List of Possible Recipients (Clean Water Please Team, Nelson Salgado)

1.       Environmental Defense

They work to link science, economics and law to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems.

257 Park Avenue South

New York, NY 10010

Telephone: (212) 505-2100

Fax: (212) 505-2375

http://www.edf.org/email.cfm?contentID=6787

2.       Earthjustice

Public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment

426 17th Street, 6th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612-2820

(510) 550-6700

(800) 584-6460

(510) 550-6740 (fax)

info@earthjustice.org

3.       Earth Rights International

Activists, organizers, and lawyers working on human rights, environment, and corporate/government accountability.

Washington Office

1612 K Street, NW

Suite 401

Washington, DC  20006

Tel. (202) 466-5188

infousa@earthrights.org

4.       Friends of the Earth – United States

Campaigns on the most urgent environmental and social issues of our day while simultaneously catalyzing a shift toward sustainable societies.

311 California Street

Suite 510

San Francisco, CA 94104

P 415-544-0790

F 415-544-0796

5.       GRACE - Global Resource Action Center for the Environment

Links with the research, policy and grassroots communities to protect the quality of the environment and preserve the future of the planet.

215 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1001

New York, NY 10016

info@gracelinks.org

tel: 212 726 9161

fax: 212 726 9160

6.       The Pew Charitable Trusts

It is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life.

PHILADELPHIA OFFICE

One Commerce Square

2005 Market Street, Suite 1700

Philadelphia, PA 19103-7077

tel: 215.575.9050

fax: 215.575.4939

WASHINGTON, DC

901 E St. NW

Washington, DC 20004-2008

tel: 202.552.2000

fax: 202.552.2299

info@pewtrusts.org. 

7.       World Resources Institue

WRI is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives.

10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)

Washington, DC 20002 USA

Phone: 1 202-729-7600

Fax: 1 202-729-7610

8.       American Water Works Association

AWWA is headquartered at 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235-3098.  Our Government Affairs office is at 1300 Eye St. NW, Suite 701W, Washington, D.C. 20005-3314. Call the Denver office at 303.794.7711 and the D.C. office at 202.628.8303.

9.       Clean Water Action

Clean Water Action is an organization of 1.2 million members working to empower people to take action to protect America's waters, build healthy communities and to make democracy work for all of us.

Texas

1303 San Antonio St, Suite 100

Austin TX 78701

Tel: 512-637-9482

Fax: 512-284-9742

txcwa@cleanwater.org

10.    José Celín Discua Elvir

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of El Paraíso

Danlí, Honduras:  763-2760 / 763-4756

Tegucigalpa, Honduras:     232-5906 / 237-2134

josediscua@congreso.gob.hn

11.    Marcia Facussé Andonie

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of Francisco Morazán

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: 239-9250

marciafacusse@congreso.gob.hn

12.    Jariet Waldina Paz

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of Francisco Morazán

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: 232-2925 / 239-7843

jarieywaldina@congreso.gob.hn

13.    Honduran Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA)

100 meters south of National Stadium, Tegucigalpa, M.D.C, Honduras

Phone:   (504) 232-1386

(504) 239-2011

Email: sdespacho@yahoo.com

http://www.serna.gob.hn

14.    Yadira Esperanza Bendaña Flores

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of Francisco Morazán

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (504) 211-8734

yadirabendana@congreso.gob.hn

15.    Nelly Karina Jérez Caballero

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of Francisco Morazán

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (504) 239-8734

nellyjerez@congreso.gob.hn

16.    Abraham Kafati Díaz

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of El Paraíso

Phone Numbers:

Danlí, Honduras: (504) 763-2034 / 763-5717/18

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (504) 239-7993

abrahamkafati@congreso.gob.hn

17.    Mario Edgardo Segura Aroca

Deputy of Honduras’ Congress for the province of El Paraíso

Phone Numbers:

El Paraíso, Honduras: (504) 793-4234

Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (504) 235-5153

mariosegura@congreso.gob.hn

18.    Ecco Hands Green Culture

Norma Orellana, Director

Zerón neighborhood, San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Phone: 97253565

