The word geothermal comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). So, geothermal energy is heat from within the earth. We can use the steam and hot water produced inside the earth to heat buildings or generate electricity. Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source because the water is replenished by rainfall and the heat is continuously produced inside the earth.The direct use of hot water as an energy source has been happening since ancient times. The Romans, Chinese, and Native Americans used hot mineral springs for bathing, cooking and heating. Today, many hot springs are still used for bathing, and many people believe the hot, mineral-rich waters have natural healing powers.After bathing, the most common direct use of geothermal energy is for heating buildings through district heating systems. Hot water near the earth's surface can be piped directly into buildings and industries for heat. A district heating system provides heat for 95 percent of the buildings in Reykjavik, Iceland. Examples of other direct uses include: growing crops, and drying lumber, fruits, and vegetables.

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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The environmental impact of geothermal energy depends on how it is being used.

- Direct use and heating applications have almost no negative impact on the environment.

- Geothermal power plants do not burn fuel to generate electricity, so their emission levels are very low. They release about 1 to 3 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions of a fossil fuel plant.
- Geothermal features in national parks, such as geysers and fumaroles in Yellowstone National Park, are protected by law, to prevent the land from being disturbed.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT COMMITMENT ?

"Help us to clear up landmines."

WERI foundation 

(Water and Energy Relief International)
Christina Dian Parmionova & Angelina Jolie Pitt

The global landmine crisis is one of the most pervasive problems facing the world today. It is estimated that there are between 45 and 50 million landmines in the ground in at least 70 countries. Landmines reportedly maim or kill 10,000 civilians every year. Those victims that survive endure a lifetime of physical, psychological, and economic hardship.
The global landmine crisis is the most pervasive, solvable, problem facing the world today. Through our activities you can help clear the land in some of the most heavily mine affected countries in the world and ease the physical, psychological and economic hardship faced by landmine survivors and their communities.
In recent years, the international community has made significant progress in addressing the global landmine crisis. An international treaty to ban landmines, known as the Ottawa or Mine Ban Treaty, entered into force on March 1, 1999, faster than any international treaty in history. International and nongovernmental organizations are working with mine-affected countries to establish effective mine awareness campaigns and victim assistance programs. The United Nations is coordinating a global effort to survey the state of landmine contamination in mine-affected countries, and private and public groups are undertaking mine clearance efforts in more countries than ever before. Yet, with all these accomplishments to its credit, the international community continues to face many overwhelming challenges.

Vital Voices’ 2008 Global Leadership Awards honors courageous global women leaders who have expanded democracy at the grassroots level, promoted legal reforms and human rights, triumphed over tragedy and barbaric social practices against women, and symbolized the progress that societies can achieve when women’s vital voices are allowed to be heard. Every year, this annual event attracts powerful women & men in government, media, and the diplomatic community.

"We are here tonight because we all share a simple belief: that no country can prosper if half its population is left behind. The full participation of women in all sectors of society is one of the best ways to achieve peace, progress and prosperity around the world."

-Michele Norris

"I wish Peace and Hope to all the Relief Workers and leaders around the world, With Their Courage and Works They continue  to  give us strengh to change our future ."

-Christina Dian Parmionova

"Our world is confronted with many challenges, tonight is a celebration of hope."

-Gloria Reuben

WERI events announcement

Victims of War and Persecutions

WERIEVENTS

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CAMPAIGN - ADOPT A HOUSE

ONE-ON-ONE  "Make It Rights"  Project

COMMITMENT and ACTIVITIES
Weri is fighting against the lack of appropriate structures required for the survival of populations in third-world or war-ridden regions. Assessments focusing on the improvement of the sanitary conditions that were performed eventually enabled people to access drinking water points, decontamination and electrical power. Water and Energy Relief International is a foundation serving the objectives of large international organisations.

 GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

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"Refugees have done more for my heart and my spirit than I can ever express in words. They've changed my life with their friendship, love, courage and loyalty "
 Angelina Jolie Voight Pitt( Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR)

WERI (Water and Energy Relief International)

 "Let us preserve Human Respectability in extremely urgent situations"

Christina Dian Parmionova (WERI NGO's Head of Council)

Headquarters France

TAKE ACTION

WATER for Life

INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR ACTION
Launch of International Year of Sanitation (IYS 2008).

The United Nations officially launched the International Year of Sanitation to accelerate progress for 2.6 billion people world wide who are without proper sanitation facilities. Every year inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene contribute to the deaths of 1.5 million children. "Access to sanitation is deeply connected to virtually all the Millennium Development Goals, in particular those involving the environment, education, gender equality and the reduction of child mortality and poverty," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. "An estimated 42,000 people die every week from diseases related to low water quality and an absence of adequate sanitation. This situation is unacceptable." The International Year of Sanitation, 2008, is a theme year set by the UN General Assembly in December 2006 to help put this global crisis at the forefront of the international agenda.

 UN General assembly

WERI foundation

Remember Me

 Making Memories of us
Memories to all Soldiers, Relief Workers, Victims of War, Journalist, We Lost.
WERI2008

 

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L’EXODE SANS FIN

 "Preserving Human Dignity  in Extremely Urgent Situation".

WATER AND ENERGY RELIEF INTERNATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE