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Clean, Safe Water For Two Cents A Day -- Not Bad, But Not Happening

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Water, Clean Drinking Water, Safe Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Water, Green News

Some experts think the number of people with unsafe drinking water could easily be 2 billion -- maybe even more. The statistics are fuzzy and no on really knows how bad it is. They just know it is bad.

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Thirsting for Justice

Deborah Jacobs | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Cory Booker, Human Rights, New Jersey, Newark, Water, United Nations, Politics News

Since August, Newark turned off nearly 600 water accounts in an attempt to collect $29 million in unpaid bills. Newark's desire to collect this debt is entirely understandable, but unpaid bills do not trump human rights or public health.

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The Story of One Day's Wages

Eugene Cho | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: One Day's Wages, Poverty, Global Poverty, World Hunger, Water Crisis, Water, Impact News

In 2009, my wife and I made our decision to donate our income to the cause of fighting extreme global poverty. We'd like to invite you to do some of the same.

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Sex And The Illusion Of Physical Form

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Skin, Homosexuality, Illusion, Physical Form, Sex, Water, Prejudice, Srini Pillay Srinivasan Pillay, Love, Gender, Living News

"Maya" is a Sanskrit term that refers to the "illusion" of physical and mental forms. If the physical form is in fact an illusion, who are you having sex with?

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How to Save the World With Sanitation

Rose George | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: World in Photos, Global Development, Global Poverty, World, Water, Africa, Sanitation, World Photos, World News, Rose George, World News

Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.

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Amnesty: Israel Withholds Water From Palestinians

AP | MICHAEL BARAJAS | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Settlements in Palestine, Israel, Water Crisis, Water, World News

JERUSALEM — Amnesty International is accusing Israel of pumping disproportionate amounts of drinking water from an aquifer it controls in the We...

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Interactive Map: How A 4 Degree Temperature Rise Will Affect The Planet

guardian.co.uk | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Food Production, Rising Sea Level, Water, Climate Change, Map, Carbon Dioxide, Extreme Weather, Forest Fire, Global Warming, Global Temperature, Green News

A map launched at the Science Museum in London has been developed using the latest peer-reviewed science from the Met Office Hadley Centre and other l...

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Want to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint? Reduce Your Trash Footprint!

John DeCock | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Packaging, Waste, Trash, Climate Change, No Impact Week, Oceans, Water, Epa, Green News

The Product Policy Institute has recently released two new reports that confirm product and packaging waste contribute forty-four percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Smart Profs, Teabagger Administrators -- UC Berkeley Proposes Shutting Invaluable Water Library

Patrick McCully | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Water, Tax Cuts, Teabaggers, UC Berkeley, International Rivers, Water Resources Library Uc Berkeley, California Budget Cuts, Green News

This is intellectual vandalism in keeping with the know-nothing, no-tax tendencies of the teabagging conservatives, but surely not of UC Berkeley administrators.

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Climate Change Displacing Thousands

LA Times | Edmund Sanders | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Drought, Sub Saharan Africa, Africa, Melting Glaciers, Somalia, Water, Climate Change, Climate Change Refugees, Ice Pack, Sea Levels, Kenya, Dadaab, Green News

Africa is already home to one-third of the 42 million people worldwide uprooted by ethnic slaughter, despots and war. But experts say climate change i...

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Days 3 and 4 - My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

Shravya Reddy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Transport, Sustainability, Carbonfootprint, Bicycling, Emissions, Organicfarming, Climatechange, Vegetarianism, Water, Vegan, Green News

For all those looking for a way to lessen their carbon footprint, the bottom-line remains that a dietary shift is the single most effective way to do so.

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An Aspen Institute Dialogue on America's Water Infrastructure

Michael Deane | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Aspen Institute, Water Security, Water Infrastructure, Water Crisis, Water, Green News

Experts throughout the United States agree that our nation's drinking water and wastewater systems face increasing infrastructure replacement challenges over the next several decades.

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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No Impact Week: The Enigma of the Water Closet

Robert Glennon | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green, No Impact Week, Water, Green News

The water delivered to our homes is drinking-quality water but we use only ten percent of it for drinking and cooking. We use about one-third outdoors to water lawns. Of the water we use indoors, a third is flushed away.

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Invading The Moon & Our Disordered Home Planet

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Taking Care of Business at Home, Nasa, Lcross, Olympics, The Moon, Water, Chicago, Guantanamo, Raping the Moon, The Queen of My Self, Green Living, Donna Henes, Healthcare, Living News

I think there's a message in Chicago losing the Olympics. I also think there's a message in the moon invasion despite its alleged success. The message is a simple one: It's time to focus on home.

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Safe Drinking Water: A New Cause that Needs Continued Support

John Sauer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Children, Diarrhea, Causes, Health, Water, Celebrities, Sanitation, Global-Water-Crisis, Live Earth, Matt Damon, Jessica Biel, Impact News

Providing safe drinking water to those who need it is a hot cause right now. But will this"buzz" result in substantially more people getting access to water and sanitation?

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Water and Women: A Gender Crisis, a Global Opportunity

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 10.16.2009 | Impact

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sheryl WuDunn, Oprah Winfrey, Care, Ethiopia, Ajws, Water, Africa, Nicholas Kristof, Sanitation, Impact News

The world finally seems to be awakening to the inherent power that women possess - energy and talent that is needed to address the many challenges that face our planet.

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Watching The World's Water Quality And Quantity

Lissa Coffey | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Population, Lissa Coffey, Global, Water Pollution, Water, The Giving Life, Sustainability, Conservation, Crisis, Green Living, Matt Damon, Pollution, Sanitation, Living News

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 884 million people are without adequate drinking water, and 2.5 billion people are without adequate water for sanitation.

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Education Matters

Joel Epstein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: McDermont Field House, Charity, Citrus, Education, Agriculture, Water, Los Angeles, Central Valley, Chelsea Piers, California, Living News

I first visited Lindsay, California about four years ago when, as my company's director of charitable giving, I was looking to make an educational investment in a local elementary school.

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Water Reserves Falling Behind: '2015 Is The Tipping Point'

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lake Michigan Water, Water Conservation, Water Shortages, Chicago Water Supply, Water, Chicago News

The Chicago region faces a long-term water shortage that could hit some outlying suburbs by 2015, much sooner than previously anticipated, according t...

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Modern Governoring

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Schwarzenegger, Water, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Green News

California's governor has threatened to veto 700 bills in an attempt to force the legislature to do his bidding on water policy.

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World Celebrities Unite To Celebrate Water

Andres Restrepo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: ONE DROP Foundation, Guy Laliberte, Water Crisis, Cirque Du Soleil, Water, Impact News

Last week, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte became Canada's first private explorer in space. His mission? To raise humanity's awareness of water-related issues.

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Barbara Boxer Tackles Toxic School Drinking Water

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Toxic School Drinking Water, Barbara Boxer, Drinking Water, Toxic Drinking Water, Water, Green News

FRESNO, Calif. — A California senator called on the head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to disclose how the agency plans to ad...

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Pennsylvania Faces A Tainted Wastewater Onslaught Due To Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Drinking Water, Waste Water, Water, Natural Gas, Green News

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Stee...

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In Malawi, No More Sharing Water With Goats

William Kamkwamba | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Bryan Mealer, Energy, Wind, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, William Kamkwamba, Water, World News

My mother boiled our drinking water, but not everyone did this and became sick. Diarrhea was a frequent visitor to the villages during the rainy season, and cholera was always a concern.

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