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photograph Holmes Lectures for Children:Water - vital for life

The global home: sustainable living

John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10-14 year olds, given by staff from the  Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (NIReS) at Newcastle University

To reserve free places, please contact the Public Lectures office on 0191 222 6136 or e-mail: public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk

Date: 22nd January 2014

Time: 17:00 - 18:00

Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

How much water do you use? Do you know how much water is consumed by the things you do and use every day? Do you know where your water comes from? What happens to the water that goes down our plugholes and toilets? We all need water to drink and to keep clean, but it is used for a lot more than that. We will look at how much water different items use, where our water really comes from, how much it costs, and why we simply cannot live without it. We’ll even get you to create energy from waste water!