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On AlterNet: virtual water

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "virtual water"

Do Exports of Water-Intensive Crops Hurt Drought-Prone Areas?

Do Exports of Water-Intensive Crops Hurt Drought-Prone Areas?

Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. June 20, 2009.
As California and Australia are finding out, what makes economic sense to farmers may be becoming an environmental problem.

Importing Food Means Exporting Drought

Importing Food Means Exporting Drought

Tom MacMillan, Comment Is Free. August 22, 2008.
If we don't make changes quickly it will be our plates, not our rates, that bear the brunt of water shortage.

Can You Get by on Just 5 Gallons of Water a Day?

Can You Get by on Just 5 Gallons of Water a Day?

Sophie Morris, Independent UK. April 28, 2008.
A British woman attempts for a day what most in the developing world deal with all the time -- living on just over 5 gallons of water.