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Inventors Imagine a Water-Grabbing Fog Farm

February 17, 2010

This week a study revealed that California’s coastal fog has decreased significantly over the past 100 years, potentially endangering the state’s treasured coastal redwood trees. And that’s not all! It [...]

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Groovy! Mid-Century Modern Water Storage

February 15, 2010
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If Mike Brady had designed water towers or water tanks, I imagine they’d have looked like this! These are pages from a 1965 promotional book from the Committee of Steel [...]

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Looney Tunes Spelling Lesson

January 21, 2010

Yes my friends, spelling does matter! A short clip from the classic Looney Tunes archives demonstrating the nexus of water and energy, Speedy Gonzales-style. Here, literacy-challenged Benny the Cat tries to [...]

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h2o mp3: Suzy Snowflake – Rosemary Clooney

December 18, 2009

A retro musical tribute to water’s most festive form! Rosemary Clooney’s 1951 version of Suzy Snowflake is an enduring and popular holiday tune. Break into your own acapella rendition of [...]

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When Protozoa Came to the Big Screen

October 7, 2009

Fierce and cannibalistic! The battle to the death will be primitive and unmerciful! This is not a sensational film coming to your local multiplex, but a way-back look back at 76-year [...]

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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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How to Trap Children in the Dark and Lonely Water

August 29, 2009

Somehow, fear as a motivator has fallen out of favor. Back in the day, though, scaring the tar out of kids was a perfectly acceptable method for keeping them in [...]

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