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Environment / 5 hours ago
The water behind your T-shirt: One cotton tee uses as much water as you drink in 2½ years
When you pick up a simple cotton T-shirt, you probably don’t think about water. But behind that soft, everyday fabric is surprisingly 2,700 litres of fresh water. When you pick up a simple cotton T-shirt, you probably don’t think about water. But behind that soft, everyday fabric is surprisingly 2,700 litres of fresh water. That’s how much it takes to grow the cotton, process it, and make just one T-shirt. To put that in perspective, that’s roughly the amount of water a person drinks in about two and a half years.
Environment / 26 weeks ago
Half of Africa’s water Is in one country — Here’s why it matters
According to UN Water and Winrock International, over 50% of Africa’s surface freshwater is concentrated in a single country — the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This extraordinary statistic highlights the DRC's immense natural wealth, centred around the Congo River Basin, which spans nearly 4 million square kilometres and fuels the continent’s second-longest river.
