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The Water Ambassadors by Ari Bussel Agriculture and water played a pivotal role in Biblical history, to such an extent that Jewish people still bless God every day, “He who returns the wind and brings down the rain” or “He who brings down the early morning dew” depending on the time of the year. Without water, the Land of Milk and Honey would become barren and dry, its trees would wither, its future in doubt. Water is intrinsically intertwined in Israel’s history, from parting the sea to allow the escape from tyranny and slavery to the days the Israelites were...

The 50th anniversary this year of the shooting of Hitchcock's film Psycho will be employed to demonstrate how a one-minute shower will help conserve water and the environment.The Royal Society of Chemistry is seeking a lookalike of Janet Leigh, who played the part of Norman Bates' shower victim in the celebrated horror movie.The RSC is to make a tasteful video, called Shower Murder, to go on its website to illustrate how a shower can be taken effectively in just 60 seconds, so avoiding the huge wastage of water and the contamination that many in Britain cause currently.   RSC chief...

An old fashioned method of water conservation was to put a brick in the tank of your toilet. But what if you put a sponge brick in the tank of a toilet? You wouldn't save any real water but you might create the impression that you were conserving water. The term *sponge brick* is thus an oxymoron - a contradiction in terms. At the macro-level water conservation in Pasadena is oxymoronic like a sponge brick. It entails high profile popular efforts at restoration to the middle Arroyo Seco streambed within the Raymond Basin for aesthetic and recreational purposes, the acquisition...

LONDON (AFP) - London mayor Ken Livingstone has lifted the lid on his toilet habits, revealing he has not flushed the loo in 15 months. ADVERTISEMENT Livingstone said there was "no earthly reason" to bother if there was just urine in the bowl, he said Tuesday. He said people were misguided about what urine actually is -- and said bluebottles steer well clear of his. The mayor flushed out any misconceptions and tried to spark a chain reaction as he urged Londoners to waste less water when getting rid of their own waste. "Red Ken" said it was all based...