Some thoughts for today: the bad news and good news for World Water Day. (First, I think every day should be World Water Day, not just March 22nd, but hey, that's just me.)
The world faces a projected 40 percent shortfall in freshwater by 2030. So it's no surprise that the central theme of the annual World Water Week conference held last week in Stockholm is how to produce more food while using less water in the process.
As the drought drives up prices on all corn-derived products, including milk, eggs, beef and processed foods, now seems like a good time to ask ourselves whether a diet so dependent on corn makes any sense.
Though water is coming under pressure, we don't have a water supply problem, we have a water management problem. Consumers need to understand our water footprints and reward water-efficient goods.
It takes 2393 liters of water to make a single hamburger. While that number sounds pretty staggering on its own, 2393 is not exactly easy to visualize...
Unless we're one of the (mostly) women and girls who spend 200 million hours a year fetching it from wells or rivers, we have no particular incentives to ration water -- and it's running out.
On any given day we're likely wearing more than 15,000 liters worth of water. And if we slip on a pair of leather loafers, well, add another 8,000 liters.
If a community runs out of water, it affects everyone in the area, even companies that were good stewards of the resource. The collective nature of these resources means that everyone shares both the responsibilities for their protection and the risks of their scarcity.
The average American uses nearly 2,000 gallons a day -- twice the global average -- and nearly 95 percent of that is hidden in the food we eat, the energy we use, the products we buy, and the services we rely on.
March 22 is World Water Day, and there is no better day to become more conscious about the items you use and consume, and just how much water is neede...
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