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Janjay – A Story About Water
This year I joined the Board of the Global Water Alliance in Philadelphia and have gotten to see first hand just how extensive a reach the GWA has. So many of our GWA partners are writers, educators, academics, and leaders … Continue reading
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Tagged access to clean water, Chantal Victoria Bright, Children's books, mom advice, WASH, water, writers, writing
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PFAS Traps – #WATWB
#WATWB — Self Assembling PFAS Traps In a world where the news gets worse every day, where words like quarantining and self-isolating have become part of our everyday jargon, and where environmental degradation seems to be the least of our … Continue reading
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Tagged #WATWB, chemicals, clean water, contamination, health effects, PFAS, PFAS traps
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WATWB — A Rose By Any Other Name…
A Rose By Any Other Name… As the Bard reminds us, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but what could be sweeter than the inspiration that accompanies the aroma? At the University of Texas at Austin, … Continue reading
A New Year, A New Earth and Hamilton
A New Year, A New Earth, and Hamilton I read Eckhart Tolle’s, A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, way back in January, meandering through it slowly as if I were on vacation, reading the same paragraphs over and … Continue reading
Posted in clean water, climate change, Hamilton, mass extinction, musical, water, writers
Tagged A New Earth, a new path, A New Year, Broadway, climate change, Deus Ex Machina, Eckert Tolle, Hairspray, Hamilton, hip hop, into the unknown, journal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, musical, My Shot, water conservation, water crisis, writing
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#WATWB – How to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint
#WATWB – How to Reduce Your Plastic Footprint I don’t really remember ever taking a walk along a beach that was littered with plastic. It could be a case of being in the right place at the right time, or … Continue reading
WATWB – GI
WATWB – GI (Green Infrastructure) Do not despair our present difficulties, but believe always in the promise and greatness of America because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. … Continue reading
Posted in access to water, clean water, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, green infrastructure, sustainable cities
Tagged #WATWB, access to clean water, blog hop, clean water, climate change, Edmonston, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, GI, green infrastructure, Maryland, sustainable cities
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When Chemicals Combine
When Chemicals Combine It’s a tenet of the modern age that if you are alive and thriving on our planet, walking around in a “meat suit” — to steal a term from the TV show, “Supernatural” — you are likely … Continue reading
Posted in clean water, pesticides, water
Tagged arsenic, clean water, EPA, FDA, George de Mestral, Gore-Tex, herbicides, insecticides, MCLs, meat suit, naturally occurring, pesticides, plastic, purification, risk assessment, sandwich bags, Society of Chemical Manufacturers, supernatural, Velcro, water, water bottles, when chemicals combine
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Make Every Day Earth Day
photo by Erin Lafferty One Less Bag When I was a kid, I spent a summer working in my parents’ deli in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. I had various odd jobs, but my main job was running the cash … Continue reading
The Worth of Water
The Worth of Water On my way to the 8th Annual Global Water Alliance (GWA) conference in Philadelphia on March 26, 2015, I took a shortcut across the University of Penn’s campus and, given that I am navigationally challenged, overshot … Continue reading
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