Environment

ACTIVATE the Global Citizen Movement to Tackle the Global Clean Water Crisis

Oct 11, 2019 3:45 PM ET
In many areas of the developing world, what little water exists is used for everything – washing, bathing, working, sewage, livestock, fishing and swimming – many of which are not compatible from a sanitary standpoint, resulting in large outbreaks of water borne diseases. NAT GEO/P&G

Originally published on Forbes

People want to drink clean water even more than they want to breath clean air. But 1-in-10 people around the world still lack access to clean drinking water.

This and other basic problems are the focus of a new six-episode docuseries, “ACTIVATE: The Global Citizen Movement,” from P&G, Global Citizen and National Geographic that debuted this last month on the National Geographic channel.

The series aims to raise awareness of efforts to eradicate extreme poverty, inequality and sustainability issues and mobilize global citizens to take action and drive meaningful change.

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