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We're a social action campaign raising awareness of water usage, pollution and waste in Birmingham and beyond. Contact us for a FREE copy of our E-Toolkit.

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Joined March 2020
Order your water saving kit from Save Water, Save Money or your water company for FREE and save money on your bills. 💰 💦 MSE experts say that some of this kit costs up to £20 to order! #SaveMoney #SaveWater #Water #WatersWorthSaving #WaterFootprint
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We are going to be at Highbury Sustainability Festival on Sunday 13th June, 11-4. Join us! 🌍 💧 🌱 @chamberlainhighburytrust Highbury Hall, Highbury Park, 4 Yew Tree Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8QG
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We are going to be at Highbury Sustainability Festival on Sunday 13th June, 11-4. Join us! 🌍 💧 🌱 @chamberlainhighburytrust Highbury Hall, Highbury Park, 4 Yew Tree Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8QG
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5th June is World Environment Day and we were fascinated to learn this fact! Protecting and restoring forests is therefore really important to ensure sufficient water resources for generations to come 🌲 🌳 Find out more about #GenerationRestoration on worldenvironmentday.global/d…
Urimat is a manufacturer of waterless urinals that can save up to 100,000 litres of water per urinal per year!! 😮 Sometimes it’s hard to quantify large numbers but by talking in cups of tea ☕️ you can see 👀 just how much water 💧 has been saved 😁
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In March, the Guardian reported that European droughts are the worst in 2,000 years. This information has been found by looking at carbon and oxygen isotopes in tree rings 🌳 We must take steps to save water where we can!
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On average 72% of tap water supplies in the UK and other European countries contain microplastics., with 1.9 fibres every 500ml. The impact of this on human health is still unclear but studies are being carried out ow.ly/PPVt50EHXwx
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BBC iPlayer currently has some great documentaries that help us understand why tackling the climate crisis is so important! We particularly enjoyed Episode 2 of Ade on the Frontline as Bhutan provide us with a glimmer of hope!💙 @AdeAdepitan @GretaThunberg @BBC
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#EarthDay provides the chance for everyone no matter what communities they are a part of to come together and use their voice to promote political change that protects the planet. What change do you want to see?
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We are a third of the way through 2021 already! 🤯😲 Have you been able to keep to your 2021 Save Water Pledges? 💧 Every little helps...keep going...you’re doing great! 💪 💦 #Water #ClimateChange #TapTips #SaveWater #ClimateAction
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Get your thinking caps on 🧢 💦 What does water mean to you? Do you know how much you use each day? We will be tweeting/posting to our Instagram stories live as the #UoBWorldWaterDay Symposium unfolds @LES_UniBham #Water2me
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What is WASH? WASH is an acronym for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 💧🚽 🧼 It is often used as an indicator of poverty and development because sadly 785 million people do not have basic access to water (unicef.org/wash/water) Something that we take for granted... #SaveWater
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The Committee on Climate Change aim to restore at least 50% of upland peat and 25% of lowland peat by 2050. UK water companies own 140,000 hectares of land including peat bogs. Restoring them sequesters carbon, improves water quality and increases biodiversity (CCC, 2020).
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The UK water industry has injected around 35,000m3 of biomethane into the grid mitigating 68,000 tonnes CO2 of emissions over the past 4 years! Using this renewable resource will help the industry become Net Zero by 2030 (Water UK, Net Zero 2030 Routemap).
March 22nd is #WorldWaterDay and the theme this year is #Water2me 🗣 Let us know what water means to you because we want to elevate youth voices this World Water Day. #Water #UNESCOwater #UNwater #UNESCOwatersciences #sustainability #savewater
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Rainwater harvesting is a way of collecting and reusing rainwater with our households 🏡 ☔️ New builds are looking for ways to become more eco-friendly and when properly calculated...
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The sector wants to acheive this by 2025. 📉💦 This will save enough water to meet the needs of everyone in Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, Sheffield and Liverpool! 😄 #savewater #watercompanies #watermanagement
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