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Plantbased Business Hour

Can We Address Water Security By Moving Icebergs or Cutting Back on Meat? 

Thomas Schumann, Sustainability Pioneer, explains how you can invest in water in this ‘Water Century’ to impact critical life on the planet. He and Elysabeth Alfano discuss how Plant-based Innovation and Alternative Proteins positively impact U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, with perhaps the biggest impact on goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.  It’s another episode of The Plantbased Business Hour. Specifically, they discuss: Why is this the Water Century and the Water Action Decade? Thomas is an international water steward and a water investor. What are these exactly? What are the biggest threats to clean water? How will water shortages play out in society? What is the timeline? What can be done to create more fresh water …

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Market & Trends

Vegan Lifestyle Could Sharply Reduce Water Consumption

A new European study has looked at the water consumption of various diets, with consumers and their dietary habits playing an important role. According to the report, a healthy meat-free diet would significantly reduce water consumption, and thus benefit the environment. The study, published in the journal “Nature Sustainability”, is the work of a scientific team from the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. According to the researchers, the avoidance of meat could reduce water consumption for food production by about half in some cases. Even if all the inhabitants of Germany, Great Britain and France switched to a healthier diet which included meat, water consumption would be reduced by up to a third. Although reducing water use is important for the environment, there …

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