Water usage and what we get in return is a challenging issue to track when making a buying decision. Here, we compare the water use involved in producing a pound of apples and a pound of almonds. While the almonds require 10 times the water as apples do, they deliver five times the dietary fiber. Your decisions about how much […]
`India’s Silicon Valley’ is feeling the climate costs
A student water conservation awareness campaign in Bengaluru. Photo credit: AFP. By Anders Lorenzen Bengaluru (In English known as Bangalore) lies in the Indian state of Karnataka. It has earned the nickname of ‘India’s Silicon Valley’ due to its rapid economic and population growth. It is now the third largest city in India in terms of population, housing 15 million […]