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&lt;p&gt;Наш кружок Росиночка» 7 лет занимается малыми водными объектами родного края. Поливановка - дачная окраина г. Саратова представляет собой уникальный природный комплекс. Здесь находятся: 22 родника, около 40 колодцев,12 прудов. Это место является уникальным памятником природы Саратова.В наших прудах температура&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:31:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>радиоактивности водных источников</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483839&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  Измерение радиоактивности водных источников Саткинского района &amp;#160; 
  Человек поставлен в такие условия, при которых он значительное время находится под воздействием радиации. Выявлено, что радиоактивность представляет серьезную опасность для здоровья человека. В настоящем исследовании нами была поставлена цель&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:36:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Исследование влияния отвалов</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483843&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt; &amp;#160; 
    Исследование влияния отвалов ОАО&amp;#171;Магнезит&amp;#187; на физико-химические свойства воды   &amp;#160; 
  Вода… Для современного человека это нечто обыденное необходимое с первых дней жизни. Но человечество всегда сознавало исключительность воды. В язычестве люди поклонялись духам воды, богу воды. В христианстве вода Благодать Бо&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:45:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Измерение радиоактивности водных</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483835&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Измерение радиоактивности водных источников Саткинского района      Человек поставлен в такие условия, при которых он значительное время находится под воздействием радиации. Выявлено, что радиоактивность представляет серьезную опасность для здоровья человека. В настоящем исследовании нами была поставлена цель: &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:28:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>воды водоёмов Саткинского района</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483846&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  Вода - одна из основ жизни на Земле. Роль воды в поддержании жизни важнее, чем гораздо более сложных молекул, содержащихся в пище - белков, жиров, углеводов и прочих. Важность чистоты воды понимают и во Всемирной организации мониторинга воды, которая бесплатно высылает в образовательные учреждения наборы для ис&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:21:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth Monitor Water in Cyprus</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483796&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  On 18 June 2011, an event was organised by NIREAS, the International Water Research Center and GAIA, Laboratory of Environmental Engineering of the University of Cyprus related to the monitoring and protection of water resources by young researchers. The event took place in the context of the international edu&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:58:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWMD Celebrated in India</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967570&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Green Vigil Foundation commemorated World Water Monitoring Day with a water quality monitoring event at one of the oldest lakes of Nagpur city - Sonegaon lake.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:11:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWMC in Swabi, Pakistan</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967862&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Studen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;ts of Green Montessori and Fauji Foundation Model schools conducted an event on the occasion of World Water Day 22nd March 2013. One hundred and thirty-three students took part and collected water samples from a nearby hand pump. Surrounding area was mostly agricultural and the weather was cloudy.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:59:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWMC in Itajaí, Santa Catarina - BRAZIL</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967758&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Course of Oceanografia of the Univali with students of the secondary school Dimension had together participated in 19 of October of 2012 from the event WWMC. During this event, 80 students, monitors and teachers had monitored the quality of the water of the river Itajaí-açu on board a boat throughout one day. &lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWMC Held in Hong Kong</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967751&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;World Water Monitoring Challenge (WWMC), which grew out of the past World Water Monitoring Day, was held at Tai Mei Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station on 27th October 2012 in conjunction with the launch ceremony of the "Let's Save Water" Cap Design Competition.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:03:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Water Monitoring Day</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483896&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  World Water Monitoring Day(story from Pakistan) On world water day, 22nd March, 2012, 335 students of Government Primary school Major Banda along with 6 teachers, 5 community activists and Mr. Rangeen Khan from BERD organization visited a stream at a distance of 500 meter to west from the school where students&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:22:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Testing. Training</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967564&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Teachers from twelve schools were trained on how to use the kits. there were 48 A level students doing Geography and Environmrntal studies who also are members of the EcoSchools environment clubs. A nearby urban river was teasted. Kits were distributed.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:54:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Quality Monitoring on Korce-ALBANIA</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967704&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Water and Sewerage JSC Korca Company in cooperation with ˝Sevasti Qirjazi˝ elementary high school organized The Water Quality Monitoring Day on 23 November 2012. About 90 students took part at this event and we tested the quality of the only superficial water body of the city of Korca that flows above our water field basin. It was the first time that this program was introduced to Albania and to our city.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:15:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967723&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Our 4th grade students tested water from a creek that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay. It is a residential/ urban setting that experiences a lot of foot and vehicular traffic. The waterway supports a beautiful group of Wood ducks who live and nest among plastic bottles, tires, balloons and twist ties.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:23:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Monitoring on Campus</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967893&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
On Thursday April 25, 2013 biology students at Pulaski Senior High School in Pulaski, New York collected some water quality data at sites on the high school campus. As a class we monitored three bodies of water...
