Tag: water conservation

Iran is sinking in sinkholes from overwatering

What's that sinking feeling? In Iran, the very ground under your feet may drop away. The issue here isn’t war. The...

Greenhouse agriculture in Kazakhstan

A story of greenhouse agriculture in Kazakhstan

4 Hidden Sources Of Environmental Damage

The gold dust bought at Walmart may make your graduation photo pretty. But one blow and it's forever cycling as microplastics that will get into our lungs.

Empowering consumers: Rio Tinto’s aluminum becomes accountable upstream and down, on the blockchain

What if you want to buy items like smart phones, cars and even your favorite can of drink, knowing that they’re made from ethically and sustainable sourced materials? It’s about to become a reality with a radical new idea in the raw materials manufacturing space, started by a leading mining and metals company that deals in diamonds, copper, iron ore and aluminum.

Ethiopian Nile dam to destroy about half of Egypt’s agriculture

Ethiopia has been building Africa's largest hydro-electric dam since 2011. $4 billion later and it is about to go online. It could drain Egypt's Nile so that life in Egypt as they know it (at least since the 70s) will never be the same again.

5 Ways To Use Air-Conditioner Water

Air conditioners pull water from the air, literally. It's distilled so not great to drink, but useful in other ways.

Get wise to 20 facts on World Water Day

It's World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22.  The day is about focusing world attention on the importance...

Students make AMENDS for a better Middle East

The American Middle Eastern Network for Dialogue at California's Stanford University (AMENDS) is a student-led initiative that enables young...

Middle East’s first rainforest coming to Dubai

Dubai developers reach a new zenith in outrageous investment with just-announced plans to build a tropical rainforest on the...

Bamboo Warka Water towers pull drinking water out of thin air

Italian architect Arturo Vittori and his colleague Andreas Vogler designed a low-tech machine, based on passive design, that can produce between...

“Drop-a-brick” in your toilet to defer regional drought

Drop-A-Brick is a clever PR campaign to cut water waste in severely parched California, a state with dwindling aquifers...

Pee in the shower, save the environment

A new student campaign at a British university is urging people everywhere to "take the piss out of water...