Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.
Until now, however, measuring impact in H2O has been very difficult. By adding H2O data to our current CO2 methodology, we enable banks to expand their sustainability efforts, to turn water that is invisible to the consumer visible in every transaction. The water calculations include direct and indirect water use from consumption, as well as the social price of water — which reflects the price of freshwater consumption based on lost ecosystem services and the impact on human health.
