It’s Plastic Free July: Small Actions Spark Big Changes
This blog has been adapted from the Academy of Natural Sciences website. July 2020: Reduce Plastic Use 40 Ways to Reduce Your Plastic It’s Plastic Free July, and millions of […]
Category: Bottled Water
Using Less Water: A How-to Guide
By Mary Alice Hartsock, with contributions by Stef Kroll and Marie Kurz Re-posted with permission from The Academy of Natural Sciences at Drexel University It seems like water is all […]
Recycling 101
Recycling 101 This blog was written by The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Photos and text by Mike Servedio. In January 2019, we learned that over 50% of […]
Despite the heat, Water Treatment Tour is still cool!
On Friday June 29, Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) educator Dottie Baumgarten hosted a tour of the Belmont Water Treatment Plant and the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant (aka the sewage […]
Blue Gold: World Water Wars; All Hope is Not Lost
I have to title this blog post about Blue Gold: World Water Wars with an uplifting message because I have to keep reminding myself not to lose hope. Wars are […]
Tapped–Why No One Should Bother With Bottled Water
After watching Tapped, I’m really glad I’ve stopped buying bottled water. The very beginning introduced me to the term “water mining.” Mining typically has negative connotations—and mining water is no […]