the direction.

Arctic night sky, an Ice shelf on which an Igloo has been built, in the distance some rolling hills, some with trees, a valley cutting the hills and the sky is filled with boreal lights ranging the full rainbow spectrum.

If men is a village, water is the world.

High up on the mountains, dark heavy rocky constellations, the view directed slightly downwards and towards the horizon, the skies filled with cloud formations. Far away at the horizon a snow covered mountain can be observed.

If men are remembering water is the memory.

Beautiful image of a very big waterfall, its origin at the end of an abyss like drop of.

If men are alive then water is that life.

Paris at night. A large fountain with many jets of water, creating a slightly misty atmosphere through which one can observe the illuminated Eifel tower.

If men are children then water is Paris.

Children playing on a grass field, being irrigated by two jets of water.

If men step the water, it will splash them.

A wooden bridge leading over a hot spring. The water surface invisible, hidden under the fog created by the hot water evaporations.

Take care of that water just like it does and did take care of you.

An astonishing waterfall formation, terraced levels, the water decending between rich green vegetation over the various steps.

It jumps, it dunks…

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Humungous waterfall, mist and spray filling the air and partially hiding the horizon. Skies filled with grey clouds, it looks like it’s going to rain…

It flies, it washes…

Rough seas, a windy day. The turquoise water is agitated, building up its waves. A sandy beach with some large rocks at its end is being washed by this natural beauty.

Water that comes and goes…

A deep cut valley, water descending from high above, having made its way through these hard rocks. The mist is filling the air. Green, rich vegetation besides the rivers bed.

River, mist…

Sweet Flowers are receiving finest pure water droplets.

Rain, Fog…

Seaside, pure salty water, slight waves, transparency. At the horizon some Islands. Clear skies and few clouds…

Cloud, Source, Ice, Sea…

A mountain lake in a zone of little vegetation.

Water, mud in the way…

The Grand Canyon, source of life for millions of people. The water having cut its way through the tough rocks with patience and persistence.

Water sculpting landscapes…

Indian Summer in Virginia. A watermill in the background, old, but still working. It’s water wheel being turned by the patient persistence of the flowing water.

Water that moves mills…

A child jumping backwards into the floods of crystal pure water. What a joy. Will we be able to do this for much longer?

Water giving thirst when being named…

Iced landscape. Small water surface in the foreground. Pointy rocks separating the water surface from the sea. A beautiful rainbow reaching down onto the water surface.

Water that can with fire…

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Moved seas, a unique rock in the middle, its centre having been pierced by the consistency of the water masses, creating a huge arc.

Water that makes holes in rock…

A very high snow covered mountain, surrounded by blue skies and few clouds. How much water is held within this mountain, pure clean water?

Water that you are in the skies…

Woman standing on rocky seashore with her arms spread up into the misted air, looking towards the horizon.

As on earth…

Coaxial view of a tunnel wave. In the background the coast line, beach and vegetation.

It jumps, it dunks…

Breathtaking waterfall, the highest one on earth. Two persons descending in free fall, with parachutes on their backs. The air is full of mist, the ground hard to see.

It flies, it washes…

Another immense waterfall. Its dimensions are hard to make out. It looks like it is covering the whole scene, arriving at the abyss, disappearing in the deep.

Water that comes and goes…

The Niagara Falls. A sight seeing boat approaching the misty floods. How much water is flowing down these cliffs. It seems as if never-ending. But is it really?

River, Mist…

Huge mountains, a large valley separating them. The valleys bottom is invisible, hidden by clouds and fog. On the left a mountain goat going about it’s business. The mountain on the right is snow covered, touching perfect blue skies.

Rain, Fog…

Cloud, Source, Ice, Sea…

A seagull flying over slightly moved seas. It’s freedom is god given. The water masses below it represent its life support. We must not take that away…

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From here on down a recopilation of the text of the “letter”:

A letter written in the year 2070

We are in the Year 2070
I’ve just turned 50 but my appearance is of an 85 year old person. I have serious kidney problems because I drink to little water. I believe that I’ve little time left.
Today I’m one of the oldest persons in our society!!

