UN World Water Day | Thursday 22 March, 2012

We Are Water Foundation and ROCA would like to celebrate UN World Water Day 2012 with you!
You are invited to the Platinum Suite 11 at REEL Cinemas, Dubai Mall to see Isabel Coixet’s documentary “Aral, The Lost Sea,”  followed by a visit to Dubai Aquarium.

Date: Thursday 22nd March, 2012 (UN World Water Day)
Time: 5 – 7pm
Location: REEL Cinemas, Platinum Suite 11, Dubai Mall

About World Water Day
World Water Day is held on 22nd March each year. This aim of this global event is to focus attention on the importance of fresh water and to advocate for the sustainable management of water resources, by highlighting a specific aspect of water each year. The theme chosen for 2012, “Water and Food Security”, aims to provide a further insight into these two closely-related concepts, the deficiency of which is causing a serious crisis in an increasing number of regions across the world. According to the UN, food security exists when people have enough nutritious food to meet their dietary needs for an active and healthy life; and water is one of the key factors in food production. This problem can be better understood if we consider that between 2,500 and 5,000 litres of water are needed to produce the food a person needs each day. And today, that amount is not guaranteed to supply the entire planet. For more information, visit the official website.

For more information about water footprints, information sources used, and estimates and considerations made, click here.

For other events happening in and around Dubai
this month check out What’s On in March