Two recent treehugger articles, discussing 7 Low-Cost, Low-Emissions Foods and the water footprint of your food reinforce the myth that to simply change the actual items that we buy, without considering where they come from and how they are grown, is enough of a change to slow the human impact on the planet and other [...] Read more »
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Posted in permaculture, water on Jun 11th, 2009 No Comments »
By Tara Lohan, AlterNet
Vandana Shiva says industrial agriculture has left Indian farmers indebted and destitute, and explains how to stem the tide of suicides.
Last month, the world got a glimpse of an epidemic that has hit India in the last decade when news reports alerted readers to the suicides of 1,500 farmers in the Indian [...] Read more »
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Posted in useful media, water on Mar 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Another inspiring video from PeakMoment TV. Read more »
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Posted in devastation, water on Oct 27th, 2008 No Comments »
By Kari Lydersen, article on alternet.
From the mining of raw materials to energy production to the manufacturing process itself, industry guzzles tons of water.
…..The rampant waste of freshwater for general public use — lawn watering, the creation of suburban fake lakes, excessive bathing and household washing — has been well documented, as has the politically [...] Read more »
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Posted in water on Sep 27th, 2008 No Comments »
By Tara Lohan, on Alternet.
Can anyone really own water? That was the questions that got French filmmaker Irena Salina inspired to take on a mammoth project — chronicling the global water crisis and solutions — from privatization to politics to pollution.
Her creation, the award-winning film “FLOW: For Love of Water,” was a Sundance hit and [...] Read more »
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Posted in news, water on Aug 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Environment News Service
The world’s supplies of clean, fresh water cannot sustain today’s “profligate” use and inadequate management, which have brought shrinking food supplies and rising food costs to most countries, WWF Director General James Leape told the opening session of World Water Week in Stockholm today.
“Behind the world food crisis is a global freshwater [...] Read more »
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Sharon Astyk looks at how to get water off your roof, out of the ground or otherwise when things get difficult.
Why do you need to know this? Isn’t it just crazy talk to imagine us not having *WATER*? Well, how much is your water bill right now? Are you sure [...] Read more »
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Posted in water on Aug 8th, 2008 No Comments »
Says Diane Francis on Alternet.
Bottled water is a joke, one of the biggest consumer and taxpayer ripoffs ever. I applaud California’s Attorney General Jerry Brown who said recently that he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California by Nestle.
Next, Attorneys General everywhere should require recycling of all plastic bottles and containers [...] Read more »
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