2008 May/Jun WorldArk Online

World Ark Online

Why Water Matters 
Excerpted from the United Nations' "Water for Life Decade"
We are in the midst of the "Water for Life" Decade. (What, you didn't know?). Find out how water affects every facet of life in the developing world, from sanitation to agriculture to gender equity.

The Carbon Hoofprint 
By Austin Gelder and Lauren Wilcox
Is livestock-based agriculture detrimental to the environment as a U.N. report seems to claim, or is the issue more complex? World Ark takes a closer look at an indictment of the livestock industry.

From Farm to Table
By Helene York 
Take a minute to consider the long, strange trip your food takes—via planes, trains, tractors and trailers—and how much energy it  embodies.

Healing History 
By Lauren Wilcox 
Diet-related illnesses, such as diabetes, affect Native Americans at a higher rate than the rest of the population. But Heifer’s Indigenous Peoples Initiative is tackling the problem one mouthful at a time.