Archives for Water
Unilever Crowdsourcing Ideas for a Sustainable Shower
Unilever has launched a crowdsourcing contest for a next-generation sustainable shower.
Clothing Should Not Be to Dye For: Wastewater In the Textile Industry
In my latest article on Guardian Sustainable Business, I discuss how dyeing has an enormous impact on wastewater worldwide.
No Beer, No Cheer: Small Brewers Push to Defend Clean Water Act
The NRDC so far has signed up almost two dozen craft beer breweries to ensure local water supplies across the country remain clean.
Turkey, the Race for Water
In one of the most beautiful regions of Turkey in the Black Sea area, hundreds of hydroelectric power plants are expected to be built – or have already been. The local population feels threatened and fights for the right to the integrity of the ecosystem. A report from OBC.
Irrigation Technology Company Netafim Wins 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) named the Israeli drip irrigation technology firm Netafim its annual Industry Water Award winner.
Bosnia: Land of Blue Gold
Bosnia Herzegovina is one of the European countries with the richest water resources. Projects to build a series of hydroelectric power stations in Republika Srpska, however, are endangering a delicate environmental balance.
The Water Future of Cities Will Become More Dire
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and four universities recently completed a study that sounds an ominous note for the future of many cities’ water supplies.
Climate Change in the San Joaquin Valley and Our Future Food Supply
Climate change could have hugely disruptive impacts on the San Joaquin Valley, North America’s most valuable agricultural region.
PepsiCo Reaches Safe Water Access Goal Two Years Early
Yesterday PepsiCo announced it already achieved its 2015 goal of providing safe water to 3 million people in developing countries in partnerships with NGOs.
World Water Day Update: P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program
Dr. Greg Allgood, director of P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water Program, discussed how little water purification packets make a difference worldwide.
Forever Everyone: Sanitation as a Business in Malawi
Towera Jalakari is an unlikely sanitation champion. She is a savvy businesswoman who made her reputation selling exotic fresh fruit juices. But fruit is seasonal, and she has a nose for a business opportunity that is impossible to teach.
And she ...
Safe Drinking Water in India: How Smart Design Positioned Unilever as a Leader
Unilever's PureIt water purifiers cracked the pesky code of delivering a safe drinking water that has a positive impact on lives at an affordable price.