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Mar
22
2011

World Water Day 2011

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I do a silly thing at work most days, when I remember. I send my colleagues a fun email in the morning, letting them know what that day’s national food holiday is. For example, yesterday was National French Bread Day. So, I sent them an email with a small tidbit about the “holiday,” and some quirky little joke about having some French Onion soup with my French bread (since yesterday was cold and rainy!).

After doing this brief little thing, I decided to look again and see what today’s food-themed holiday would be. I didn’t see one. So I scrolled down the website page I use for reference, where monthly holidays are listed, and found that March 22 is World Water Day.

I was curious about what that meant. So last night, I Googled it, and discovered that World Water Day is a number of things:

  • World Water Day is an international day to celebrate freshwater. According to the World Water Day 2011 web site (linked to above), “it was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater.”
  • This year’s theme is Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge. Again, according to the website, the theme “aims to focus international attention on the impact of rapid urban population growth, industrialization and uncertainties caused by climate change, conflicts and natural disasters on urban water systems…Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge, aims to spotlight and encourage governments, organizations, communities and individuals to actively engage in addressing the challenges of urban water management.”
  • You can follow World Water Day on Twitter @UNW_WWD
  • You can “Like” World Water Day on Facebook
  • You can check out pictures from around the world on Flickr
  • And finally, you can read here about the issues being faced today.

I drink water everyday, and I surely take it for granted. I don’t think about where it comes from, nor do I think about whether it’s clean. I take for granted that it is.

Today, I am celebrating my love for water, my favorite drink. And I’m writing this post to help bring awareness to a day reminding those of us who are lucky to enjoy what we feel is a basic human right, and hoping we all remember that it is not, and not everyone has clean, fresh water coming out of their spickets.

I did a mani for World Water Day, in hopes that someone will say something about it, and I can share information with them about today.

I used two coats of China Glaze First Mate as my base. Then I stamped the bubbles from Konad plate M16 in Pastel Blue, White Pearl and China Glaze Adore. I used Seche Vite to seal the whole thing up.

I have plenty of posts to do reviewing makeup and polish, but I’ve been caught up doing these NOTD posts for holidays, and having quite a bit of fun doing them! Weekends have been full – family, friends, bridal/baby showers galore :)

I’m still a slacker in responding to emails and comments. I spent last night reorganizing and cleaning our bedroom, doing this mani quickly, and posting this late.  Forgive me if there are errors! Especially Aleya – I owe you an email, thank you for writing!! I want to properly reply, not just rush off a response!

Have a great day, all!

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4 comments

  1. Aleya Bamdad says:

    March 22, 2011 at 5:49 pm (UTC -5 )

    What a great way to celebrate world water day. Your nails look great!

    1. BeautyJudy says:

      March 26, 2011 at 7:58 pm (UTC -5 )

      THanks, Aleya!!

  2. Lucy says:

    March 22, 2011 at 11:39 am (UTC -5 )

    Adorable manicure. Love the little bubbles. Fresh water is what we take for granted. You know from international news that many countries don’t have fresh water. I was watching a program a few months ago about a reservation in Arizona. I forget what American Indian tribe it was but they only had one place on the whole reservation with fresh water. They had to drive many miles each day to fill up containers. There wasn’t indoor plumbing or electricity. The basic necessities of life weren’t to be had. I was really shocked. I didn’t think anyone in the United States lived like this. What’s wrong with our government!

    1. BeautyJudy says:

      March 26, 2011 at 7:58 pm (UTC -5 )

      THanks Lucy! I didn’t know that there were places like that in the US, either, that is disheartening. The statement, “What’s wrong with our government” could take A LONG TIME to answer… LOL

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