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9781605294711

The Green Blue Book

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  • ISBN13:

    9781605294711

  • ISBN10:

    1605294713

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2010-03-16
  • Publisher: Rodale Books

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Summary

With hundreds of entertaining facts, Thomas Kostigen gives simple tips for water saving, both the water you see and use and "virtual water," the water you cannot see but is embedded in the things you consume. For example, it takes 27 gallons of water to grow a banana but only 19 gallons of water to grow an applethus choosing to eat an apple can save 8 gallons of water.The Green Blue Bookincludes an extensive guide so you can make smarter choices and help reduce the demand for water-intensive foods and products. With breakthrough research, humor, and a hopeful message,The Green Blue Bookwill show how, drop by drop, one's water savings can add up.

Author Biography

THOMAS M. KOSTIGEN is author of You Are Here and coauthor of The Green Book. He writes the popular Ethics Monitor column for Dow Jones MarketWatch and hosts a weekly broadcast for the Wall Street Journal Digital network.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. ix
The water you see
Home: home is where the water isp. 3
Outdoors: trimming, timing, and topping offp. 13
Work: make it a water recessionp. 21
Sports: keeping a low water scorep. 27
Travel: away doesn't mean a wastep. 33
The water you can't see
Foods and beverages: how much does it take to produce your produce?p. 43
Clothing: are you wearing water?p. 67
Furnishings: the H2O of household itemsp. 73
Health and beauty: bail out your bathroomp. 79
School and office products: the (water) supply closetp. 85
Luxury: bling bilgep. 91
Pets: the irony of fire hydrantsp. 97
Building materials and appliances: it takes a lake to lay a foundationp. 103
The sum of your water existence
The water footprint calculator: liquid mathp. 113
Conclusionp. 125
For more information and resourcesp. 131
Referencesp. 133
Quick guidep. 189
Acknowledgmentsp. 197
Indexp. 199
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