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Perspectives on Groundwater Sustainability: Erik Ringelberg with the Freshwater Trust
Overview of your organization’s involvement with sustainable groundwater management issues? The Freshwater Trust is most well-known for its work on protecting freshwater river ecosystems. In California, a significant amount of surface water bodies are regulated and diverted through dams and other surface water infrastructure. Surface water bodies also lose flow when the groundwater is depleted. So for our efforts in California, we see as an important role for the Trust to use our understanding of surface waters and apply that to protecting their associated groundwater systems. California is
Greenpeace Recommends ReThink Disposable To"Reduce Your Plastic Footprint"
Greenpeace's new "Sea of Distress" report compares food service companies on "whether they are helping or harming the oceans and workers," and tips a big ol' hat to Clean Water Action's ReThink Disposable program as a way for businesses to take action, save money and help the environment at the same time.
The report recommends that food service businesses consult with programs like ReThink Disposable to reduce their plastic footprint and save money. You can read the whole thing here.
"Food service companies aren't household names," the report says. But they "buy, transport, cook, and serve
ReThinking Institutions: Stopping Waste and Pollution at the Source
One of the toughest challenges working in the environmental movement is it can be difficult to point to a specific and measurable impact, in the same way that polluters can kid themselves they’re doing well, with their up-ticking sales and profit graphs.
It takes all of us working together, but measuring impact is where ReThink Disposable is different. We’re starting to put up some serious and significant numbers with our campaign to save businesses thousands of dollars by reducing their use of single-use disposable packaging that is ubiquitous in today’s food service industry. And we’re proud