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World Water Day
WORLD WATER DAY Today, March 22, is World Water Day. [photo by Stacey Lazos] Not to be a downer, but water statistics suck. By 2050 we will have more plastic in the ocean than fish which is going to be … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, aquaponics, insecticides, Uncategorized, WASH, water, water conservation, water security
Tagged agriculture, aquaponics, clean water, plastics, pure water, WASH, water, water conservation, water rights, water security
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Oh S#%!
[wine bottle label — assuming that they mean gentlemen and gentlewomen] Oh S#%! I gave up cursing for Lent. It’s gotten really bad with me: that long lead in to the 2016 Presidential elections and then the actual election … Continue reading
World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day I think that if Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840 – 1917) knew that one of his most famous sculptures, “The Thinker” had become the symbol of World Toilet Day, a day established to raise awareness of the … Continue reading
Posted in access to sanitation, Auguste Rodin, Give 1 in 3 a place to pee, sanitation and hygiene, The Thinker, WASH, world toilet day
Tagged 1 in 3, access to sanitation, Auguste Rodin, clean water, modern flush toilet, place to pee, sanitation and hygiene, Sir John Harrington, Thomas Crapper, water, water poor, world toilet day
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Cowa — The Journey Continues
The Journey Continues There are many kinds of people in the world, doers and dreamers, concrete and abstract thinkers, queen bees and worker bees, some that see the world as a challenge, a mountain to be scaled and conquered, others … Continue reading
Water Wars
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
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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I Wanna Be Sedated
[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
Reclaim the Commons
Reclaim the Commons Back in the 70’s, America had a little oil shortage problem when the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Companies (OAPEC) cut us off. The facts are convoluted — a Arab-Israeli war beginning in October … Continue reading
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