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Archive for September, 2015

Dry Goods Not So Dry: Paying Attention to the Water Footprint

Posted on September 21st, 2015 in Climate, Food, Water

Personal water conservation doesn’t end with taking shorter showers, closing leaking faucets and letting the lawn go brown. Every product we consume, including the food we eat, has a “water footprint”. That is, varying amounts of fresh water are used in the lifecycle of a product, whether it’s a cow that is born eating grass […]

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California’s Gold is Water

Posted on September 14th, 2015 in Behavioral Change, Leadership, Water

All Californian’s know that water is an issue for our state. The question is what to do about it, how fast, and who’s responsible for taking action. As with all complex questions (as conservation issues always are) the answers are also complex, encompassing both-and scenarios instead of either-ors. It’s easy to get caught up in […]

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