Thousands In W. Virginia Without Water After Chemical Spill

Chemical spill leaves 300,000 West Virginians without water There's a state of emergency in West Virginia and the people there getting more desperate by the minute. The water that some 300,000 West Virginians usually depend on to slake their thirst, wash their bodies and brush their teeth is now good for only one thing - flushing their toilets, authorities told them Friday. 300,000 West Virginians told not to drink or bathe in water after chemical leak Their water supply has been potentially ...[READ MORE]

"Midway," A Documentary Film Directed by Chris Jordan

MIDWAY, a Message from the Gyre is a short film. It is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. Returning to the island over several years, our team is witnessing the cycles of life and death of these birds as a multi-layered metaphor for our times. With photographer Chris ...[READ MORE]

How Much Water Should You Drink? There's An App For That!

While we may not need eight glasses, there are plenty of reasons to drink water. In fact, drinking water (either plain or in the form of other fluids or foods) is essential to your health. "Think of water as a nutrient your body needs that is present in liquids, plain water, and foods. All of these are essential daily to replace the large amounts of water lost each day," says Joan Koelemay, RD, dietitian for the Beverage Institute, an industry group. Kaiser Permanente nephrologist Steven ...[READ MORE]

5 Benefits Associated With The Use Of Reverse Osmosis

Clean drinking water can be achieved in a residential home in many different ways. The primary source of water for most people over the years has been city water. However, the process of removing the solid components found in the water means the water is drinkable, but may not have a good taste. Residential homes in the country will have a well, but the water needs to be treated to remove dissolved solids. The use of a reverse osmosis system will offer many benefits to a residential ...[READ MORE]

6 Garden Animals That Need Your Help This Winter

The winter months are tough – having to venture out of the house when there's sleet or snow falling in droves can be depressing at best, and downright dangerous at worst. And for the critters who don't have a heated home to retreat to this winter, the bad weather really can be a matter of life and death. Luckily for them, though, they have you responsible animal lovers to take care of them, right? Here are some tips on helping out your feathered, furry, scaly and winged friends when it's cold ...[READ MORE]

Toxic Chemicals Found In One-Third Of U.S. Water Supply

(NaturalNews) You may want to think twice before further drinking or even bathing in unfiltered tap water, as a new report set to be published next year has found that a striking percentage of the U.S. water supply is contaminated with heavy metals, pesticides and other toxic chemicals. Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that an astounding one-third of U.S. water systems contain traces of at least 18 unregulated and ...[READ MORE]

Nation’s Water Supply Disappearing With Obama’s Blessing

Shocking statistics surfacing about record busting, low water levels in America’s Great Lakes make no mention of the sale of fresh water supplies by private companies to China, or of President Obama’s executive order and the legal loophole allowing these sales.  “Two of the Great Lakes have hit their lowest water levels EVER RECORDED,” the US Army Corps of Engineers reported early this year. Corps measurements taken in January of 2013 “show Lake Huron and Lake Michigan have reached their lowest ...[READ MORE]

6 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

The sky is falling! Well, kind of. Whether we like it or not, our world is changing. It’s getting warmer, and many say we (humans) are to blame for it. Our energy consumption increases every day – from our incessant need to drive everywhere, to our countless hours plugged in to various electronic devices. There are ways you can help reduce your carbon footprint and do your job in helping keep this world, and the living things that occupy it, around a little longer. Buy a laptop instead of a ...[READ MORE]

The Importance Of Water Conservation

At a glance Earth might seem to be filled with water. However, as most people know, an overwhelming amount of water on the planet is salt water which can't be used for much of anything by humans until a costly desalination process has been performed. Fresh water is a relatively rare commodity, and it's one that life simply cannot continue without. This is why water conservation is of paramount importance. What is Water Conservation? Water conservation is the preservation of as much water as ...[READ MORE]

Plumbed In Water Coolers Can Help The Environment

Many of us purchase bottled water from our local newsagents and supermarkets. It’s great that we are drinking clean, filtered water and keeping hydrated. Help Protect the Environment There is one major issue with buying an increasing amount of bottled water is that the environment suffers more so; plastic is for now practically impossible to recycle. This of course only adds to the environmental issues that are becoming more and more obvious; tsunami’s, ice caps melting, floods and an increase ...[READ MORE]