Tag Archives: access to water

También la Lluvia

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Pam Lazos

También La Lluvia (Even the Rain) (2000), directed by Icíar Bollaín, tells the story of a small film crew making a movie about Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New World and the effect Spain’s arrival had on the indigenous Indian … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access to water, clean water, privatization | 18 Comments

Your Assimilative Capacity Has Been Reached

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Pam Lazos

[ Posted first on the Global Water Alliance‘s “Blogs and Utterings” section of which yours truly is the primary contributor. Your Assimilative Capacity Has Been Reached Given the rains in California last month, resulting in the evacuation of some … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access to water, agriculture, Ancestral Puebloans, assimilative capacity, Bandelier National Monument, clean water, cliff dwellers, conservation techniques, Frijoles Canyon, Frijoles Creek, Ogallala aquifer, Oroville dam, reservoirs | 13 Comments

Thirsty Burger

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Pam Lazos

Thirsty Burger Consider the cow. It takes one gallon — 3.6 liters — per 100 pounds of body weight to water a cow and two gallons when it is hot outside. If Bessy is lactating, you need to double those … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access to water, agricultural, clean water, coffee beans, how many gallons of water, low flush toilet, safe, Sustainability, Thirsty Burger, water choices, water conservation | Leave a comment

Water Wars

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pam Lazos

Water Wars How’s this? In the future we will fight wars for water. Sound plausible or more like SciFi? Probably no one really thought we’d fight a war for oil, but then Iraq happened and that strange … Continue reading →

Posted in water, water conservation, water security | Tagged access to water, clean water, Global Water Alliance, Native Americans, P. J. Lazos, UNESCO, water, water conservation, water insecurity, water security, water wars | Leave a comment

World Environment Day

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Pam Lazos

[photo — Bethany Beach, DE] World Environment Day Welcome to World Environment Day, a day to celebrate stewardship of the Earth. We as Americans have so many natural resources that we often take for granted while other parts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access to water, clean water, community toilets, positive action, protect the planet, Rupert Whiting, Six Degrees Water, stewardship of the earth, Sustainability, wastewater treatment, World Environment Day | Leave a comment

The Seed Guys are Back!

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Pam Lazos

The Seed Guys are Back! “ Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.” -Thomas Watson, Founder, IBM “The entrepreneur: passionate, unrelenting, courageous, and, arguably, insensible … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 5 Steps for Start-Ups, access to water, Adrian Leviano, clean water, Everwaters, Indiegogo, Matt Lisle, Moringo Oleifera, The Seed Guys, UN Sustainable Development Goals | Leave a comment

I Wanna Be Sedated

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Pam Lazos

[Lake Norman, SC] I WANNA BE SEDATED So you go to the doctor because you have a nasty cold that you just can’t shake and she gives you a prescription for antibiotics and you take them for ten … Continue reading →