by John Cronin | Jan 23, 2014 | International, Pollution, Water
Awards serve a higher purpose when they turn our attention to crucial issues otherwise hidden from our daily lives. Because Matt Damon is this year’s recipient of the World Economic Forum Crystal Award, his concise explanation of the global water crisis and the...
by EarthDesk | Sep 5, 2013 | International, Isanjandugu, Pollution, Sustainability, Water
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: Much has been written about the best way to assist developing communities in desperate need of clean water. Biggest is not always best. Even massive infusions of dollars — from developed-nation to developing-nation —...
by EarthDesk | Sep 4, 2013 | International, Isanjandugu, Pollution, Water
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: In Isanjandugu, Tanzania, what we call the “global water crisis” is an everyday fact of village life. Without fanfare, volunteers of the local chapters of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB) take on the crisis one...
by Carolyn Craig | Jun 27, 2013 | Ecology, Isanjandugu, Law & Policy, Pollution, Sustainability, Water
How to communicate the importance of an everyday thing like water? That was the puzzle Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies faced when planning its 007 Campaign to dramatize the national and global water crisis. We organized the Walk for World Water, where...
by John Cronin | Jun 20, 2013 | Health, International, Pollution, Water
Over at National Public Radio’s Planet Money blog, a provocative debate about water has broken out amongst commenters. In a post today, David Kestenbaum posits that people in rural Kenya who do not take advantage of readily available chlorine to decontaminate...