Thinking of refitting your bathroom or kitchen? Style sustainably with luxury kitchen and bathroom fixtures that use less water…and they look good while doing it. Shop for bathroom and kitchen fixtures responsibly. Ask your retailer the right questions. Be sure that the fixtures you select comply with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines for water conservation. Not [...]

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Pricing water is a touchy topic in the water world. Access to clean water was declared a fundamental human right by the United Nations (UN). But, does that mean that it can’t be priced for scarcity? What are the implications of not charging end users for treating and transporting water? Piet Klop, Senior Fellow at the [...]

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Aquaculture can be defined as the farming of water creatures and organisms such as fish or shellfish that can be done in a natural or artificial habitat. Since 1994, the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) started working on aquaculture, supporting research projects and trying to come up with an analytic comparison between the impacts of shrimp aquaculture and shrimp trawling.

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Many of our previous posts remind you of the importance of environment conservation and the need to limit water pollution considering that it has severe consequences on a variety of ecosystems and on the humankind. The stability and conservation of water is directly dependent on the survival of entire ecosystems. Aquaponics, an innovative style of gardening, is an interesting example of the interdependence between the survival of plants and sea creatures such as fish.

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Fashion no longer means glitter and glitz with a superficial touch of polished elegance and eccentric designers. The creative world of design has grown socially responsible in the last couple of years, designers have acquired a grown awareness for environmental problems. Don’t be fool be appearances, eco-friendly fashion has nothing to do with a hippy-grungy look; green fashion is fresh, forward looking and as elegant and glamorous has high-end designer prêt-à-porter. Simple Shoes, a line for outdoors athletic shoes embody the combination of style and comfort blended the use of recycled materials and eco-friendly production and manufacturing procedures.

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