When we look at water quality we often forget that it’s not just related to what we dump into rivers or streams locally that is the issue. Water quality in our rivers and streams will depend on what happens within the wider catchment; all of the land use from the tops of the surrounding hills down to the river bed and everything in between. Not only that, but on a wider level, our purchasing habits have a direct bearing on water quality far away from our local area.
The mindmaps below have been prepared as part of webinars on ecology, farming, climate break down and water quality. These are all intimately related areas. They look at a more global overview of carbon footprints and sequestration; food waste; and carbon farming methods – all of which relate to somebody’s stream or river catchment somewhere.
The more we can recognise the link between our shopping basket and somebody else’s water quality, the more we can shop with care to build a healthier, better world.
Credits for Eric Toensmeier: Toensmeier E (2016) The carbon farming solution – a global toolkit of perennial crops and regenerative agriculature practices for climate change mitiation and food security. Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, USA.
