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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
Avital Binshtock

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
Robert Glennon

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
Dr. Susan Corso

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
John Sauer

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
Jonathan Greenblatt

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
Lissa Coffey

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
Joel Epstein

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
Dave Johnson

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
Andres Restrepo

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
William Kamkwamba

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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Fleecing the USA Again: Non-Performance-Based P3 Banker Fees

Michael Likosky | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, p3s, Chicago Parking, Investment Banks, World War Two, Bridges, Public-Private Partnerships, Tarp Banks, Power, Public Works, City of Chicago, Water, Roads, Privatization, Levies, Bonuses, People of Chicago, Skyway, Business News
Michael Likosky

If the recovery is done right, we can forge public-private partnerships akin to the Second World War. However, our least patriotic institution, the large scale investment bank, seems to have something different in mind.

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Jessica Biel To Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro For Clean Water

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Water, Jessica Biel Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kilimanjaro, Jessica Biel, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — When Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco and Isabel Lucas get together in Africa, they'll have nowhere to go but up. The entertainers have ...

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The Security Implications of Climate Change

Justin Mundy | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Rain Forests, National Security, Climate, Water, Climate Change, Energy Security, Food, Green News
Justin Mundy

Climate security, energy security, food security and water security are now all inextricably linked. There is no long term and stable security outcome that is viable unless all four challenges are met.

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Bigger Than Africa

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Un, Technology, Cgi, United Nations, Water, Africa, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Green News
Jonathan Greenblatt

The water and sanitation crisis in many parts of the world as a whole is hard to fathom, and mainly because it is completely preventable.

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Hannity's Central Valley -- the Facts That Hannity Forgot

Doug Obegi | Posted 11.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Salmon, Deltasmelt, Drought, California, Waterprogram, Water, Delta, Fishing, Hannity, Central Valley, Media News
Doug Obegi

In Hannity's upside down world where facts are forgotten, we get to hear a member of Congress complain how environmentalists are "radical" for requiring the state to comply with the law.

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Ed Begley Jr.'s Gray Water System

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Conservation, Gray Water, Green Living, Water, Ed Begley Jr., Green News

Water conservation starts with using to the fullest whatever water we access. A gray water recycling system helps us achieve just that. Installing one...

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Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink...

Carl Pope | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Clean Water, Water Pollution, Water, Toxic Water, Clean Water Act, Green News
Carl Pope

There won't be less water in a warmer world -- total global precipitation may increase. But the water will come at less predictable times, with more droughts and floods, and overall greater extremes.

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Three Cheers for Israel?!

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Jordan, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Dead Sea, Israel Water, Israel Dead Sea, Middle East, Water, Water-Crisis, World News
Amitai Etzioni

Throughout the Middle East, water is running out. Israel and Jordan have moved jointly to address this problem.

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8 American Cities That Get A+ For Sustainable H2O Management

TreeHugger | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Globle Warming, Water Management, John McCain Climate Change, Water, American Cities, American Water System, Usa, American Rivers, Sustainable, Green News

American Rivers has highlighted eight communities' sustainable water management approaches that will make them more resilient to a changing climate....

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Coal Slurry Smiles: NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop Removal, Epa, Appalachia, NY Times, Coal Slurry, Water, Disease, West Virginia, Clean Water Act, Coal Ash, Lisa Jackson, Joe Manchin, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Duhigg's portrait of the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia--and the indifference of state agencies--blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets in Appalachia.

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Help Us Give Clean Water to Our First Million People

Scott Harrison | Posted 11.14.2009 | Impact

Read More: Scott Harrison, Water Crisis, Water, Charity: Water, Impact News
Scott Harrison

In the spirit of solving enormous problems, charity: water wants to step it up this September and provide our first million people with clean and safe drinking water.

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Red Snow Warning: The End of Welfare Water and the Drying of the West

Chip Ward | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Water-Policy, Lake Powell, Lake Mead, Water, Climate Change, Hoover Dam, Colorado River, Green News
Chip Ward

We are now dangerously close to the limits of what the Colorado River can provide, even in the very best of weather scenarios, and the weather is being neither so friendly nor cooperative these days.

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