Citizen Engagement & World Water Day

The UN World Water Day happens annually on March 22. This year, UN Water has teamed up with the Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) to present "World Water Day 2012: The World is Thirsty Because we are Hungry." When we factor in the amount of water required to make many of the foods we eat daily, we see that our water footprint is actually much larger than perhaps originally thought.

For example, statistics say that each of us drinks 2 to 4 litres of water every day. However most of the water we ‘drink’ is embedded in the food we eat; producing 1 kilo of beef for example consumes 15,000 litres of water while 1 kilo of wheat ’drinks up’ 1,500 litres. We can have a positive impact on our water footprint by re-evaluating our food choices!

Check your virtual water footprint here!

Future Diplomats In-Training: CANIMUN 2012

The Canadian International Model UN (CANIMUN) was held this past weekend at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB. Although designed for university students, the Calgary Current received a special invitation to participate given their great reputation within UNA-Canada.

The Indonesian delegation @ CANIMUN 2012

Students from the Calgary Current made up a delegation that represented the Republic of Indonesia on the Rio+20, the GA1, and the WHO committees. After a crash course on the rules and procedures of model UNs, the students worked towards solutions on Arctic sovereignty, private security companies, the green economy, social determinants of health, global pandemics, and global technology transfers.