FEATURE RESOURCES
Resources: Embodied Water & Different Industries
This page curates key articles and websites to help people learn more about embodied carbon and the global water crisis.
Water Scarcity
Global Water Scarcity and the UN’s Warning
Virtual Water and Your Water Footprint
An overview from the United Nations on the growing water crisis, why billions lack secure access to water, and what must change to protect people and ecosystems.
Explains the idea of virtual water and how much water we use directly and indirectly through the products we consume.
Tracking the Unseen Water in Goods
Shows how virtual water accounting tracks the unseen water flows in traded goods, and why it matters for global water justice.
Building Materials
Embodied Emissions and Water in Materials
Embodied Material and Hidden Impacts
A research article exploring how materials carry both embodied carbon and embodied water, helping practitioners see carbon and water together.
A reflective piece on how materials embody energy, carbon, and water, and why designers need to consider these hidden flows.
Food & Everyday Consumption
Measuring the Water Embodied in Food
A profile of Professor John Anthony Allan’s work on virtual water, showing how everyday foods carry huge hidden water footprints.