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December 20 Think globally, act locally Some food for thought on an global issue from Spain and two practical tips for xmas shopping from Zürich and Los Angelos. Think globally ...Today our Spanish partner presents highlights from the international exposition "Water and Sustainable Development 2008" in Zaragoza, Spain to which more than one hundred countries, dozens of companies and NGOs, as well as UN-Water participated. Water is indispensable for human life and sustainable growth. Click on the following pictures to find out more on the international day of water, the sucesses of the International Year of Sanitation 2008, The international Water decade 2005- 2014 and a website entirely dedicated to water issues.    >> more information on today's spanish page and act locally ...Will you be shopping to buy Xmas presents this weekend? Have you considered how to transport the parcels home? Using the bicycle is often the fastest option for smaller gifts. Ask your shop about home delivery services. If they don't have one, tell them to start one next year. An example: "Züri bringt's" is a home delivery service which brings up to 3 bags of shopping goods from the Sihlcity Shopping Centre in Zürich directly to your door step. The bags are transportet by the employees of Züriwerk with electric bikes and specially equipped trailers. For customers of Sihlcity this means carefree shopping without having to carry home heavy bags. It encourages shopping with public transport and makes the shopping center more attractive. Often shop owners forget that more than 40% of the households don't own a car.>> More Informationen on Züriwerk and "Züri bringt's" Bicycle delivery services are in! Some other examples from around the world: >> bikesatwork.com in Iowa |
 Take some minutes to watch two UN Podcasts on the importance of water: 
 And take a look at some pictures of an innovative home delivery service in Switzerland.
Carrotmob is a great and fun example how shoppers can change the world.
Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo. |
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