The Eternal Flow: Water in Mythology
Going Coastal explores the significance of water in mythology across different cultures. It highlights how water transcends its physical properties to embody spiritual, emotional, and transformative qualities. The blog post delves into various mythological narratives, creation stories, and the roles
Fluid Transformations: Metamorphoses to Water in Ovid
Ovid's Metamorphoses is a masterpiece of Latin literature that explores the theme of transformation through a collection of mythological tales. One recurring motif in the epic poem is the transformation of characters into bodies of water - springs, rivers, lakes,
Old Farming Habits Leave Uzbekistan a Legacy of Salt
Salt crunches underfoot like frosty soil on this bare stretch of land in western Uzbekistan.
Water Proof
If you’ve come across any of the many media accounts of a consumer uprising against bottled water, you might well assume that makers and sellers of the stuff are on their knees.
Bottled Water Paradox: Banned, and Required
After two years of extremely heated debate that included references to ecology, history, geography, and the politics of selling or buying mass-produced cupcakes, the Park Slope Food Co-op in Brooklyn voted at the end of last month to discontinue the sale of bottled water. It comes to about 670 gallons of water per week.
Council Considers Testing Water for Traces of Drugs
New York City’s vast drinking water supply system provides 1.1 billion gallons a day of water containing minute amounts of pain relievers and other medications. The city does not test for the presence of such drugs, and members of the City Council want to know why.
City Lawmakers Find ‘Alarming’ Report of Drugs in Water
Elected officials and environmental advocates are poised to ask the city tough questions in the wake of a news report asserting that New Yorkers are likely consuming trace amounts of pharmaceuticals when they drink from the local water supply.
Creative Juices Flowing for Pro Bono Effort to Aid Global Water Projects
From left, Tap Project ads that will appear in Seattle, created by Project Publicis in the West, and in Los Angeles, by TBWA/Chiat/Day.
EPA: City water is clean
Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he usually toasts with red wine, but he switched to tap water yesterday, when the federal government announced the city won’t need to filter its drinking water from the Catskills and the Delaware Valley for at least the next 10 years.