Michael,
It's great that you want to be a steward of natural resources, as we have a Christian duty to do so, but do you realize that 1 of the sponsors of the WWMD is Xylem? This is problematic since they are supporters of the U.N. Global Compact.
[Xylem Inc. supports the UN Global Compact](http://www.xyleminc.com/en-us/sustainability/Pages/UN-Global-Compact.aspx)
Why is this a problem for Catholics?
> [Universal Declaration of Human Rights](http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a3)
> snip
> Article 3.
> Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
```````````````` But we know they do not practice what they preach.
Mary Jo Anderson has written and spoken on this topic often.
UNFPA & UNESCO are actually promoting contraception use and abortion.
Here's one of her articles from 1999, exposing UNFPA:
[UN Declares Abortion a Universal Right](http://wf-f.org/UN-AndersonSp99.html)
Excerpt:
> The "soft war" on the family which the United Nations and its myriad agencies have launched in the name of "sustainable development" and "reproductive health and rights" attempts a new maneuver.
> The Cairo+5 assessment process which began at the Hague Forum is designed to slide past the Cairo Chapeau by moving abortion and sexual orientation into the category of universal human rights. In this manner the United Nations agencies by-pass ratification and avoid the confrontations such as the one ICPD suffered at Cairo.
> The maneuver if successful in the final document is a threat particularly for Catholic countries which do not provide legal status for abortion or homosexual "rights". Laws contrary to national culture and religious values would be legislated in those countries, superseding national sovereignty. Homosexual "marriages", for instance, are to be guaranteed as "A voluntary choice in marriage, family forms."
> **The penalty for not enacting such legislation would be economic sanction for violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights**. Or worse.
So, you see, this has been an ongoing battle for years.
This stuff is being shoved down the throats of many in the name of 'rights' and in many/most places the people are powerless to reject these things. They don't want it. They see children as a great good. Xylem comes in & makes it easier for poor farmers to transport water to their crops, thus making it easier to grow more, which is a great Good. However, these same people are probably unaware that the same folks who are helping them in this way will eventually come in and promote contraception & abortion -- all in the name of Human Rights, of course.
I hope you will reconsider your association with these groups. I'm sure there is a Christian organization that is doing the same work, but not associated with the U.N.
Mimi
My source of water is a river littered with factories. 