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:20:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Monitoring Challenge in Yamuna Basin</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967735&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Water, Water Everywhere, Nor a drop to drink! How truly these lines depict the picture of present scenario. There are lots of organization, people and experts involved in the discussions and making efforts at international level to have safe, sustainable drinking water for all. Yet the efforts are not enough…&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:31:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water is priority in our sport practices</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483912&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  Since some years ago our Cuba GSA Captain and some eco-volunteers are carrying out Water monitoring in natural reservoir around sport venues and schools. It seems to be very moving for many people get attracted to this way of protecting environment. However not all the sport fan lovers are really aware about t&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:40:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water For Life in Mbouda (Cameroon)</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483952&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  Hi everybody check at this address to for activities our new oprganization Water For Life carried out in the locality of Mbouda (west Cameroon) with students from the Aloys Tapiem&amp;#233;n&amp;#233; College on the World Water Day. Cheers  http://www.menola.info/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;amp;id=690&amp;amp;amp;Itemid=286 &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:06:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water &amp; Food Systems in August 2012</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967530&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;August is a special month from the sustainability perspective. With the continuous drought season, August 2012 indeed is the time to call for attention to the issue of sustainable living. In the U.S., August has been designated as National Water Quality Month (NWQM) by Federal government to remind us of the impor&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:48:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Watching our river is watching our life</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483891&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  &amp;#160; 
  This is not just a clich&amp;#233;, water covers 70 % of our body, just as the Earth surface. It is not only a coincidence. Life started first in the waters. It is water what makes our organism grow healthy. However, we do not always carry out our practice as in pay for what the water has done to us. Many people throw w&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:57:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vinculación de la Pedagogía con el monitoreo del agua en San Juan y Martínez</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967455&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;La autora de la investigación a partir del monitoreo del agua mundial tributa a la formación general de los jóvenes desde el trabajo comunitario en el municipio San Juan y Martínez. Como pedagoga hace una vinculación del Proceso Docente Educativo con la Estrategia Curricular del Medio Ambiente, los resultados h&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:47:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Use a test kit in extra-curricular activities in science</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967612&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
The Municipal Center for extracurricular activities and studies according to interests, village of Baykal is an educational unit at Municipality of Dolna Mitropoliya, Bulgaria It is managed by a director appointed by the Mayor of the Municipality.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:36:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Town of Billerica works with Ditson Elementary School for World Water Monitoring Challenge!</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483968&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  On October 12, 2011, two third grade classes from Ditson Elementary School in Billerica, MA participated in World Water Monitoring Challenge, an international event sponsored by the Water Environment Association (WEF). The field trip was concurrent to the third-grade curriculum of studying surface water.  
