Everything About the Western Water Crisis, with the WesternWaterGirl | Teal Lehto

ECO CHIC

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Natural Sciences, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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214: Teal Lehto (@WesternWaterGirl) is a science communicator superstar with 54K+ followers on TikTok, where she breaks down some of the most significant challenges surrounding the western water crisis. Today, we're doing our best to explore the multi-faceted problem: where is all the water actually being used, and why haven't we solved this problem yet? We discuss the weird history of water rights and aversion to conservation, plus the long-ignored needs of Indigenous communities. The Colorado River Basin consists of seven states plus the country of Mexico - how are there are millions of people cautiously waiting for the western water system to collapse? Teal also discusses social media activism, her platform, and the role of recreation in bringing environmental issues to the masses. More episodes for you: Ep 178: The Drought: Water Policy, Fires, + Solutions for the American West | Gabrielle Canon 152: Heat Waves, Mega Drought, and Wildfires, Oh My... Books recommended by Teal: The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko Where The Water Goes by David Owen Thank you to our sponsor today! CarawayHome.com/ECOCHIC or use code ECOCHIC for 10% off Meet me online - @ecochicpodcast on Instagram + @lauraediez on Tiktok. Email me at [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8	Hello, hello.
1:04.7	Welcome back to Ecocheek.
1:05.9	It is so great to have you here today.
1:08.3	We're having a conversation with one of my very favorite content creators today about one of my very favorite deep dive topics. Today we're joined by my friend
1:17.2	Teal Lato. She goes by the name Western Water Girl on TikTok and she has made a really serious
1:24.1	splash, no pun intended, or maybe pun intended. That was a pretty good one on my part.
1:28.2	But Teal has made a really great impression on the internet when it comes to talking about
1:33.3	the mega drought and the Western water crisis. She has over 54,000 followers on TikTok, 1.1
1:41.8	million likes. She is really doing major work to bring public awareness to the
1:48.0	crisis that we have at hand. I have done a couple of episodes in the past on the mega drought
1:54.0	of the West. I'm going to go ahead and link some episodes in the show notes if you want more
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