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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
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The New Era of Mining | Contrary
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The U.S. figure is so large because of the nation’s water-intensive agriculture, meat-heavy diet, suburban lawns, and high consumption of consumer electronics, apparel, and other commodities. It requires 2,000 liters of water to produce one T-shirt, 2,400 for a hamburger, and 8,000 for a pair of leather shoes.
Juliet B. Schor • True Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich,Ecologically Light,Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
INDUSTRY MAKES THINGS. IT TAKES MATERIALS—GENERALLY OUT OF THE ground—and processes them into desired forms. These objects are distributed, sold, used, discarded, and then typically dumped back in or onto the ground.
Paul Hawken • Natural Capitalism
the water footprint of a four-ounce hamburger produced in California is 616 gallons. A cotton T-shirt is backed by 528.3 gallons of water, a single cup of coffee, 52.8.
Elizabeth Royte • Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle over America's Drinking Water
Kansas City, where the public utility sucks from the Missouri River something that resembles chocolate Yoo-Hoo and turns it into water so good that national magazines shower it with awards and even the locals buy it in bottles.