Monthly Archives: January 2009
YouthNoise DROP Campaign
Lately, I’ve been so busy with grad school that I’ve neglected my blog. Luckily, there are people like those over at the Youth Noise Drop Campaign still working tirelessly to improve global water and sanitation conditions. Previously, I let you … Continue reading
Filed under international, sustainability, drinking water, outreach, water availability
Happy New Year from Terre des hommes Foundation
A beautiful happy new year image from Terres des hommes Foundation (Tdh). Tdh works to “defend the rights of children, in times of war or natural catastrophe, or in less publicized situations of distress.” This includes working on issues of … Continue reading
Filed under general, international, sustainability, drinking water, outreach
13-Gallon Challenge – WRAP UP
Well, I made it. Yesterday was the last day of my 13-Gallon Challenge. All told, this was a completely worthwhile project. I had two goals at the beginning of the challenge: 1) to better understand my daily water use habits, … Continue reading
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13-Gallon Challenge – Day Six
Today is the sixth day of my 13-Gallon Challenge – a pledge to live on an allocation of water declared to be a human right for one week. You may wonder, what is a human right to water? Well, the … Continue reading
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13-Gallon Challenge – Day Two
Yesterday, I began the 13-Gallon Challenge – a pledge to live on a human right allocation of 50 liters (13 gallons) of water each day for a period of one week. So far, this pledge has been a great way … Continue reading
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Water Resolutions for the New Year
Recently someone asked me “Do you track your water use?” I thought thoroughly about my reply to that question. In many ways I conserve water: only flushing the toilet when necessary, turning off the faucet during hand washing and teeth … Continue reading
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