Taking on Water Book Launch

I’m thrilled to share with you the launch of my new book, Taking on Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana. It will be in bookstores on September 18th, but is available for pre-order from a number [...]

Biomimicry and Why It’s Cool

Source: EOL Encyclopedia of Life

Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) studies nature’s best – its models, systems, processes, and elements, and emulates or takes inspiration from these designs to solve human problems. Mother Nature is our best guide, showing us how to harness solar energy like a [...]

Ten Inconvenient Truths About Water - #7

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey

Everything you flush down the drain goes somewhere. Out of sight might be out of your mind, but it is now on someone else’s mind (or in someone else’s body). Scientists have become increasingly concerned with the occurrence of “emerging contaminants” – [...]