I remember when I was 5 years old.
Everything was different.
There were many trees in the parks, the houses had nice gardens and I was able to enjoy a bath or take a long shower.
Today we use hygienic tissues humidified in mineral oil to clean our skin!

In the past women showed their beautiful hair.
Today we have to shave our heads to keep them clean without the use of water.
Back then my father washed his car with the water which came out of the water house.
Today the children cant believe that water ever was used in such a way.

I remember that there were many Announcements that said:
DONT WASTE WATER,
Only that nobody cared; everybody thought that water would never finish.
Today all the rivers, dams, lakes and other water sources are irreversibly contaminated or used up.

Huge deserts replace the landscape which is all around of us.
Gastrointestinal infections, skin diseases and diseases of the urinary evacuation system are the main causes of death.

The industry is paralyzed and unemployment is dramatic. The desalination factories are the main source of employment and they pay you with potable water instead of wage.

The assaults for a can of water are common in the deserted streets. The food is 80% synthetic.

In the past the ideal amount of water as indicated to drink was eight glasses per day for an adult person. Today I only can drink half a glass.

The clothes are wear and tear, which increases the amount of trash; we had to return to old fashioned wells and septic tanks like in the last century because the networks of sewers cannot be used due to the lack of water.

The appearance of the population is horrible; bodies become weak, wrinkled by the dehydration, plenty of sores in the skin by the ultra-violet rays that do not have the ozone layer that filtered them in the atmosphere.

Because of the dryness of the skin a young person of 20 years appears to be 40.
The scientists investigate, but there is no possible solution.
Water cannot be made; oxygen also is degraded by lack of trees. This degradation of oxygen has diminished the intellectual coefficient of the new generations.

The morphology of sperm of many individuals was altered. As a consequence many children are born with insufficiencies, mutations and deformations.

The government even makes us pay for the air we breathe, 137 m3 per day by adult inhabitant.
The people who cannot pay are excluded from the “ventilated zones”, that are equipped with gigantic mechanical lungs that work with solar energy. They are not of good quality, but it is possible to breathe.
The average age of humans is 35 years.

In some countries some vegetation spots with their respective river are left and are strongly watched over by the army.
The water became a very coveted treasure, more than gold or diamonds.

Here however, there are no trees because it almost never rains, and when a precipitation gets registered, it is of acid rain.
The years seasons severely are transformed by atomic testing and from the polluting industries of the 20th century.
It was strongly advised then to watch the environment but nobody followed that advice.

When my daughter asks me to tell her how it was when I was young, I describe the beauty of the forests.
I speak to her of rain, the flowers, of how pleasant it was to take a bath and be able to fish in the rivers and the lakes, to drink all the water that you wanted.
And about how healthy people were then.

She asks me:
- Dad! Why isnt there any more water?
Thats when I feel this node in my throat grow

I cannot but feel guilty, because I belong to the generation that ended up destroying the environment or simply did not take into account all those many warnings.

Now our children are paying a very high price

Sincerely I believe that life on Earth within very little will no longer be possible because the destruction of the environment arrived at an irreversible point.

Oh, how much I would like to return back and to make that all the humanity had understood that…
… when still we could have done something to save our planet Earth!
With this post I want to wake up YOUR consciousness about the situation of our worlds resources.
This is not a game! Today this is our reality. So, do something for your children, if you dont have any children jet, maybe some day you will. Dont leave them to disaster Inherit life.

Slide Author: Ria Ellwanger in collaboration with: Lopez Chavez Ariel Alahin
riaellw@globo.com, alainlopez909@hotmail.com
Text: Magazine “Crnica de los Tiempos, April 2002.
Music: An Inconvenient Truth Images: Getty Images