{"id":4274,"date":"2019-08-07T18:07:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T17:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4274"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:55","slug":"water-efficiency-why-we-should-how-we-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/08\/07\/water-efficiency-why-we-should-how-we-could\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Efficiency &#8211; why we should, how we could"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Cheryl recently organised a Water Efficiency presentation for all Tops nursery managers, with talks by Nigel Ponsford of South West Water Business, and Emma King of AquaCare.<\/p>\n<p>We learned so much \u2013 a lot of it surprising and thought-provoking, and wanted to share what we now know about water, what a precious resource it is and how we can reduce the amount we waste.<\/p>\n<p>Living in a rainy climate is a bit of a distraction; water companies capture much less rain than people assume and 12 out of the 23 water companies operating in areas of England are rated as being under \u2018serious\u2019 stress.<\/p>\n<p>Get some fascinating water stats, find out why we tend to take water for granted (and why we shouldn't), what world water deficiencies mean for those living with shortages, and how you can manage your water use as a business:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"\">&quot;Targeting<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\t\t\t\tToday marks world ocean day 2018! On World ocean day people all over the world come together to celebrate and honour our oceans and to start creating a better future! If we work together we can create and cleaner and better planet for everyone! Let us know how you will be celebrating world ocean day!\n\nTake a look at Founder of GECCO, Cheryl Hadland's photos from her recent diving trip in the Philippines! This is why we need to protect our stunning ocean life!\n\n[gallery ids=\"526,527,528,529\" type=\"slideshow\" link=\"file\" orderby=\"rand\"]\t\t","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106,107],"class_list":["post-4274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sustainable-citizenship","tag-sustainable-development","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13751,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4274\/revisions\/13751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}