World Water Day 2025

Updated March 22, 2025
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Glaciers : the politics of ice
Taillant, Jorge Daniel
Paper Book
Though not traditionally thought of as strategic natural resources, glaciers are a crucial part of our global ecosystem playing a fundamental role in the sustaining of life around the world. Comprising three quarters of the world's freshwater, they freeze in the winter and melt in the summer,...
The secret lives of glaciers
Jackson, M
Paper Book
Geographer, adventurer, environmental educator, 2018 TED Fellow and National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer Dr. M Jackson studies and writes about glaciers and climate change worldwide.  Seeking to understand the wild diversity and complexity that exists between people and ice,...
Meltdown : discover Earth's irreplaceable glaciers and learn what you can do to save them
Sanchez, Anita
Paper Book
Meet the glaciers--before they disappear. Meltdown: Discover Earth's Irreplaceable Glaciers and Learn What You Can Do to Save Them is a kids' guide to the glorious but endangered world of glaciers. Glaciers may not be as well-known as rain forests or coral reefs, but they are just...
The age of melt : what glaciers, ice mummies, and ancient artifacts teach us about climate, culture, and a future without ice
Baril, Lisa
Paper Book
A thought-provoking scientific narrative investigating ice patch archaeology and the role of glaciers in the development of human culture. Glaciers figure prominently in both ancient and contemporary narratives around the world. They inspire art and literature....
Our vanishing glaciers : the snows of yesteryear and the future climate of the mountain west
Sandford, Robert W
Paper Book
Written by one of the most respected experts in water and water-associated climate science and featuring stunning photography collected over the past four decades, Our Vanishing Glaciers explains and illustrates why water is such a unique substance and how it makes life on this planet...
Chasing ice
Orlowski, Jeff
Blu-ray
Kingdom of frost : how the cryosphere shapes life on Earth
Vassnes, Bjorn
Paper Book
An award-winning science journalist explains what Earth's frozen waters tell us about the past, present, and future of humanity. "The Kingdom of Frost," or what scientists call the cryosphere, refers to all of Earth's frozen waters. Glaciers, ice caps, and fields of Arctic snow--the...
We are water protectors
Lindstrom, Carole
Paper Book
From author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Michaela Goade comes a New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal winning picture book that honors Indigenous-led movements across the world. Powerfully written and gorgeously illustrated, We Are Water Protectors,...
Fresh air, clean water : our right to a healthy environment
Clendenan, Megan
Paper Book
Everyone depends on clean air to breathe, safe water to drink and healthy soil for growing food. But what if your drinking water is dangerous, your air is polluted and your soil is toxic? What can you do about that? Do you have the right to demand change? Fresh Air, Clean Water:...
Running out of water : the looming crisis and solutions to conserve our most precious resource
Rogers, Peter P.
Paper Book
Water is the world's life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we've grown accustomed to using it with abandon - individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an...
Nibi is water Nibi aawon nbiish
Robertson, Joanne
Paper Book
A first conversation about the importance of Nibi, which means water in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), and our role to thank, respect, love, and protect it. Babies and toddlers can follow Nibi as it rains and snows, splashes or rows, drips and sips. Written from an Anishinaabe water protector's...
Nibi's water song
Tenasco, Sunshine
Paper Book
Determination, teamwork and perseverance together bring clean water for Nibi and all her friends. Nibi is the Anishinaabemowin word for water. In Nibi's Water Song , an Indigenous girl on the search for clean water to drink. Though she is faced with repeated obstacles, Nibi's joyful and...
Water always wins : thriving in an age of drought and deluge
Gies, Erica
Paper Book
Winner of the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism, Water Always Wins is a hopeful journey around the world and across time, illuminating better ways to live with water.  Nearly every human endeavor on the planet was...
Your water footprint : the shocking facts about how much water we use to make everyday products
Leahy, Stephen
Paper Book
The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true cost of our lifestyle. A "water footprint" is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume,...
Autumn Peltier, water warrior
Lindstrom, Carole
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Carole Lindstrom and illustrator Bridget George comes a must-read companion to the powerful, award-winning picture book We Are Water Protectors. Telling the story of reall-ife water protectors, Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior celebrates...
Ethical water : learning to value what matters most
Sandford, Robert W.
Paper Book
Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems to continually ignore the need for a common-sense approach to--and appreciation of--our freshwater resources and our consumption of this remarkable...
The water atlas
Clarke, Robin t.
Paper Book
- Americans consume 600 liters of water per day, Europeans 250, and Africans 30. - Just 9 countries possess 60 percent of the world's supply of fresh water: Brazil, Russia, China, Canada, Indonesia, United States, India, Colombia, and Zaire. - It takes 8 gallons of water to grow a single...
Down the drain : how we are failing to protect our water resources
Pentland, Ralph.
Paper Book
An incisive critique of Canada's drinking water gatekeepers. Canada is celebrated for its abundance of fresh water, and few Canadians question the safety of the water that comes from our taps. But is this trust justified? One study estimates that contamination of drinking water...
Last call at the oasis
Pearlstein, Elise
DVD
Filmmaker Jessica Yu examines the looming global water crisis and what can be done to avoid it in this documentary. While water is arguably the world's most important natural resource, shockingly little is being done to protect the global water supply, and a number of leading scientists have...
Dry run : preventing the next urban water crisis
Yudelson, Jerry
Paper Book
When the rivers run dry--water solutions for a thirsty planet. In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for industrial, urban, and...
Eau Canada : the future of Canada's water
Bakker, Karen.
Paper Book
As the sustainability of our natural resources is increasingly questioned, Canadians remain stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of our water. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that Canadian water is under threat. Eau Canada assembles the country's top water experts to discuss our most...
At a watershed : ecological governance and sustainable water management in Canada
Brandes, Oliver M.
Paper Book
Water! : why every drop counts and how you can start making waves to protect it
Gerry, Lisa
Paper Book
Did you know the water in your glass could be the same water the dinosaurs drank? Discover more incredible facts about Earth's water, the challenges facing it, and how your actions can help defend this precious resource. Dive in! No doubt about it, water is fascinating! It's also...

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