Wendy J. Pabich. (2012). Taking on Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (Without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana. Sasquatch Books.

Wendy J. Pabich. 2012. Taking On Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (Without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana. Sasquatch Books.

Wendy J. Pabich, Taking On Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (Without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana. Sasquatch Books, 2012.

Wendy J. Pabich. Taking On Water: How One Water Expert Challenged Her Inner Hypocrite, Reduced Her Water Footprint (Without Sacrificing a Toasty Shower), and Found Nirvana. Sasquatch Books, 2012.

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     Wendy J. Pabich (pronounced PA-bick) is an environmental scientist, educator, adventurer, and artist obsessed with all things water (www.waterdeva.com). As the founder and president of Water Futures, Inc. (www.waterfuturesinc.com), Wendy finds innovative solutions to one of the planet's most pressing problems--the quest for sustainable water. Her passion for mountains, outdoor adventure, and other cultures takes her to places near and far, including Alaska, Patagonia, and the Himalayas, where she explores on skis, on foot, and by water. She has taught for MIT and the Sierra Institute, and she holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Parsons Water Resources Laboratory at MIT, an MS in Urban Studies and Planning from MIT, an MS in Geology (coastal) from Duke University, and a BA in Geography from Dartmouth College. She lives in Hailey, ID.

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When Wendy Pabich received a monthly water bill for 30,000 gallons (for a household of two people and one dog), she was chagrined. After all, she is an expert on sustainable water use. So she set out to make a change. Taking on Water is the story of the author's personal quest to extract and implement, from a dizzying soup of data and analysis, day-to-day solutions to reduce water use in her life. She sets out to examine the water footprint of the products she consumes, process her own wastewater onsite, revamp the water and energy systems in her home, and make appropriate choices in order to swim the swim. Part memoir, part investigation, part solution manual, the book is filled with ruminations on philosophy, science, facts, figures, and personal behavioral insights; metrics, both serious and humorous, to track progress; and guidelines for the general public for making small (or perhaps monumental) but important changes in their own lives. Told with humor and grace, Taking on Water offers a raw account of how deep we need to dig to change our wasteful ways.

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   • source: John Replogle, CEO of Seventh Generation
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     "Wendy Pabich artfully blends deep research and core science with her own personal journey poured through the insightful eyes and passionate voice of a devoted ecologist. This account will cause you both to pause and reflect as well as itch to turn the page and read on."

