for a healthier home and lifestyle
What do jeans, cows and microchips have in common? They all require lots of water. The embedded/embodied water in a microchip? Sizes, processes and products vary, but possibly 32 liters of water in one frito sized chip. But we use most of them for a long time. Perhaps the greeting card tunes are not the best idea. Last week's t-shirt, which also lasts well, uses about the same … [Read more...]
While we use between 100 and 200 gallons of water each day in our homes, our per capita use, which includes agriculture and manufacturing, is closer to 2000 gallons per day, twice the global average. In order to understand water use for the products we buy, and for the industry that makes them, it is comprised of three components. Blue water is drawn from freshwater sources - e.g. lakes and … [Read more...]
Consumption. It was a tragic problem in previous centuries, very infectious, especially among the urban poor, causing suffering and death. Today, Tuberculosis still kills, is still sanitation and class related and so appears less in rich countries. Now, it is our consumer class that has a disease of sorts, also very contagious, but the activity is often entertaining, the suffering is more of a … [Read more...]
April's focus at LIVINGREEN is" WATER...Caring for every drop" The bathroom consumes the most water in the home. Toilets alone account for 30% of our indoor water consumption. Toilets and other bathroom fixtures and fittings represent a great opportunity to reduce our indoor water consumption. Look for Watersence certified toilets to save over 10000 gallons per year. High efficiency … [Read more...]
Click to view this email in a browser This month we are focusing on caring for our water sources. We all know we are made up of mostly water, most of the Earth's surface is water, and we cannot live without it. But we also need to remember how much our survival as a civilization depends upon how we preserve, protect, and replenish our water resources. We can no longer take … [Read more...]
The United Nations' World Water Day was yesterday, it's theme was Water and Food Security. As you probably know, the future of water and food security (inextricably linked) is not looking good for us, with the population continuing to grow too quickly and climate change making matters worse. Hundreds of events are happening around the globe to increase awareness and help to promote positive … [Read more...]
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