E-mail:    eccoshands@gmail.com

Web:      http://www.eccoshands.jimdo.com

19.    Honduran Environment Protection

Danny Caballero, Director

Plaza Residential neighborhood, Block 47, Casa 3117

Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Phone: (504) 230-0356

Fax:        (504) 230-0356

E-mail:    prohmeda@yahoo.com.mx

20.    Oscar Urrutia

Mayor of Danlí city, Honduras

El Zarzal neighborhood, Danlí, Honduras

· Tuesday, October 19th, main library, 10.27Am, seven users of the eleven computers are “Facebooking”

The social network

A movie by David Fincher, the social network is a movie inspired on real facts: The creation of the famous social networking site Facebook. The story take place at Harvard University in 2003. The main character, Mark Zuckerberg , when his girlfriend Erica breaks up with him, decides to write vengefully on the web about her. In the following of this madness, he creates Facemash, a website were the university guys are invited to rate campus girls against each other. That was the beginning of Facebook.

This movie shows Two mains things:

· The Big importance of little acts on the web

When Erica broke up with Mark, he went and writes bad things on the website, which makes about 6600 potential readers in Harvard, 30489 potential readers within people who often visit the Harvard website and millions of people all around the word. This act was just an act of vengeance and after in the movie we see that he regrets it but when something is on the web, it is hard to erase its consequences.

· Money is the aim, Money is the issue

All is about money and fame. Mark Zuckerberg makes about $22 billons of incomes only with Facebook, The important amount of money create betray: the police is called while the web entrepreneur Sean Parker, who was one of the header of the facebook project ,was in a party where cocaine and other drugs were every where. He has been arrested .Who called the police? It can just be a hazard.Then, what is sure is that Eduardo Saverin, his geek friend who have a better social success that he does, being cut out of the action of Facebook is not hazardous and shows how self fame is important:now he is the only one at the head of this firm.

By Hamadoun Issabre

interview questions by Genshu

*Can we use underground water as a safe drinking water?
*Can we change sea water to drinking water?

*What is the biggest problem against human beings causes unsafe water?

*What is the biggest problem against nature causes unsafe water?

*What is the most effective solution in order to decrease the amount of people who are sick because of water?

*Which is more effective making water clean and finding clean water?

*Do you think disease caused by water disappear?

*Do you agree with the opinion that dirty water kill more people than a war?

*Do you think saving water leads to decrease the amount of people who are suffering from dirty water?

*What do you do not to make water dirty?

Hamadoun's interview questions:-how important is this issues nowadays?

• could it be resolve in a realistic word or "Clean water for everybody is just a concept"?

• regarding to state policies (in a overview), Do you think that if things keep evolving the way they are, this issue is gonna be resolve?

• to resolve this issue,what are the main causes we should focus on?

• as the poorest state of the united state is the mississippi concern with this problem?

• If yes: -is there any local measure to solve the problem ?

-is there any individual initiatives ?

• at what scale this project could have impacts (it's known that we are well determined)

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (By Nelson Salgado)

If one of my experts were a Chemical Engineer these would be some of my questions:

1. What do you think are the main causes of the water pollution in the United States?
2. Do you think that the same causes are affecting the situation of water pollution in developing countries?
3. What do you think is the role that industry performs in the water pollution at a world scale?
4. What can industrial companies do to prevent high levels of water pollution?
5. If a company want to start to incorporate the recycling and eco-friendly industrial techniques, How can it do it? Is it possible? Is there more limitations besides the economic aspect?
6. How could the developing countries have access to eco-friendly industrial techniques?
7. Do you think that the recycling initiatives are or could be helpful to reduce the water pollution?
8. Is there future for the recycling initiatives as a part of the reduction of water pollution itinerary? What do you think about it?
9. What are the main consequences of the industrial processes that increase the water pollution problem?
10. With the accelerated growth of industry and the lack of water because of its pollution, How do you think will the future in terms of availability to water in the U.S. and the world? Chaotic? No difference? Why?

