They are one of the world’s greatest and most precious natural resources, yet are entirely hidden. Now, for the first time, a high-resolution map shows where underground aquifers store vast amounts of water.
The map of “blue gold” (pdf format, 4 MB) is the result of nearly a decade of sometimes difficult talks between neighbouring governments, [...]
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Atlas of hidden water may avert future conflict
Posted in water facts on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Disastrous ‘eco crunch’ threatens planet – Living Planet Report
Posted in energy efficiency, oceans, pollution, water conservation, water facts on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The report finds that more than three quarters of the world’s population lives in countries whose consumption levels are outstripping environmental renewal. It warns that reckless consumption of “natural capital” is endangering the world’s future prosperity, with clear economic impacts, including high costs for food, water and energy.
WWF’s international director-general James Leape says world leaders [...]
ColaLife campaign
Posted in third world assistance on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ColaLife is a campaign to leverage the distribution muscle of a multi-national corporate institution to save children’s lives in developing countries.
It was launched by Simon Berry, who had an idea during a live webchat:
What about Coca Cola using their distribution channels (which are amazing in developing countries) to distribute rehydration salts? Maybe by dedicating one [...]
Green Chemistry – Environment California
Posted in 1 on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On September 29th, Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law two historic peices of legislation creating the “Green Chemistry Initiative” to regulate toxic chemicals in consumer products.
Environment California views the following principles as central to the success of California’s Green Chemistry Initiative and, ultimately, to protecting Californians from toxic chemicals:
1. Decisions affecting human health and the environment [...]
Encyclopedia of Life
Posted in 1, tagged diversity, life on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an ambitious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all information about life present on Earth. At its heart lies a series of Web sites—one for each of the approximately 1.8 million known species. Each site is constantly evolving and features dynamically synthesized content ranging from [...]
Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water — Environmental Working Group
Posted in tap water, water company, water facts on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ten popular U.S. bottled water brands contain mixtures of 38 different pollutants, including bacteria, fertilizer, Tylenol and industrial chemicals, some at levels no better than tap water, according to laboratory tests recently conducted by Environmental Working Group (EWG).
Overall, the test results strongly indicate that the purity of bottled water cannot be trusted.
“It’s buyer beware with [...]
Waterfootprint.org: Water footprint and virtual water
Posted in water conservation, water facts on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. The water footprint of an individual, community or business [...]
Some bottled water toxicity shown to exceed law
Posted in tap water, water company, water filtration, water safety on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization with offices in Oakland, tested 10 brands of bottled water and found that Wal-Marts Sams Choice contained chemical levels that exceeded legal limits in California and the voluntary standards adopted by the industry.
Bottled vs. tap
Americans drank more than 9 billion gallons in 2007, and fewer than half of [...]
Nestle global chief has plenty on his plate
Posted in water company, water conservation on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Our position as a company is water is the biggest problem in the world. It is not oil. You can live without oil but you cannot live without water.” — Paul Bulcke, global CEO of the Nestle group.
Nestle is the world’s largest food and beverage company, with 265,000 employees, 481 factories and a presence in [...]
Big step for Hetch Hetchy system upgrade
Posted in tap water, water conservation, water facts on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The colossal plan to repair the decrepit water system that serves 2.5 million residents of San Francisco, the Peninsula and parts of the East Bay reached a key milestone Tuesday with the release of an environmental study that, if approved, will kick-start 17 regional water projects worth more than $2.5 billion.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission [...]
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