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POST CARBON EXCHANGE #4: Your Water Footprint = The Stuff You Buy

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SANDRA POSTEL & ELIZABETH ROYTE discuss why water footprints are so important and what people can do to reduce the amount of fresh water they use.

Sandra Postel is Water Fellow at Post Carbon Institute and National Geographic's first Fresh Water Fellow. She directs the independent Global Water Policy Project and is the author of numerous books and reports about international fresh water issues.

Elizabeth Royte is a journalist and science/nature author. She is best known for her books Garbage Land, The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest and Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It.

To find out how much water you use, check out National Geographic's Water Footprint Calculator. You can also find helpful links and resources at Bottlemania.net.

note: Due to Sandra's location on a mesa in New Mexico, her video feed is intermittent and choppy.

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