News for the soul — save water

Even though 71% of the earth is covered by water, in many parts of our world, water is an issue. Did you know that 97.2% of earth’s water is in seas and oceans, meaning that it is too salty to be usable and that a further 2.15% is in ice caps? That means less than 1% of the world’s water is usable by humans and many other living creatures (National Geographic). As well as being so meagre, the fresh water that does exist is not distributed evenly. For some people, there are plenty of water sources but no infrastructure to...