According to MSNBC, in the next 5 years 36 states will face water shortages, right now three southern states are fighting over rights to a crucial reservoir. Georgia’s Lake Lanier will reach critical levels in just a few months, as Florida and Alabama continue to divert water from the reservoir.
All three governors have contacted the president, but this issue isn’t going away until the public and industry are working together with government to find solutions for sharing scarce resources.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is bringing a comprehensive wellness program to John Trix elementary in Detroit. Like Nestlé’s Healthy Steps for Healthy Lives, the Healthy Schools program empowers kids with physical activity, healthy lunches, and nutrition and wellness education.
This study from the California Center for Public Health Advocacy estimated obesity cost the state of California over $20.7 billion in direct obesity health care in 2006. The number rises to over $40 billion when the report factored in time and productivity lost due to obesity.
Check out this series from the National Food Service Management Institute’s Cook for Kids on quick and easy ways to turn fruits into delicious meals and snacks. The first video features a neat partnership between local farms and elementary schools in Mississippi. The farmers love the community business and the kids love all the fresh produce!
Even with recent rains, California faces its third consecutive year of drought. UC Davis economist Richard Howitt forecasts hard times for farmers that could result in a loss of 25,000 jobs. These kinds of shortages threaten farmers around the world, solving water crises is one of CSV’s key objectives.
Check out this video on ABCNews.com
Learn about the costs of water shortages in this story about water restrictions to combat drought in Texas, when resources become scarce and communities have to actually police the use of water!
In Meza, AZ the city is powering hundreds of homes and generating almost $90,000 a year from…flushing their toilets. The adults and kids of the community are really thrilled by the savings – treatment plants like Meza’s are opening around the country.
Despite efforts to get children to eat healthier and exercise more, obesity rates have not decreased in a single state in the past year. This is an in-depth look at the obesity epidemic in America – a problem that Nestlé’s campaign for balanced nutrition can solve.
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