Did you know that March 22 is International World Water Day? An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. Following this link will let you see a listing of the themes each year, back to '93. It will also give you a chance to get involved, if you feel so inclined. You can check out the list of planned events for WWD, in places from the Netherlands to Calgary; Alaska to Finland. Even if there isn't one close and handy for you this year, you just might get an idea or two for staging an event of your own next year.
This year, WWD is calling attention to the world's 263 transboundary lake and river basins, and the hope that cooperation rather than conflict will remain the response to transboundary water management issues. The site phrases it well when it states, "Whether we live upstream or downstream, we are all in the same boat." A little food for thought, or should I say, a little libation?