Patrick James 
Whenever you use Yan Lu's "Poor Little Fishbowl Sink," water in the above fishbowl drains, resulting in a life-threatening situation for its resident goldfish. That's a clever way of reminding us that our wasteful practices can directly affect other creatures (and that, for much of the world, water issues are matters of life or death).
Via Ian Brooks (via Buzzfeed)
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The Nairobi River is a coagulated black mass emitting a vicious stench. But the memory of cool, still water remains.
Mark Kurlansky's newest book, the illustrated World Without Fish, is a grim primer on the destruction of the ocean ecosystem.
A combination of policy reform, advocacy and industry leadership has transformed the fishing industry in the Netherlands – but will it catch on?
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They put so many things in the water. And we put the water in ourselves, on ourselves.
As romantic as the ocean is to a desert girl, it's totally worthless in the water conversation.
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Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist and chairman of the Methuselah Foundation (and, apparently, president of the Methuselah lookalike...
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