Climate Change
World Water Day: shortages of safe drinking water and inadequate sanitation services in Africa
Since year 1993 the International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. An international day to celebrate freshwater [...]
Sustainable Cities Collective
Sustainable Cities Collective is an editorially independent, moderated community for leaders of major metropolitan areas, urban planning and sustainability professionals. We look to aggregate content and provide resources for all who work in or are interested in urban planning, sustainable [...]
The world’s biggest wheat producer is suffering the worst drought in 60 years
China is, with more than 100 million tonnes, the largest wheat producer country in the world. Its production is over 40% higher than the second biggest production, India, but is behind the EU’s wheat production, estimated at 140 million tonnes. [...]
Water provokes conflicts in Middle East
‘The real wild card for political and social unrest in the Middle East over the next 20 years is not war, terrorism, or revolution—it is water. Conventional security threats dominate public debate and government thinking, but water is the true [...]
China to spend billions in water conservation in 2011
We are all aware of (or maybe not) the water situation in China. About one third of the industrial waste water and more than 90 percent of household sewage in China is released into rivers and lakes without being treated. [...]
Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Industry and Adaptation Strategies. Part II.
This article is a continuation of Part I which was published Friday 12th. Implications for the Water Industry and Provision of Services Water Resources and Supply Water is mainly supplied provided from either surface or groundwater sources. Therefore, the impact [...]
Impacts of Climate Change on the Water Industry and Adaptation Strategies. Part I.
The fourth Assessment report for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) concludes with 90% confidence that climate change is inevitable. An assessment of data since 1970 showed that it is likely that most of the observed increase in [...]
The Geotourism Challenge 2010: Places on the Edge – Saving Coastal and Freshwater Destinations
Ashoka’s Changemakers, National Geographic, and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are launching an online competition to search for innovative solutions for coastal, waterway, and island destinations that protect the environment and strengthen the heritage and livelihoods of local residents. The [...]
Tropic biodiversity in decline as demand of natural resources rises
“Our demand on natural resources has doubled since 1966 and in 2007 we were using the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities. If we continue living beyond the Earth’s limits, by 2030 we’ll need the equivalent of two [...]
Are the "Green" Millenium Development Goals being met?
Five years from the target date for the Millennium Development Goals, leaders from around the world have gathered this week at the United Nations to undertake a comprehensive review of progress and together chart a course for accelerated action on [...]
World Tap Water Week
A special week has been selected by Green Thing to be the annual World Tap Water Week. From this year on, on the third week of August we will be celebrating how great our pure, simple tap water is. The [...]
NYC residents find out how much water they use
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”, this is the key point for being efficient in the use of any resource. This applies to the water use too. Traditionally, consumers receive monthly or quarterly water bills, long after [...]
