Water
GRACE is an online source for tools and information that enable individuals to make water conservation part of their everyday lives. Its popular Water Footprint Calculator, an interactive tool, allows visitors to estimate their water use and then find out how to reduce their individual water footprint.
We’re excited to offer ten lucky Ecocentric readers a free download of "WATERSHED," a film narrated by Robert Redford about the threats to the once-mighty Colorado River.
Ecocentric's Kyle Rabin is moderating a panel at the Brooklyn Food Conference today on the interrelated nature of food, water and energy systems, so we thought we'd share some facts with our readers who aren't able to attend.
California’s Central Valley and New York’s Suffolk County may be miles away in geography and in culture, but both share the problem of nitrate contaminated drinking water as shown in two separate studies. The question is, how long can this pollution be tolerated?
People often take their drinking water for granted. So is it any wonder that many Americans aren’t aware of the more than 30-year old National Drinking Water Week (May 6-12)? Maybe it's time to start caring more.
Last Saturday, May 5, people around the world marked Climate Impacts Day. In honor of the day, we decided to connect some of the dots between extreme weather and food, water and energy in the U.S. during 2011.
In her new movie "Last Call at the Oasis," Oscar-winning filmmaker Jessica Yu trains her lens on the world water crisis, with a particular emphasis on the United States – a nation that is little aware of its burgeoning water quality and quantity problems.
Between the series' DVD release and recent controversy over how climate change was—or was not—tackled by BBC producers, it’s a good time for us to check out Frozen Planet for those of you who may have missed it. Come for the polar bears, stay for the timelapse ice melts. Plus: penguins!
Last week, 250 science high school students saw a preview of the soon-to-be released water documentary Last Call at the Oasis. In this podcast we talk with Kai Olson-Sawyer about the screening of the film.
On May 5, thousands of communities will join together to “shine a spotlight on the connections between extreme weather and climate change.”
For Earth Day we highlight the differences between the environmental challenges of 70s and now through photos taken then and now. Nowadays, it's what you don't see that can cause all the problems.
Farming, Fracking and Power Plants: The Food/Water/Energy Connection
Drinking Water Week Blues: Nitrate Pollution from Coast to Coast
Our Hero: Jessica Yu, Director of “Last Call at the Oasis”
