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The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

129-Reshaping How We Think About Water: Why Paying More Might Not Be So Bad

The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l

Joe Lamp'l

Home & Garden, Hobbies, Leisure

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

This week is part two of my conversation with Charles Fishman, author of the compelling book, The Big Thirst. He's a powerhouse of fascinating facts about our planet's water - including some thought-provoking details on our infrastructure and our water spending. Now may be just the time we should be reshaping how we think about water and why paying more might not be so bad. Is the price of water simply so cheap that we take it for granted?

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

0:08.7

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

0:13.1

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

0:18.5

Joe Lampel.

0:19.5

Hi everybody, it's Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner

0:23.4

Show.

0:24.4

Today we're back for part two of my conversation with Charles Fishman on the subject

0:29.2

of water.

0:30.2

Now, if you haven't heard part one yet, don't miss that.

0:34.1

These episodes don't necessarily build on each other, so they can stand alone, but there

0:39.0

is so much more fascinating information in part one, I don't want you to miss that.

0:44.9

So please be sure to go back and check that one out.

0:47.6

It's really good.

0:48.9

Now, what does this podcast have to do with gardening if it's about water?

0:53.5

Well, you know, if you're looking for more how to information and specifically a gardening

0:57.1

topic today, probably not.

0:59.1

Not so much, but as gardeners, we're huge consumers of water.

1:03.0

And that alone could be the reason why I wanted to bring Charles on for this conversation

1:07.6

for these two podcasts.

1:09.3

And as I said, in the intro for that podcast episode, the first one, part one, my goal

1:14.4

for these discussions is for all of us to be more water wise, more water conscious as

1:20.7

we think about water.

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