About this item
The average American lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true cost of our lifestyle. A water footprint is the amount of fresh water used to produce the goods and services we consume, including growing, harvesting, packaging, and shipping. From the foods we eat to the clothes we wear to the books we read and the music we listen to, all of it costs more than what we pay at the check-out. The 125 footprint facts in this book show the true cost of our lifestyle and what it is doing to Earth, including draining it dry. The Virtual Water Concept shows the amount of water used in human activities. Presented in clever, understandable graphics, Your Water Footprint raises readers awareness of how much water is used to make the things we use, consume and grow.
About the Author
Stephen Leahy dealt with a mid-life crisis by becoming an independent environmental journalist. Some 20 years later he has reported from remote jungles to science labs in the Arctic to capital cities in dozens of countries. He has been published in many leading publications around the world including National Geographic, New Scientist, The London Sunday Times, The Guardian, Vice Magazine, Al Jazeera, Maclean's Magazine, Earth Island Journal, The Toronto Star, Wired News, China Dialogue etc.
Based near Toronto, he is also the senior science and environment correspondent for the Rome-headquartered Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) , the world's largest not-for-profit global news agency.
Stephen is the 2012 co-winner of the Prince Albert/United Nations Global Price for Climate Change and Environment Reporting
