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My Water Footprint

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Lesson eight’s contemplative practice really made me think a lot about my relationship to water and my water foot print. How big is my water footprint and is my water consumption a responsible one? While I understand that my water consumption consists of everyday essentials such as showering, flushing the toilet and washing dishes, what I did not consider is… Read more »

Seattle Could Learn a Thing or Two from India

I was shocked to learn about the intricate systems of rainwater harvesting in India.  Not only that, but how long they have been place, some of the for hundreds of years.  Anupam Mishra mentions in his TED talk titled The Ancient Ingenuity of Water Harvesting that the reasons these systems have been in place for so long, in a place… Read more »