Water insecurity and our health: Lessons from the Galapagos

Clean, safe water is necessary for our health and nutrition. Understanding the pathways through which water insecurity shapes health at the individual and household levels and how it interacts with food is critical for improving physical and mental health now and in the face of environmental and climate change.

Water insecurity remains a challenge globally — whether we look close to home in our rural communities, or we look at the local population in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Amanda L. Thompson, our guest speaker, examines the impact of water insecurity and the impact of water on health and nutrition against the backdrop of the challenges that local communities in the Galapagos Islands face when the pressures of tourism conflicts with the need for clean water and farmland.

This presentation was given on Tuesday, March 21 at the University of Alberta.