Water Crisis: A Global Problem That's Getting Worse | Planet A

You’ll never see a video like this in trending people aren’t going to know how serious something actually is until it effects their livelihood.

It's always funny hearing that we can still reverse things. We all know nothing will happen until things are irreversible. Until the rich and powerful turn the tap and all they see is murky water, or nothing.

The saddest thought knowing, is that useless human greed has contributed to this, and it is depressing to know that those who can truly make change, seem to only make change when it will affect them.

Its always about "we" & "us" but its mostly the big companies who are responsible for their actions.

Is there really any hope left? I feel like an environmental collapse is inevitable

Boycott nestle products, support water rights orgs, and plant mangrove trees (Eden Reforestation does this for example). Small actions make big impact.

Im from Cape Town, South Africa... I've /We've experienced this first hand... People fought over water.. Coz our dams almost ran dry... Yes a coastal City's dams almost ran dry... THIS IS VERY SERIOUS... WE HAD TO REUSE every drop we could..

It seems like sooner or later, everything will come crashing down on our species.

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This situation is so sad and scary

This is terrifying. 15 years. I remember 15 years ago. That time flew by. Our sweet easy lives are going to change rapidly You'll either survive to watch or die trying to make it.

I just can’t help but to look at my kids and shed a few tears watching things like these.

Yes, it is so terrible how humans impacted the biosphere of Earth that rely on resources like water.

I live in Garowe Somalia and the situation is scary there is no rain here. Underground water might disappear. The small dams and watertanks we have are not getting any rain.

I live in what is probably among the top ten cities in terms of tap water quality in the entire world. It's very noticeable how significant the difference is just by traveling to pretty much anywhere. Yet, it comes from Mälaren, flowing to the Baltic sea. There is talk about that flow switching direction with more sea level rise. Then our situation would quickly get much worse.

Why do I do this to myself, I could be watching a kitten video right now....

Rural agricultural Oklahoma and Texas are well on their way to becoming outright expansive deserts if we don't stop what we're doing here. My mom grew up in Oklahoma, it's always been dry but wasn't this bad when she was younger in her memory. There's earthquakes and sinkholes here from the oil fields now too, those never happened when she was a kid, but are becoming a regular feature of the state in some parts. It's absolutely horrifying because the few parts of Oklahoma that still hold rich wildlife and flora are drying too, and I worry for the animals on the reserves, especially the Bison and the Elk near my home. The lakes are all filthy, none of the tourists have respect, and there's no agency for indigenous restoration of control in regards to water sources or wilderness. All the while the water service prices rise and rise as water quality decreases. North America was stolen in the first place, and the balance needs to be restored with the #landback movement. We have to empower indigenous peoples in protecting their homes and the Earth, empower them in our governments, and dismantle the capitalist system that seeks to reap the Earth of everything until it's too late. We can't put a giant made up game of Monopoly over the vitality of the Earth itself. Water is life. The Choctaw nation stood with the Irish, and as an Irish American I respect and uphold the solidarity between the culture of my relatives who survived famine and were assisted by the Choctaw, who were struggling themselves. As a human being I want to see us continue to advance, because I see our potential and our beauty beyond the terrible things some are capable of. We are meant to Be on this Earth, not to consume it. Humanity is better than greed, altruism and compassion are how we evolved to advance, believe it or not with all the cruelty we can display, our inate nature is that of co-operation and co-habitation. We can fix this, we just have to get to work weeding out those infected with greedy intent who are too proud to admit the truth of the peril we approach. We need to heal the wounds and protect the Earth, and reverse the effects of colonialism with legislation that repairs the rights of marginalized and impoverished populations, particularly BIPOC.

The scarcity of water is evident across the globe; we all are aware of it but still not paying attention to the imminent danger.

From what I understand, Milton Friedman is the biggest villain here when he 'decreed' that companies must only be responsible to their shareholders and not (as was the case) to the community too. In other words, companies must do all in their power to return a profit to shareholders 'no matter what'. We have the power to change this.

It is incredible how people around me don't care about this at all... and its ALL happening in front of their eyes...