Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
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As we nearly always do, we can dick about at the edges with xeriscaping and water saving shower heads and leave your towels on the floor of the hotel or whatever but
the issue as always is human stupidity and entitlement and we're not able to fix that.
Parts of Phoenix still flood irrigate their lawns , that Phoenix, Vegas, Miami etc exisit is the problem.
Having a gravel front and backyard is probably lots of fun
There's a lot of ways to incorporate things that would naturally live in those environments.
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Edit to add a Garden design for Tuscon and also one for Las Cruces. The goal isn't necessarily water conservation but, it generally is trying to use natives.
A few people go for zen gardens, but there is a lot of low-water vegetation out there. Some municipal utilities even publish books about it