Gaia Desert

I used the previous post to create this prezi presentation about sanitation and world population growth. http://prezi.com/zodnerwxriws/a-christian-perspective-on-sanitation/

Here is an interesting take on water conservation, pathogens and.....poop.  How many gallons of drinking water did you **** in today?  Created by: OnlineNursingPrograms.com The original image is here

Illegal trash dumping impacts Eastern Coachella Valley residents http://www.scpr.org/programs/madeleine-brand/2012/06/04/26799/illegal-trash-dumping-impacts-eastern-coachella-va/ via @kpcc

A case study related to our reusable grocery bag study. Reusable grocery bag carried nasty norovirus, scientists say

Thanks to Donn Gaede for forwarding this to me. "New maps indicate that many countries currently designated as "water scarce" have substantial groundwater reserves." Here is the BBC article:  Water under africa??? Here is the article pdf: doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024009 Its not available for everyone and much of it is not extractable.   The good news is: " ground water is indicated to have a residence time in the ground of 20 to 70 years."

The water crisis in India: Its something we should all take note of.  http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/series/thirstygiant/index.html

Last thursday there was a Public Meeting where the desert sun quoted our Environmental Justice workshop.  The article is entitled " Proposal for Whitewater River trail system draws mixed response ". Our workshop was summarized as:  "On Dec. 29, a coalition of more than a dozen valley community groups held a workshop in Coachella, where they prioritized environmental health issues related to air quality in the valley.  The groups ranked the cleaning of illegal dumps, such as the notorious Mount San Diego sludge pile in Thermal and the Larson dump, once the state's largest illegal dump site, as their top air quality-related problems. The Thermal Chamber of Commerce, Torres-Martinez tribe, Building Health Communities Eastern Coachella Valley and Planned Parenthood all attended the Dec.  29 workshop. A cross-valley parkway didn't even come up in that discussion, according to Ryan Sinclair, a Loma Linda University environmental healt