Why and how shall we restore the water cycle today? | Catarina Esteves | TEDxEindhoven

Catarina believes that we are misusing water and disrupting the water cycle, which regulates the equilibrium of our planet. She would like each of us to take local action to restore the water cycle and make a fair and sustainable use of water. ""Our local actions will reduce the chance that we blindly run into a water crisis but instead contribute to an abundant life on earth.""
Catarina has always been attracted to water. She calls it, "One of simplest but most amazing substances on earth, with a complex and unique behavior." She says water interactions are, "Like a puzzle: it looks pretty and simple when done, but you have to set the pieces together first before seeing the big picture." This is how she sees water and particularly our stewardship of water. In her research she takes inspiration from Nature to develop materials which can handle water sustainably, by being fully soaked or bone-dry depending on environment conditions.
Catarina researches polymers & colloids, surfaces & interfaces. A large part of her work deals with the synthesis of well-defined building blocks, the functionalization of surfaces, and the study of physical and chemical interactions at interfaces. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@markrobinsontraining]

Very well presented Catarina with actions all of us can take - great!

[@Whizzkey]

Excellent talk Catarina! There are plenty of opportunities to reduce our water consumption and even subsidized initiatives to help people with getting our rain water percolate into the ground, or with installing rain barrels or green roofs.

[@innovativefacultytrainingkota]

Well

[@spammyspam9375]

"reduce, reuse, and retain" how about about reuse, abstain, and retain. A huge point of this talk was highlighting the destruction and water intensive practices of animal agriculture. You go on to explain about innovating and reusing as much of your water in your day to day life....yet you cannot even completely abstain from animal products? What a joke. Go vegan and get innovative. That is the solution. hedonistic consumption is why we are in this predicament.