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   • source: Thomas Kostigen, author of The Green Blue Book and You Are Here
   • content: "Wendy Pabich's title is exactly what the world should be doing right now: Taking on Water. Water is the most pressing issue facing the world today. To understand why, read this book. You'll learn not only about water, you'll learn about yourself."
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   • source: Alan Durning, director, Sightline Institute
   • content: "The drink meets the lips in this informed, funny, and insightful tale of two adults and a dog shrinking their water footprint. Read this book. It's the opposite of dry."
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   • source: HarvestH2O.com
   • content: "Pabich, who holds a PhD in environmental engineering, presents a passionately personal account of fulfilling her dreams as a WaterKeeper that contains quantitative data and scholarly insights without being the least bit off-putting. Pabich's chagrin at her monthly water bill tallying 30,000 gallons for two people jolted her in ways that many readers will relate to. Her self-image as a water deva (spirit), author, teacher, and public champion of sustainable water use compromised, she designed what she calls the Water Deva Challenge. Reducing her water footprint meant making small changes in her life in a high-alpine-desert locale, from enjoying her homemade solar shower despite having to disrobe in a backyard with a less-than-solid fence to developing a system for the judicious harvesting, collecting, storing, and distributing of rainwater while contriving arid landscaping alternatives to 'our deeply embedded cultural attachment to the lawn.' Pabich winningly works DIY information into her humorous memoir."Booklist"Taking on Water is an entertaining and insightful book that chronicles the trials and tribulations of a self-proclaimed 'water deva' as she strives for more knowledge about her own water usage and initiates conservation measures at home... Anyone who has looked into or consciously adopted a more sustainable lifestyle will appreciate Wendy's quest for knowledge. While it is true that almost all of us can live more sustainably without making major sacrifices in comfort, learning to do so can be a daunting task. Choices aren't always straightforward and information isn't always readily available. It seems that our consumer-oriented society is ill equipped to help us decide between competing alternatives."
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   • source: Barbara Lloyd McMichael, The Bookmonger
   • content: "'Taking on Water' is a chatty and inspirational weave of science, detective work and how-to instructions. You'll have the potential to claim big savings if you follow Pabich's guidance--it's worth the price of the book."
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   • source: Marie Kellner, Idaho Conservation League
   • content: "Water conservation is important to many people and they want to do something about it, but it seems so big and overwhelming that they don't know what to do. Wendy used her vast amount of water knowledge to change her daily household habits, and then wrote a book explaining how she did it and providing a template for what we all might do. Additionally, I think she does a great job of weaving important water facts into her storytelling, making it really readable."
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   • source: Dayna Gross, Silver Creek Watershed manager for The Nature Conservancy
   • content: "Books like Wendy's make you think about what you can do."
8. • premium: False
   • source: Times-News
   • content: "Far from a dry treatise, it spills over with personality."
9. • premium: False
   • source: Books for Better Living
   • content: "In Taking on Water, Pabich hilariously and painstakingly calculates her water footprint, determining just how much water she uses doing everything. From eating a pizza (mozzarella contributes 235 gallons of water per pizza) to how much electricity she consumes. I could go on, but why write what the author has already and in better words than I? I encourage you to pick up a local copy (to reduce the water footprint of having it shipped) so you can read for yourself the enlightening story of how we use water and the steps we can take to conserve it."
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    • source: Boise Weekly
    • content: "[Wendy Pabich's] book, Taking on Water, is about Pabich's own journey to implement day-to-day water-saving strategies and to monitor her own water use. The result is a
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      November 12, 2012
      In case you needed another harangue about sustainability, here comes self-proclaimed "Water Diva" Pabich (according to Buddhist tradition, this is a water spirit, "connected to all liquids"). To be fair, Pabich has a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from M.I.T., and is a recognized water expert, so if there is someone you should listen to on the subject of your wasteful water consumption, it is probably her. The impetus for this book was in fact Pabich's own water bill: the realization that she and her husband, James, had used "almost 30,000 gallons" of water in a month at their Idaho home. The disparity between her water usage and her water diva status causes Pabich to research and innovate in an attempt to curb her direct use of water and reduce her "water footprint"—the water required to produce other products she consumes, such as olive oil and bread. Pabich presents well-researched facts and some tips, but the book is relentlessly energetic in a way that can be off-putting. Perhaps only those fired up on the water-use issue themselves will find some common ground. Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore and Company.

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      November 15, 2012
      

      Wendy Pabich's (founder & president, Water Futures, Inc.; Idaho: An Explorer's Guide) book mirrors Colin Beavan's No Impact Man--both trace their author's journey to have less of an impact on the environment. Pabich, a self-proclaimed water deva, realizes her family's consumption is incongruous with her role as water conservationist. She challenges the paradox of value in relation to water: while it is deceptively inexpensive, it is a finite resource that is vital to supporting life on earth. Pabich traces where her water comes from; where it goes; and how to conserve as much of it as possible by reducing her family's direct use, shrinking its water footprint, and making better consumer decisions. Her account illustrates the pitfalls and hard work associated with becoming more conscientious regarding water, but also ultimately demonstrates that everyone can make significant changes to help conserve this precious resource. The appendix includes a water cheat sheet and water-footprint data for selected foods. VERDICT This engaging memoir proves how easy it can be to think at the sink and help conserve water. Recommended for those looking to change wasteful water ways.--Diana Hartle, Univ. of Georgia Science Lib., Athens

      Copyright 2012 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      September 15, 2012
      Pabich, who holds a PhD in environmental engineering, presents a passionately personal account of fulfilling her dreams as a WaterKeeper that contains quantitative data and scholarly insights without being the least bit off-putting. Pabich's chagrin at her monthly water bill tallying 30,000 gallons for two people jolted her in ways that many readers will relate to. Her self-image as a water deva (spirit), author, teacher, and public champion of sustainable water use compromised, she designed what she calls the Water Deva Challenge. Reducing her water footprint meant making small changes in her life in a high-alpine-desert locale, from enjoying her homemade solar shower despite having to disrobe in a backyard with a less-than-solid fence to developing a system for the judicious harvesting, collecting, storing, and distributing of rainwater while contriving arid landscaping alternatives to our deeply embedded cultural attachment to the lawn. Pabich winningly works DIY information into her humorous memoir.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)

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