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May 26, 2009
Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably
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- ab49, waterconservation, waterefficiency, waterprogram
Are you in your office right now? Check out the restroom. Are there low flow toilets? Faucet aerators? How about in the kitchen? Is there an efficient dishwasher? Are you in a hotel? Is there information in your room...continued→
March 17, 2009
Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably
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- ab49, cocacola, drinkingwater, istanbul, unitednations, waterefficiency, worldwaterday, worldwaterforum
While California is often thought of as trendy and cutting edge, sometimes you have to get out of town, way out of town, for some fresh perspective. So I find myself at the 5th World Water Forum, in Istanbul, Turkey. For...continued→
November 19, 2008
Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Health and the Environment
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- agricultural_drainage, climatechange, drip_irrigation, drought, globalwarming, groundwater, Kesterson_National_Wildlife_Refuge, pesticides
How bizarre. As many regions around the United States grapple with drought, the New York Times publishes the results of a study lauding the benefits of wasting water. Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Drip Irrigation...continued→
June 2, 2008
Posted by Ronnie Cohen in Living Sustainably
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- baydelta, californiawater, chinatown, dams, governor, la_water, losangeles_waterplan, owensriver, sacramentodelta, savingwater, smartcontroller, waterconservation, waterrecycling
I guess it’s time to remake the movie Chinatown, which told the classic tale of Los Angeles stealing water from the far off Owens River basin. Finding new sources of water has always been critical to the continuation of the...continued→