Roughly a quarter of the world’s population (1.8 billion people) lacks access to safe water and sanitation.
Tag: clean water
Watly: Solar Water Purifier Generates Power and Internet Access
Watly is designed to solve three major infrastructure needs — access to clean water, electricity to run electronic devices and internet connectivity.
How Fracking Threatens Our Water, Air, & Climate
Fracking puts human health at risk by polluting air and water and contributing to climate change.
Clean water from oysters? You betcha.
Oyster populations are waning, and the impacts could be more profound than the end of raw bars as we know it. How are oysters and clean water linked?
#4Liters: Could you live on 16 cups of water a day?
The measuring cup pictured above ruled my life yesterday. I measured every drop of water for cooking, cleaning, and drinking for the #4Liters Challenge.
The Best Bottled Water is Cheap, Safe, and Clean
What’s the best bottled water? It comes from the tap and goes into your reusable bottle!
Top News from the Food Front: Ag-Gag Alert, GMNo, & Food-Package Poison
Idaho strides boldly towards hideousness, with its latest bill aimed at criminalizing animal-ag whistleblowers. Food stamp use rises among a population where it absolutely should not, and a new report indicts the ‘substantial equivalence’ assessment that boosted GMOs to grocery-shelf sovereignty. Meanwhile poison seeps into your food from its packaging, and grocery manufacturers try to dupe you with deceptive labeling — okay, technically that last thing isn’t (strictly speaking) ‘news.’ But the food news world has been hopping this week: don’t miss the good stuff, read on!
West Virginia Water is Still Contaminated
With the epic storms ripping through the southeast this week, the news cycle has kind of moved past the dirty coal spill that contaminated a large part of the West Virginia water supply. Unfortunately, toxic chemicals associated with coal production are still showing up in some resident’s water.
West Virginia Water Issues Continue
The West Virginia water supply continues to have issues from the coal-related chemical leak.
How Can We Ensure Clean Water For All?
Today is officially World Water Day 2012. Eat Drink Better and the Important Media network have decided to participate by providing written works on water issues around the world. Find [ … ]
Why Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Our Clean Water Future
Natural gas gets a lot of press as being a clean energy solution, and in some ways that’s true. Natural gas vehicles, for example, emit far fewer emissions than traditional fossil fuel cars. The trouble with natural gas isn’t so much related to usage but to how we get that gas out of the ground in the first place.
Donate Your Birthday for Clean Drinking Water
Will and Jada Smith are teaming up with Charity: Water to help more people get access to clean, safe drinking water. Here’s how you can get involved.
Help Families Get Access to Clean Water
Imagine turning on the tap and having nothing come out. Now, imagine having no tap at all. For so many families, clean water is a luxury. Women walk miles every [ … ]