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 21:07:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students of Scoala Gimnaziala Petros-Baru Take the Challenge</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967739&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Scoala Gimnaziala Petros-Baru, located in a village in Hunedoara made measurements in November and December 2012. 102 students took part in this event, collecting 100 samples from four different bodies of water: the Barisor River, Strei River, Muncel River and Crivedia River.&lt;br /&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:47:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Students in Denver, Colorado get Up-Close Look at Platte River</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967666&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Like many across the globe, Denver celebrated Worldwide Water Monitoring Day on Wednesday, September 19, by engaging citizens with their local waterways through water quality testing. But those who met at downtown’s Confluence Park, where the South Platte River meets the Cherry Creek, were not only the stewards of today but also the stewards of tomorrow.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:37:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Thomas Day School</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967580&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
6th graders from St. Thomas Day School in New Haven, Conneticut test the water quality of the Mill River.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:09:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Seropédica Comemora o Dia da Água Plantando Árvores</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967878&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;No dia 22 de março, A Secretaria Municipal de Ambiente e Agronegócios de Seropédica realizou um plantio de 500 mudas em comemoração ao Dia da Água. Participaram deste evento aproximadamente 200 moradores do bairro Santa Sofia, incluindo adultos e crianças, na ocasião também realizamos a análise da água do córrego que corta dois condomínios do bairro.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:01:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SEQWATER monitors water quality and catchment management during 2012 in South East  Queensland Australia</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967695&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seqwater has quietly been monitoring the water quality of the Brisbane River and the water catchments of South East Queensland during 2012. 2012 has been a year of review in terms of water quality and monitoring. In January 2011 the region experienced unsurpassed flooding coming so close to the Millennium drought-the worst on record. “Australia is indeed a land of drought and flooding rains.”&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:19:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Science teacher</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483946&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  Youth group of the town of Las Piedras with director Recycling Program Mr. Salvador Rivera and Torres Dioselina Torres teacher participating in the International Day of Water Monitoring. Students enjoyed the activity of taking water samples to determine turbidity, pH and dissolved oxygen in the water .. We hop&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:02:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Science and Math Campers of ICEHS-Hinaplanon Conduct Water Monitoring and Tree Planting</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967576&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
In celebration with the National Science and Math Month celebration, ICEHS-Hinaplanon hold Science and Math Camp on September 21 and 22, 2012. Activities in day 1 include Team Building in preparation for the rest of the lined up activities that requires team work and cooperation.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:33:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sabinas, Mexico</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=135&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;We were waiting for the water monitoring test kit for a month and finally received it on September 1st. We practiced the use of each component and also conducted the real test with students of Ignacio Zaragoza Elementary School in Sabinas city at Coahuila State of Mexico. We live next of the Sabinas River where the community is made up of roughly 50 thousands citizens. The economic activities in the area include mining, agriculture, and livestock -- so it’s important to maintain the health of the river. This is the reason why we began the water monitoring activities involving local young students...&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Grace Hulse</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ROYAL COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGE MODAKEKE MONITORING</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967625&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The program held on Tuesday the 6th of November, 2012. The Royal Comprehensive High School Modakeke, Ile-Ife, Osun State hosted the event. In attendance were 47 students drawn from Senior Secondary School 1 to Senior Secondary School 3 classes. The program started at about 2:00pm in the school premises.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:09:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Río en Tecpán Guatemala</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967510&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  Analizando uno de los r&amp;#237;os de Tecp&amp;#225;n Guatemala 
 
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:19:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report of Mkhomazi River Survey II</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967850&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Within this past week we've completed and expedition with many different aims, chief amongst them was raising water awareness. We tried enriching rural areas by touching the most active part of their society, the children, by educating them about water in an attempt to affect the longevity of our river system and the ecology therein.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report of Mkhomazi River Survey</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967848&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Weeks before our expedition even started I knew that we were going to be pushed to our boundaries in both mental and physical aspects of the trip. Seeing all the beautiful plant life and animal life along the [Mkhomazi] River was a stern reminder for me on how blessed this country is.