Robert Swan’s Ganges River Expedition: “Don’t ask others to do what you’re not willing to do yourself”

On the 3rd of November 2011, 2041 launched the Ganges Expedition in India, from Gangotri to the Goumukh Glacier. The glacier is the hub for India's mother river, the Ganges, which supplies clean...
Explorer and friend of Planet Forward's, Robert Swan, travels to the mouth of the Ganges River to see--first hand--the state of the glacier that supplies water for 400 million people. How can we help solve this looming crisis?

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On the 3rd of November 2011, 2041 launched the Ganges Expedition in India, from Gangotri to the Goumukh Glacier. The glacier is the hub for India’s mother river, the Ganges, which supplies clean drinking water throughout India. This expedition will focus on clean water, sanitation and renewable energy in schools, homes and the workplace as well as the importance of water in the Indian Tiger Reserves.

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