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Water

2009 Wet and Wild Water Gift Guide, Part 1

December 7, 2009

The Frog-O-Sphere™ from Brookstone ($39.95) includes 2 aquatic mini frogs, Living Gravel™ and a bamboo plant. Your new little buddies, the frogs, won’t outgrow the tank. Living Gravel™ acts as [...]

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Se vedete le immagini saranno hai capito?

December 3, 2009
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If you see the images will you understand? Choose Italian or English for this terrific water conservation infographic video by Matteo Bonera (website). Or, do as I did and play a [...]

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He Swallowed the Sea

December 2, 2009

In the current installment of Emily Green’s excellent regular feature “The Week that Was” at ChanceofRain.com, I read… “It would be very interesting if we could drain the ocean and [...]

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Who Says Turkeys Can’t Swim?

November 27, 2009

As you’re pondering what to do with all that leftover Thanksgiving turkey, ponder this from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. In the Letters section of the October [...]

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Me want cookie, me drink cookie?

November 12, 2009

Om nom nom nom! Don’t we wish we lived in Washington State, where researchers have found traces of spices and food flavorings in the waters of Puget Sound. Via WaterTechOnline.com, National [...]

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The Visual Water Dictionary: Plume

November 9, 2009

The Visual Water Dictionary attempts to cut confusion on ambiguous water terminology with easy visual references. Today’s Term: Plume Plume is an underground pattern of contaminant concentrations created by the movement of [...]

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You Can’t Do your Laundry on Twitter

October 29, 2009

And I don’t believe you can get “free water” on Facebook, either. In colonial Guatemala, people gathered at public water tanks and washbasins do the laundry. But the activity encompassed [...]

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Brittani and Kourtni Confront the Water Crisis

October 20, 2009

(Click the letter image for a larger, more readable view!) Dear Ethiopian Girlfriends, Hey what’s up! We’re thinkin about ya cos the gals over at water.org posted up some snaps [...]

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Retro Water Advertising Film Fest Part 2

September 29, 2009

Part Two: And now, a word from our water sponsors from decades past! We’ve been interrupted by advertising for drinking water for at least a half a century. Following, more of [...]

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Retro Water Advertising Film Fest, Part 1

September 28, 2009

And now, a word from our water sponsors from decades past! We’ve been interrupted by advertising for drinking water for at least a half a century. Following, a taste of “the [...]

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