Drought Puts Brazil’s Largest City On The Brink
Instead of rain, São Paulo has cracked earth and chaos as a devastating drought is making enemies out of neighbors in Brazil’s largest city, the site of a historic water shortage the likes of which hasn’t been seen in decades. Many residents have gone to drastic measures to hoard the precious commodity in the face […]
Major Food Companies Fail To Confront Drought Crisis: Report
On California’s carrot farms, sprawling fields of orange and leafy green vegetables are turning to a shriveled brown. Cattle are vanishing from Texas pastures, where grasses have given way to dirt and dust. Across the western U.S. and around the world, enduring drought and water scarcity are straining the operations of major food companies. Yet […]
MIT Researchers Create Solar-Based Solution to Help Solve Global Water Crisis
By 2025, nearly two billion people will experience absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world will survive in water-stressed conditions. More than 1.4 billion people currently live in river basins where water use is more than the minimum recharge levels, according to the UN Development Programme. In 60 percent of European cities with a […]
William Shatner Has Plan To Fight California Drought
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) The actor’s solution: build a water pipeline. William Shatner plans to launch a Kickstarter campaign Monday to raise $30 billion to build a water pipeline from British Columbia, Canada, to southern California. Shatner proposes naming the pipeline the Spock Waterway, after the Star Trek character played by the late Leonard […]
MIT Uses Solar Power To Make Salt Water Drinkable
Water is necessary for all forms of life, but although 71 percent of the Earth is covered by water, the majority of it is salty and inconsumable. A team of MIT engineers believe they may have found the answer to the world’s water crisis with a design they claim can harnass the power of the […]
From Zion will Come Forth Knowhow in Water
No fewer than 13 Israeli water companies participated in a “water delegation” to parched Brazil just before Passover – in an effort to help the country overcome what officials call its “water challenge.” Brazil is currently experiencing its worst water shortage ever, due to increased water use, low rainfall levels, and low infrastructure investments. The […]
Facts For World Water Day
A look at how water has and will continue to shape human culture.
Have you ever stopped to think just how water has shaped humanity and it’s many cultures? Despite the diversity we find from place to place one thing is common to all; that without water there is no humanity. In preparation for World Water Day on March 22, 2015 we wanted to share the importance of […]
Huge Increases in Wastewater Threaten Escanaba River
Citizens Speak Out Against Permit That Will Allow For More Wastewater Dumping By The Humboldt Mill and Lowering of Water Quality in Escanaba River.
“It is profitable to let the world go to hell… the tyranny of the short term will prevail over the decades to come.” – Jørgen Randers There’s a battle brewing behind the scenes here in the Upper Peninsula, threatening wild rivers, fish habitat, our ‘pure’ Michigan water supply and ultimately, the health of our communities. […]
Bill Gates Drinks Distilled Feces Waste
Omniprocessor Creates Drinkable Water and Electricity From Human Waste!
Bill Gates took time off last year to work with the philanthropic organization he founded with his wife. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a project that is creating a safe affordable solution for countries struggling with problematic sanitation issues. This endeavor has resulted in a machine called the Janicki Omniprocessor, which turns […]
