Plumbing the Future: Greywater Guerrillas
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffLooks like not all plumbers are simply average joes (sorry, couldn't help myself). According to this excellent article by Matthew Green of the East Bay Express, a league of "plumbing activists" are putting their technical skills ...
Water Corruption Prevents Progress
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffAfrica's largest water transfer effort, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, plans to supply water to the industrial heartland of South Africa and to generate energy for impoverished Lesotho. The multi-billion dollar investment offers economic growth ...
Water Footprints Make a Splash
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffBy Ben Block If the full water requirements of a morning roast are calculated - farm irrigation, bean transportation, and the serving of the coffee - one cup requires 140 liters of water. This notion of a ...
Toilet to Tap or Perfectly Potable? California Uses New Treatment Technology to Increase Water Resources
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffPressed for water resources, California's Orange County has spent millions of dollars to build and recently open a state-of-the-art water treatment system that processes and transforms formerly flushed sewage into drinkable tap water. The Orange County ...
Resource: Watershed Locator
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffResource: Watershed Locator Do you know what watershed you live in? Neither do many people (including those who are well-informed about resource management), according to Howard Silverman of Ecotrust in Portland, Ore. A greater understanding of ...
Resource: Watershed Locator
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffResource: Watershed Locator Do you know what watershed you live in? Neither do many people (including those who are well-informed about resource management), according to Howard Silverman of Ecotrust in Portland, Ore. A greater understanding of ...
Water, water, everywhere…
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffOn March 22, World Water Day will continue to draw our attention to the pressing issue of global water supply. We’ve written about World Water Day before and its efforts to bring attention to the more ...
Lo-Tech Windmills + Hi-Tech Filters = Desalination
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Water | Comments OffWater shortages are a major looming crisis. We've covered lots of good resources for understanding the water crisis and looked at some new innovative tools for tackling it, by, for example, converting sea water into drinking ...