Save water in your Jeans

Posted on November 17, 2010 by RB

Did you know that making a single pair of  jeans (yes the blue jeans that you wear to keep your legs warm) on average uses 42L or 11 gallons of water? Manufacturers wash the completed jeans  in huge machines, using dyes and abrasives to achieve different styles of finish and texture, and sometimes going through [...]

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Arab nations face major water crisis without changes.

Posted on November 16, 2010 by RB

The Arab world is set for a water crisis within 5 years, according to the Arab Forum for Environment and Development. Rapid increases in population, and poor management of already scarce water could leave nations including Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with massive water shortages by 2015. Climate change is expected to exacerbate [...]

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Fed tells Florida to clean up its rivers, but not just yet.

Posted on November 15, 2010 by RB

The State of Florida has become the first to be subjected to tough new environmental standards set by the Federal Government. New Limits The Environmental Protection Agency has set strict limits for phosphorus and nitrogen levels in Florida’s lakes and rivers following repeated problems with toxic algae blooms caused by runoff from sewage processing plants, [...]

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