Resources (Genshu Ota)

Causes:

Cause#1
*Liquid Assets
Demographic influences water resources

Cause#2
*Water, Power and Citizenship
government and water in Mexico

Cause#15
*Risk of Vessel Accidents and Spills in the Aleutian Islands
oil problem in the Aleutian Island

Cause#5
*economics of water pollution
Growth of industry makes water dirty


Consequences:

Consequences#10
*Reflection on Water
conflicts about water

Consequences#11
*Climate Change and Global Poverty
Shortage of clean water because of climate change leads to poverty.

Consequences#16
*The World's Water 2000-2001
relations between water and food

Solutions:

Solution#11
*Coping with Water Scarcity
About education of attitude to water

Solution#13
*Water Use, Management, and Planning in the United States
this book refers to how to manage water of governments and companies



Solution#1
*Water Management in 2020 and Beyond
Strengthen laws and institution to cope with water




ARTICLES

Causes#1
*Progress towards the child mortality millennium development goal in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the dynamics of population growth, immunization, and access to clean water.
Demographic explosion causes death and illness


Causes#2
*Redefining Progress at the Third World Water Forum in Kyoto
about lack of government ability to manage water


Cause#2
*The Mexico World Water Forum's Ministerial Declaration 2006: A Dramatic Policy Shift?
About relations between government and water


Consequences#10
*War on the Water Front.
War from water problems


Consequences#10
*Water as a Human Right: The Palestinian Occupied Territories as an Example
Conflict from water problems


Consequences#1,2
*Unsafe water kills more people than war, Ban says on World Day
about death and illness from dirty water


Consequences#1,2
*Sustainable Control of Water-Related Infectious Diseases: A Review and Proposal for Interdisciplinary Health-Based Systems Research
Death and illness from dirty water


Solution#15
*Achieving safe drinking water — risk management based on experience and reality.
To make water clean, and to keep water clean

WATER POLLUTION: LIST OF SOURCES (BY NELSON SALGADO)

BOOK SOURCES

Source #1

"Saving The Earth: A Citizen's Guide To Environmental Action"

It Refers to:

Solution # 5: Make the people aware of the situation and how it will go if they don't change the way they act.

This book emphasizes the actions that can be develop for the population in general (the common citizen) to solve, or at least help to heal some of the environmental problems including the water pollution. It offers solutions that we all can apply in our houses or that we can take the initiative to do it.


Source # 2
"Water Quality in A Stressed Environment: Readings in Environmental Hydrology"
It refers to:

Cause #5: Growth of Industry

The most important contribution for our research is that this book explains some facts about the pollutions in aquifers: the relation between soil and water pollution and it explain how industrial processes pollute the ground water from the point of view of the hydrology.

Source # 3
"Oil Spill Debris: Where To Put The Waste. Interagency Energy/Environment R&D Program Report"

It Refers to:

Cause#15: Oil Industry
This book is from the collection of Government Documents. Although bigger oil spills have taken place since 1980, there are interesting solutions proposed about what to with the rests produced for this type of environmental disasters with the main purpose that avoid they keep polluting the water.

Source # 4
"Environmental Pollutants: Detection and Measurement"
It refers to:

Cause # 11: Other industries (energy, nuclear energy, wood, fishing, etc.)

The most interesting part is the discussions among experts in different fields like laws, chemistry, environmental sciences, etc., trying to find solutions for different types of pollutions. Sometimes, the scientific terminology makes the lecture difficult but it is even possible catch the main idea.

Source # 5:

“The McGraw-Hill Recycling Handbook”

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This book explains many forms of recycling evaluating its repercussions, costs and advantages. It presents the recycling from different points of view: the industry, marketing, economy mentioning some of them.

Source # 6:

“Mind over Matter: Recasting the Role of Materials in Our Lives”

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This book explains how to reuse materials like metal or plastic in the construction and other fields. It evaluates the good factors and the risk of reusing materials.

