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My breakfast took 1100 litres (290 gal) of water to make – how much was yours?
( Graphic from ‘Your Water Footprint’) I have a confession: I used 1100 litres of water to make my breakfast today. It was nothing special, just a small glass of orange juice, a cup of coffee, two...
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The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products
Your Water Footprint By Journalist Stephen Leahy, Winner of the 2012 United Nations Global Prize for Climate Change and Environment Coverage Do you know you’re wearing water? It takes more than 7,600...
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Website for my new book: Your Water Footprint
New Book Investigating The Enormous Amounts Of ‘Hidden’ Water We Consume Every Day By Journalist Stephen Leahy, Winner of the 2012 Prince Albert/United Nations Global Prize for Reporting on Climate...
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Treehugger Interview with Your Water Footprint Author Stephen Leahy
Why care about your water footprint? © “Your water footprint” by Stephen Leahy. Groundwater comes from aquifers that take thousands of years to fill. Globally, aquifers are being drained faster than...
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Water is far more valuable and useful than oil
The water footprint of a half-litre bottle of water is 5.5 litres – yet well over a billion people live in areas with chronic scarcity By Stephen Leahy I have a confession: I knocked back 320 pints at...
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Free Public Talk on How You Consume 2000 Gallons of Water Every Day
[I will be in the L.A. area Feb 9 to 16 and available for interviews and book signings – Contact me] Critically Acclaimed New Book Investigating The Enormous Amounts Of ‘Hidden’ Water We Consume...
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‘We Have Nothing Without Water’– Treehugger Interviews Author of Your Water...
Why care about your water footprint? © “Your water footprint” by Stephen Leahy. Groundwater comes from aquifers that take thousands of years to fill. Globally, aquifers are being drained faster than...
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Learn About Your Water Footprint with Author Stephen Leahy – Tues April 28
Whitby Public Library Tuesday, April 28 at 7pm 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, ON, L1N 6A1 Meeting Room 1B Critically Acclaimed New Book Investigating The Enormous Amounts Of ‘Hidden’ Water We...
View ArticleWe now have less than 2 years to stop building any new stuff that uses fossil...
Originally posted on Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist: By Stephen Leahy [Authors note: One of the most difficult and important articles I’ve written in 20 years of environmental...
View ArticleWhat Really Kickstarted China’s Green Energy Revolution?
I wrote this in 2004 for WIRED when China first announced it was moving away from coal as its primary energy source to green energy. Fascinating to look back and see that China had just 400 Mw of wind...
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