The AU Sustainability Office embraces the United Nations definition of sustainability: meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Alabama Water Watch (AWW) is a citizen volunteer, water quality monitoring program covering all of the major river basins in Alabama. AWW is a part of the Global Water Watch network.
The ARA purpose is to protect & restore Alabama's rivers by advocating smart water policy, organizing at the grassroots level, and teaching citizens how they can protect their water.
See how much virtual water is used to produce wheat, beef, cheese, and more.
Virtual water is "the volume of water that circulates in an economic system as an embedded ingredient of food and other traded products."
--"Managing the Global Water System." The Princeton Guide to Ecology.
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