Source # 7:

“Solid Waste Education Recycling Directory”

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

It summarizes the structure of some recycling programs applied successfully in the United States. It also contains the contacts for these programs

Source # 8:

“Industrial Prevention Handbook”

It refers to:

Solution #19: Force industrial companies to manage appropriate waste programs.

This book explains step by step some initiatives for different industries to reduce the pollution caused in the industrial processes. It uses a very technical language, but it is possible understand the information.

Source #9:

“Community Recycling: System Design to Management”

It refers to:

Solution # 15: Support the recycling initiatives.

It explains general concepts about recycling. It also evaluate the recycling management seeing the recycling as an industry.

Source # 10:

“Quality of Shallow Groundwater and Drinking Water in the Mississippi Embayment-Texas Coastal Uplands Aquifer System and the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South Central United States 1994-2004”

It refers to:

Cause # 11: Other industries (energy, nuclear energy, wood, fishing, etc.)

This federal book shows a hydrological study applied to the waters in the Mississippi Embayment. The structure of the scientific research could be applied in developing countries.

ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Source #1

“Waste prevention, recycling, and composting options lessons from 30 U.S. communities”

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/recy-com/

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This electronic book summarizes the experience of the recycling programs applied in some parts of the U.S. geography. It tries to present an introduction to the recycling as an industry.

Source #2

“Cash for your trash: Scrap recycling in America”

http://0-site.ebrary.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/lib/olemiss/Doc?id=10120772

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This electronic book shows us how the recycling and the business can match up perfectly. It’s interesting that at the beginning, it present the history of recycling.

Source # 3

“The U.S. Paper Industry and Sustainable Production: An Argument for Restructuring

Urban and Industrial Environments”

http://0-www.netlibrary.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/Details.aspx

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

The second half of the book is dedicated to the paper recycling. That is important because the paper is another important pollutant solid waste.

Source # 4:

"The greening of industrial ecosystems"

http://0-www.netlibrary.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=2529

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This electronic book mentions theories based on the waste cycle within the planet. It also explains these theories in the recycling frame.

Source # 5:               

“Recycling in multifamily dwellings: does convenience matter?”

http://0-search.ebscohost.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=16761375&site=ehost-live&scope=site

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

A recycling plan applied in Illinois is the main topic in this article. It evaluates pros and cons of this recycling program.

Source # 6:

“Not wasting waste”

http://0-web.ebscohost.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&hid=119&sid=60829f3c-b5b6-4d80-9c45-85c1fa505ee2%40sessionmgr111

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

It treats about the pros and cons of the recycling initiatives in the industry. It’s a short article and the lecture is easy to understand.

Source # 7:

“The Potential of Large-Scale Urban Waste Recycling: A Case Study of the National Recycling Programme in Singapore”

http://ejournals.ebsco.com/Direct.asp?AccessToken=95DQII58XD5UDUXI4I1P1Q49R1JR8M9JDJ&Show=Object

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

It treats about a recycling initiative applied in Singapore. It explains the challenges managing this program.

Source # 8:

"Benevolent and Benign? Using Environmental Justice to Investigate Waste related Impacts of Ecotourism in Destination Communities"

http://0-web.ebscohost.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&hid=119&sid=bdf3f85d-e599-4499-81f5-2ebf0b3e1236%40sessionmgr110

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

It’s an investigation about the recycling program used in the Costa Rica ecotourism. It evaluates the conflicts related with this initiative.

Source # 9:

“Recycling: A Second Chance”

http://0-web.ebscohost.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=119&sid=8685ed81-8a60-4190-a1fd-0669b6b0679d%40sessionmgr112

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

Brief and summarized. This one page article gives us an introduction to the necessary recycling programs and initiatives.

Source # 10

“Why do residents accept a demanding rule?: Fairness and social benefit as determinants of approval of a recycling system”

http://0-web.ebscohost.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&hid=119&sid=5211e004-3816-4720-9e95-0cd8c397fb95%40sessionmgr104

It refers to:

Solution #15: Support the recycling initiatives.

This article is the summarize of a research about the physiological aspects related in the insertion of a recycling program.