By Marissa Strassel, on February 23rd, 2007%
Exploring the Nature of Long-Term Commitment to Sustainability: A Research Study
Tiffany Simons, a doctoral student at Northwestern University, is conducting a research study examining the nature of long-term commitment to environmental sustainability issues. The study is concerned with trying to understand what leads people to care about sustainability issues, and the factors that support an ongoing . . . → Read More: Participate in a Research Study
By Michael Herman, on February 23rd, 2007%
This from MoneyWeek recently…
“A typical meat-eating, milk-guzzling Westerner consumes as much as a hundred times their own weight in water every day,” says Fred Pearce, former New Scientist news editor and author of When The Rivers Run Dry.
That’s because it takes between 2,000 and 5,000 litres of water to grow one kilogram of rice, 11,000 litres . . . → Read More: How Much Water Does it Cost?