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:20:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>READI, Water Resource Commission Organize Event in Ghana</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483669&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;On the 7th October 2011, Rural Education and Agriculture International (READI) in collaboration Water Resource Commission, Ghana embarked on the World Water Monitoring Day at the Nyinahin, the district capital of Atwima Mponua in the Ashanti Region. Over 30 teachers and students from the Nyinahin Catholic SHS par&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>p s</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:09:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Park Ranger, Oxon Cove Park</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967602&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Forest Heights Elementary School shares a border with Oxon Cove Park, a 500-acre national park in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:04:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Murphy-Brown Sponsors Grade School Students’ Participation in World Water Monitoring Challenge</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967607&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
In May, Murphy-Brown sponsored a field trip for twenty grade-school students at Kenneth P. Morris Elementary School in Yuma, Colorado, as a part of World Water Monitoring Challenge, previously World Water Monitoring Day.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 15:56:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monitoring the Healing Waters of San Diego</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483960&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;div&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Nothing better to celebrate in this month ¨The Earth day¨ than moving to the Healing waters of the River San Diego, 2 km away from the hotel which took the name of this majestic river located in the municipality of Los Palacios, Pinar del Río, Cuba.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:50:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monitoring River Water Quality</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967314&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;In South Korea, there are so many mountains and a lot of people use water from mountainous area like river, or groundwater. To make sure the quality of water people use, we, including Korea university students, decided to monitor river, and groundwater quality which located in Choongchungbukdo. We took some sa&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 12:48:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monitoring Puerto Rican Waters</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483957&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
 As homeschoolers, my family participated along with other homeschooler families in monitoring waters in the northern and southern areas of the island. We found our waters to be in &amp;quot;good shape&amp;quot;, we had a great team spirit, and we had lots of fun. 
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  Download Story &amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:41:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Monitoring in Ondo State, Nigeria</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967746&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The program held on Thursday the 6th of December, 2012. The Royal Kingdom College, Igbara-oke, Ifedore Local Government Area, Ondo State hosted the event. In attendance were 110 students drawn from both the Senior and Junior Secondary School classes.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:02:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mkomazi River Environmental Survey and Expedition</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967846&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Treverton is a school situated in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="smarterwiki-linkify" href="http://www.treverton.co.za/" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;www.treverton.co.za&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;). Their G.A.P. Post Matric students have successfully completed the Mkomazi Catchment to Coast Environmental Survey and Expedition.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:36:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MISSION POSSIBLE</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967799&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p align="justify" style="text-align: left; font-size: 13px;"&gt;Do the best thing for our environment? The answer is YES! Water and our living society are always connecting. If the water is unhealthy, the people will have a problem too. Quick response is the best thing and wiser choice. &lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"&gt;Our Secondary School SAIM (Sekolah Alam Insan Mulia) Surabaya doing interview to the people in Dinoyo Tenun area.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:44:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mandulog River at a Glance after Typhoon “Sendong”</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483782&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;February 25, 2012 was a very memorable day for the students of Values Education of ICEHS-Hinaplanon campus. Two months after the tragedy (December 17, 2011), thirty six (36) students visited Mandulog River, the very river that furiously washed out and make Iligan City, specifically Barangay Hinaplanon where the &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:25:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lobinhos e sua Consciência Ambiental</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967539&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Os Lobinhos e Lobinhas do 33º Grupo Escoteiro do Ar Padre Vermin, situado no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, participaram do Monitoramento Mundial da Água com uma atividade que envolveu muita área verde, contato com a natureza, conhecimento sobre a qualidade da água e formação da conscientização ecológica, da preserva&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:41:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Killing our rivers</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483884&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  &amp;#160; 
 Bangladeshi and Indian citizens must join hands together to save the rivers, people, biodiversity, lives and livelihood. In the day of World Water, we are launching a life long initiative to collect the voices of school children against any adverse initiative against any rivers or water flow in any country on th&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jelajah Sungai</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967733&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Kegiatan jelajah sungai Brantas, Surabaya. Mengenalkan pada siswa tentang pentingnya menjaga sungai dari pencemaran. 
