Water

We are choking our planet on plastic

Chrystal Biodiversity, Environment, Oceans, Plastic, Water June 17, 2023July 8, 2023#breakfreefromplastic, #SoNoToSingleUse, Climate crisis, plastic, Plastic Free July, Plastic waste, Sustainability, sustainable lifestyle

Country Vs City. Which is better from a sustainability standpoint?

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Carbon Offsetting, Climate Action, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Usage, Environment, Sustainability, Waste Solutions, Water May 23, 2023May 13, 2023city living, Climate crisis, country living, driving efficiently, public transit, shared transport, Sustainability, sustainable lifestyle

aerial view of a city skyline at sunset, with a cloudy sky

It’s a question as old as time: City versus Country. Do you prefer busy cities or quieter countryside living? We explore both, from a sustainability standpoint.

Can the EPA make our drinking water safe?

Chrystal Current Events, Environment, Health, Water May 16, 2023July 9, 2023

The EPA have released a proposed law to regulate the amount of PFAS chemicals in our drinking water. We give you an overview of what they’re doing.

Love should last forever. Chemicals should not.

Chrystal Environment, Water June 21, 2022June 21, 2022Clean Water Action, DuPont, EPA, Fast food packaging, Goretex, Non-stick, PFAS, PFOA, PTFE, Scotchguard, water contamination

Man in protective clothing and gas mask measuring toxicity of a substance

PFAS, usually pronounced Peafass, is an acronym which we’re hearing a lot about lately. Even though it might be new to your vernacular you’ve likely been very up close and personal with it for decades. PFAS stands

Even if you don’t “ocean wash” your jeans, your jeans are in the ocean

Chrystal Energy Consumption, Environment, Fashion, Oceans, Personal Care, Sustainability, Sustainable Wardrobe, Water January 18, 2022January 18, 2022anthropogenic modified cellulose, anthropogenic pollution, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, denim, indigo denim, Laurentian Great Lakes, microfibers, raw denim, washing denim, wastewater treatment plants

Person wearing blue denim jeans and hiking boots, only showing their legs as they look at a beach

Do you own a pair of jeans? Or two?? Most of the western world believes denim jeans to be a wardrobe staple; a fundamental item; a necessity. Denim jeans have often been quoted as the single most

The Carbon Footprint of Water

Ben Carbon Footprint, Water August 31, 2021August 31, 2021Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, clean drinking water, clean water, desalination, drinking water, Water, water conservation, water footprint, water management, water pollution, water scarcity, water shortage, water usage

Today we are going to look at water. H2O. Specifically, what type of emissions are produced bringing this elixir of life into our lives. As our population increases, we need to learn how to adapt to sharing our limited freshwater resources. Water is essential for life and providing access that is more sustainable makes sense.

Alex Schirn Water February 2, 2021February 2, 2021animal, animals, coral reefs, cultivation, destruction, ecosystem, erosion, fauna, fens, food, freshwater, habitat, humanity, lagoon, mangroves, medicine, migration, peatlands, pollutants, protection, purification, quality, reproduction, rice, security, soil, storm, wetland, WWD

Did you know wetlands—ecosystems flooded by water—sustain humanity and nature?

Clausius-Clapeyron Equation: We are Running Out of Water

Alex Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Sustainability, Water November 24, 2020November 24, 2020antibiotic residues, aquifers, clausius-clapeyron, Climate Change, closed water cycle, conversion equation, drought risk, flood risk, freshwater, melting glaciers, residence times, uneven water distribution, warming atmosphere, water basin, water cycle, water inflow, water management, water outflor, water outflow, water scarcity, water storage

Water is a fundamental resource for all life on Earth. What would humans do without fresh water? Well, we may well find out in 2050. The UN has projected that the demand for water in 2050 will

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