The Canadian Armed Forces has received more than 21,000 applications from permanent residents eager to join the chronically understaffed military full time — but CBC News has learned that less than 100 of them have made it into the regular force in the year since they were allowed to sign up.
There's a LOT of useful data in this story with life-saving videos & links. Consider it a study assignment.
Some of it we cover in the #Permaculture Design Course, so it may be familiar. There's much here we don't cover though & it's worth a look.
"Let's face it, we're going to run out of #water. Scientists from practically every field have been predicting it for years. Global demand for water will outgrow our supply by 40% before the end of the decade. By 2050 or sooner, 5 billion people will face water #shortages.
It's already happening in some places.
My family got a little taste of the future last year when our water line broke. We went without running water for a week. Fortunately, we had enough stored water to get us through. It still wasn't easy.
Most Americans never think about where their water comes from. They use 2-3 times as much as the rest of the world, mostly on things like laundry & lawn care. They just assume it'll always be there.
What if it's not?" https://www.okdoomer.io/how-to-prepare-for-water-shortages/
“A collapse is the process at the end of which basic needs (water, food, housing, clothing, energy, etc.) can no longer be provided [at a reasonable cost] to a majority of the population by services under legal supervision.”
The worst #labor#shortages we are now seeing are not just a matter of skills or even finding workers. The problem is to find people who are willing to do these strenuous #jobs for such low pay and under such bad conditions, chart @ETUI_orghttps://shorturl.at/vEGOX
"#Iran and #Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27 amid rising tensions over #water supplies in the region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the #Helmand River, on which Iran depends to #irrigate land in its arid south. The construction of #dams on the Afghan side has intensified the situation in recent years. "
"Despite punishingly high temperatures, dozens of Iraqis took to the streets of #Baghdad on Tuesday to protest #water and #electricity#shortages, and to blame #Turkey for reduced flow of rivers."