 
   
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:27:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>iEARN-Israel</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967720&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
  it took a lot of time to wait for the first rain to come so the pool's park was with rain water.
only on 17.12.2012 I could do the tests.
but finely we have a lot of rain. 
 
 &amp;#160; 
  Download Story &amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:08:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>girl scouts 74234</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967310&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;On May 12,2012, daisy and brownie troops from Macomb, Michigan participated in the World Water Monitoring Challenge as the end of their water journey. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:40:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl Scout Troop Leader NJ</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967572&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;  Today our troop is testing a small stream in Princeton, NJ. We are excited! 
 
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:32:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Garrowhill Primary School</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967882&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
The 2012/2013 Primary 4 class, at Garrowhill Primary School in Glasgow, have been learning about Weather and Water as part of this years topic work. Stephen Macklin of Xylem Water Solutions, had been invited to school to explain to the class where Glasgow’s drinking water comes from, and how it is treated after we have used it.&lt;br /&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:12:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EOY Water Monitoring with SMC-BED ECO- Club</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967823&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Done at last! One of the comment of the SMC-BED ECO Club member. It can be recalled that the club has been invited to join the water monitoring activity initiated by Iligan City East High School-Hinaplanon on December 8, 2012. However, the activity was cancelled because the monitoring site (Mandulog River) was badly hit by typhoon "Pablo".&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:06:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>El CUIDADO DEL AGUA  Concientización y comunicación a través de la expresión plástica</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483942&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   &amp;#160; 
 El principal objetivo de la actividad, realizada el 22 de marzo de 2012: D&amp;#237;a mundial del agua, fue sensibilizar y concientizar a la comunidad educativa a trav&amp;#233;s de las obras de los ni&amp;#241;os relacionadas con el cuidado del agua.  
 La actividad consisti&amp;#243; en el abordado espec&amp;#237;fico del tema mediante la interpretaci&amp;#243;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:00:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>El Arroyo Miguelete no es un arroyo muerto.</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967632&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un grupo de escolares en 2010 comenzaron a investigar la presencia de fauna bentónica en el principal curso de agua dulce de la capital de Uruguay, la ciudad de Montevideo.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:48:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Educator</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/educator.aspx</link><description>
I have written a post on my blog about our first experience with the World Water Monitoring Challenge. It includes photographs.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:39:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doing our best to save the water in San Juan</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967589&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Most of people are sure that living in an underdeveloping country is an enough reason to have polluted water in the river near the towns. It all caused by precarious septic system.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:13:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Diclum Elementary School joins WWMC the fourth time</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967708&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On their last school day before going on a Christmas break, 63 sixth grade students of Diclum Elementary School in the Philippines ecstatically trooped to Diclum River for World Water Monitoring Challenge 2012, the fourth time the school had since 2009. Two classes participated, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:17:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Descubriendo los secretos del Agua</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967687&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;En el Taller de Ciencia durante 2012 se han desarrollado, con los alumnos de quinto grado, algunos temas relacionados con el agua. Al reflexionar sobre las propiedades del agua, su importancia en el ecosistema y el reconocimiento del hombre dentro del ambiente, surge la inquietud de conocer las condiciones ambientales del sitio donde suelen ir a jugar, en especial, la calidad del agua de ese canal.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:33:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Description of the Huveaune</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967853&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;We are teenagers of Lou Garlaban, a school of Aubagne in the South-East of France. We participate in an environmental project. We make compost with the leftovers from canteen. &lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;"&gt;We participate in a flowers contest as well. We tested the water of the Huveaune...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:35:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Controller Smithfield Foods Murphy Brown West Region</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967628&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On Thursday morning, third graders at L.J. Bell Elementary School got a chance to get their hands wet in observance of World Water Monitoring Day. Students took a special field trip to Castlewood Park in Rockingham to study techniques of water monitoring and the science behind it. Murphy Brown LLC of Laurinburg, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., partnered with the students to teach them the importance of properly maintaining water conditions in a safe environment.