011: Executive Director of Surge, Marita Peters

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 11 p.m.

b'In this episode, we talk to Marita Peters. She is Executive Director of Surge, a non-profit water organisation. She and her team have grown the organisation steadily for the past few years since the branch was established in Dubai and its headquarters in Chicago. She is also a budding environmental activist that helps organizes community events like beach clean-ups, teaching at her children\\u2019s schools eco-club and for 30 days she participated with me in the waste me not challenge \\n\\nDuring this episode, we take a look at the importance of water. How access to clean water and sanitation can help many young girls to stay in school. We also look at the water footprint and how everything we eat, drink or use, wear, buy, sell and eat takes water to make.'