Our Common Waters

Everything we make, everything we consume, it all has a water cost.

Do you know how many gallons of water it took to make that cotton t-shirt your wearing?

Fresh water is finite. Patagonia’s environmental campaign, Our Common Waters, spotlights the need to balance human water needs with those of animals and plants.

A dam here would forever change Chile's longest and wildest river.

Despite growing public opposition, the Chilean Government has given environmental approval to dam two of Patagonia’s most wild and pristine rivers, the Baker and the Pascua.

The project also calls for a 1,500-mile chain of huge power-line towers to transmit electricity to the north. The power-line corridor would permanently scar an enormous swath of Chile, and open rivers north of Patagonia up to dam building.

Read more (Via: The Cleanest Line)

Didymosphenia geminata

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What's with the kitty?

The LA Times Pat Morrison does a Q&A with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.

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We’ve seen enough, heard enough, and now we’re taking action

Partagonia CEO Casey Sheahan, and New Belgium Brewery CEO Kim Jordan, have penned an enviro essay about their campaign to save the Colorado River.

The Save the Colorado campaign will donate funding totaling $500,000 through a granting cycle twice a year for three years – 2010, 2011, 2012 – that will focus on three programmatic areas: 1) raising public awareness about the threats to the river, 2) promoting water conservation in cities that use Colorado River water, and 3) addressing the threats, and potential mitigations, of past and future dams, diversions and reservoirs.

The philanthropic campaign includes business and foundation partners from the top of the Colorado River basin all the way to the bottom. Colorado partners include New Belgium Brewing, Aspen Snowmass Environment Foundation, Kenney Brothers Foundation and National Geographic Maps. California partners include OARS, Patagonia and Environment Now.

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Uranium contamination is just one of the myriad of threats facing the Colorado.

This year, Patagonia’s environmental campaign, Our Common Waters, spotlights the need to balance human water consumption with that of animals and plants.

Nov. Slab of the Month Entry: Argentina Squared

Zach and Justin were exploring new waters.  Better add this one to your repeat visit list.