You might be thinking that water is abundant and there is no need to be worried. Why be worried about something that is obviously all around us and even falls from the sky?  Well that assumption is not true and being mindful of our very limited freshwater supply is necessary if people wish to continue […]

In an economy where most people are simply trying to make ends meet, buying sachets is the economical way to go. It’s cheaper, easy to budget, and simple to purchase at one’s local sari-sari store, where everything is packaged in single-use plastic good for one use. However, this will not benefit any community in the […]

Aloha House (Philippines): Keith Mikkelson Mikkelson runs the Aloha House, a ranch and an organic farm in Puerto Princesa on the island of Palawan in the Philippines Mikkelson raises cattle, goats, hogs, and chickens on his small-scale, diverse farm in the tropics, and these animals are part of the natural farming process He also has […]

Spanning more than 500,000 acres in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, the Bay-Delta Estuary is a unique estuary formed by the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers.  The fresh water from these rivers mixes with the salt water from the tides of the San Francisco Bay to create the largest estuary on the Pacific Coast of […]

North of the office buildings and urban sprawl of San Jose and Santa Clara, situated just south of the San Francisco Bay, one of California’s most innovative and exciting advancements in water supply technology sits in an unassuming industrial area. From the outside, the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center does not look to be […]

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch the documentary, “Until the Last Drop,” sponsored by the Modesto Irrigation District.  The filmmakers interviewed a range of stakeholders involved in California’s water waters to understand the transformation that the state’s water resources have undergone and the controversy of how water is used that has become a significant […]

Sylvia Earle Sylvia Earle is a marine biologist, oceanographer, author, and lecturer. She has dived into all five of the worlds oceans, and tries to establish marine protected areas (MPA), or as she calls them Hope spots, around the globe. She created Mission Blue, which is a company that inspires action to explore and protect […]

I was able to watch the documentary, Cowspiracy, on Netflix. This documentary is based on showing people what the animal industry is about and just how impactful it is on the environment. As far as facts, they point out that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of global emissions, while transportation exhaust from planes and […]