Magazine F #30 Water

Name: Civilization
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Water has been around since the beginning of civilization. This essential resource both sustains life and serves as the most basic food ingredient in nearly every cooking process. Not only does it taste different depending on mineral and salinity levels, but the amount used and the time it is added to a dish also changes or enhances the flavors of other ingredients. As environmental pollution has worsened, corporations continue to pedal this natural resource, marketing it as a clean luxury good. But concerned parties around the world are increasingly demand that we protect our natural water resources from the climate crisis. In particular, the countries of Finland, Norway, and Germany—which have systems in place so all citizens can enjoy quality tap water—demonstrate solid social welfare structures based on the shared idea that water is a public good for all.

In front of nature, we’re just very small beings. Here’s the lesson that water has taught us: In an isolated environment, we must not only trust ourselves and our colleagues but also face up to our innermost fears and anxieties and our past sins that destroyed nature. Water embodies all the laws of life and nature.
- Anika Madsen, Head chef of Iris

I think companies and communities should pay for the damage they’ve caused in different areas like water and energy. Especially water. We should hold accountable companies that emit tons of waste and continue to desalinate seawater to compensate for the damage they’ve caused. I don’t think the cost should be the same between companies that rely on eco-friendly energy and those that don't. - Alexei Levene, Cofounder of Desolenator