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:41:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beach Observation</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967729&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We proud to be a fourth grade. Why? Because in a fourth grade we have beach observation. And we will monitoring our program until the next year. The next fourth grade will continuing the program.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:24:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bancando o Cientista no Dia da Água</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967427&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;Em comemoração ao Dia Mundial da água lobinhos e escoteiros do Grupo Escoteiro Dom Pedro I, fizeram testes para identificar a qualidade da água do rio que corta o Sítio Quiriri em Garuva/SC. Sem a água não haveria vida na Terra! Pense nisso neste Dia e em todos os outros dias no ano também! Atividade buscou de&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Woo Jun</author><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:25:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Back to School with WWMC</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967541&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Ah, back to school time. Many par­ents in Howard County are doing dances of joy or are dread­ing the things that come with it like wak­ing up grumpy kids, nag­ging over home­work, etc. So I want to get to you all while you are still eager and fresh to rec­om­mend an activ­ity that is easy to do in a school set­ting, or on your own.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:42:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AQUA CUSTODES … ¿niños?</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=2147483885&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;   Submitted by, Enrique Garc&amp;#237;a y Garc&amp;#237;a&amp;#160;   Latin America Coordinator, WWMC&amp;#160; &amp;#160; 
   Hace tiempo publicaba en este mismo espacio mi preocupaci&amp;#243;n sobre la educaci&amp;#243;n en materia h&amp;#237;drica y las diferentes modalidades que he utilizado para hacerlo dependiendo de las circunstancias. El programa de posgrado para la Universidad &lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:39:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Análise da água em Seropédica - Educação Ambiental</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967677&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A Secretaria Municipal de Ambiente e Agronegócio, desenvolveu atividades de anélise da água com aproximadamente 200 alunos e 16 docentes, de 8 escolas, sendo 4 da rede municipal de ensino, 3 da rede particular e 1 federal. Coletamos água de um pequeno lago dentro da Floresta Nacional Mário Xavier, onde analisamos as variáves que interferem na qualidade da água utilizando o kit WWMD.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:42:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Way to Save a Thousand Life</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967743&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Care about water has many ways. In my school SAIM Elementary School (Sekolah Alam Insan Mulia) has Beach Observation program continuously every year. We help villagers to clean beach area and plant the mangrove. We observe a water condition by checking the habitat.&lt;/span&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:05:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A helping hand for a dying estuary</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967604&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
Hi fellows I am a quite old man, worried about how today`s world is going down the drain. My hope for the future was dimming more and more as time pass by. However, a group of 25 little kids, like most of you, enlightenned my days lately.
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:50:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A birthday with healthy water in La Guabina</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967507&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p align="justify"&gt;I shared my birthday with friends and relatives. La Guabina is naturally rich--its surroundings are in vivid green all over. However, I was wondering if the nearby Guama dam, connected to La Guabina, was clean enough to assimilate animal, vegetal, and human life. My curiosity pushed me to take the WWMC kit to that majestic place. &lt;/p&gt;
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</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:17:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>400 young people from Armenia have already monitored their local waterways</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=4294967699&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This year Counterpart Armenia’s youth and community action clubs /YCAC/ have become a part of a global environmental movement. World Water Monitoring Challenge is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Lorien Walsh</author><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:26:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2011 Participant Stories</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/2011ParticipantStories/</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;World Water Monitoring Day 2011 participant stories from all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Grace Hulse</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:47:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2010 Participant Stories</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=434&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;World Water Monitoring Day 2010 participant stories from all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Grace Hulse</author><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:10:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2009 Participant Stories</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=667&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;World Water Monitoring Day 2009 participant stories from all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><author>Grace Hulse</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2008 Participant Stories</title><link>http://www.wwmd.org/blogs.aspx?id=679&amp;blogid=152</link><description>
&lt;p&gt;World Water Monitoring Day 2008 participant stories from all over the world.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><author>Grace Hulse</author><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:18:07 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>