{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f040d6d251e940fa24dace0/5f6d4aa6aebc1764900fb1c7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Discussion | The importance of empowering households to save water","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f040d6d251e940fa24dace0/1600998026623-3034d92586860fcea227821bffef3640.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The issue of water scarcity and&nbsp;the need to save water is always front of&nbsp;mind&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;hot and&nbsp;dry country&nbsp;like Australia.&nbsp;&nbsp;With an average annual rainfall of only 470mm per year, Australia is the driest continent inhabited by humans, with very limited freshwater sources.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Now&nbsp;more than ever,&nbsp;we need&nbsp;to enable&nbsp;not just&nbsp;Australians, but&nbsp;consumers&nbsp;around the world&nbsp;to&nbsp;act&nbsp;in their own homes to preserve this precious and threatened resource.&nbsp;At IKEA, we believe that climate&nbsp;action&nbsp;starts at home. And on this topic, we know that the home&nbsp;is the starting point for big changes in society.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we talk to Tobias Svanberg and Antony Smith from IKEA of Sweden – who have been doing some&nbsp;pretty amazing&nbsp;things to support&nbsp;us all&nbsp;saving more water at home.</p>","author_name":"ikeaau"}