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How Serious Is Our Water Problem?

Why Are We Choosing Bottled over Tap Water

 Laguna Beach, – (April 29, 2007) – The question might be best answered with another question: When was the last time you chugged down tap water over bottled water?  Educator/artist Nathan Paul Gibbs in his new book, The Betrayal of Man: Water, A Book of What Is and What Will Be, presents the rundown on the urgency of solving our water problem now. The book won the 2007 HelpBlueWater Earth Day "GAIA" Award for Literature.

According to the National Geographic Society, approximately eighty children die every twenty minutes from poor water conditions.  More and more people are turning to bottled water—the manufacture of which should be clear indication of serious is drawing issues and more concerns on its own—than the water we get from our homes.  We have not realized that this recent focus on bottled water is not a natural part of modern living but a dire signal of the degradation of our water resources and our environment in general.  The Betrayal of Man is a unique presentation of the negative facts and statistics that we must all be aware of learn about. The book portrays surfers as the last messengers the water has on its side. The surfers' plight Is a struggle with most of the population, as they learn the masses have been disconnected from Water, (the ocean) for far too long.

An educator, Gibbs knows how to catch and hold readers’ attention of all ages and has employed art images images vibrant with color and soul together with literature to put the message across.  Through a fable, the author presents a future scenario that could become fact if we do not heed the warnings of Mother Earth.

Even in the most progressive cities in the world, bottled water is the preferred choice and even still, water-borne diseases threatens people’s heath. One can only imagine the situation in poor places sans the means of water purification.  The next time you reach for bottled water, think about our situation and how you can help in conserving your most important resource.

About the Author

Nathan Paul Gibbs brings to life social issues through wondrous color and literature. His life has been filled with has been a life of exposure to nature and a long love and desire of artistic methods and genres.  Born in Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, and then moving to Florida, then later California, Nathan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education from the laceType>UniversitylaceType> of laceName>North FloridalaceName>.  He decided to move to the heart of American surfing culture, Orange County, California, and now resides in Laguna Beach.  Nathan Paul Gibbs currently teaches fourth grade and has finished a Masters Degree In Education. Between surfing, writing, and other artistic endeavors, he still finds time to go out and view the world from inside the outdoors.

The Betrayal of Man

A Book of What Is and What Will Be

By Nathan Paul Gibbs

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