“But, so long as the stream keeps flowing, I don’t quite see how we and our neighbours can be metered and taxed for leading it through our houses on its way to the sea. Sheep shit notwithstanding, I treasure our do-it-yourself water supply and the…
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El Paso has succeed in reducing their household water consumption to 1/4 that of the rest of the US. With no other choice but to conserve, what did they do? – residents paid $1 per square foot of garden that they replaced with less thirsty varitie…
Ken Robinson makes a convincing argument that we are not only facing a twin ‘economic and environmental crisis’ but also a ‘crisis of human resources’. Time for an ‘education revolution’ based on fostering creativity and innovation…
What in water did Bloom, waterlover, drawer of water, watercarrier, returning to the range, admire? Its universality: its democratic equality and constancy to its nature in seeking its own level: its vastness in the ocean of Mercator’s projection:…
Just came across an article in today’s Irish Times on potential exploitation of shale gas deposits in the Lough Allen Basin of NW Ireland. These deposits have recently become economically and technologically viable due to the development of the ‘h…
The average person wastes more water from throwing away food that they don’t use than through any other household water consumption use. A recent study by the Waste & Resource Action Programme (UK) and the WWF shows that people in the UK waste an …
Interesting looking online conference on the Future of Water – Tuesday 7 June, 4pm…. “Join 60 leading thinkers as they explore the rich, complex, and critical topic of water’s future. Beginning with a big-picture perspective, and uncovering both…
Figures on daily water use by the average householder are hard to come by in Ireland given the lack of metering. The most recent estimate is from EPA in 2006. This estimates average usage at 148 litres per person per day. This is an increase of up…
