Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 25, 2016 The AMRIT water purifier, which Pradeep debuted in 2012, is the first filter of its kind in India. Photo credit: Thalappil Pradeep TakePart By Alex Janin Sixteen dollars. That’s the price of a movie ticket...
Source: youtube.com Published: May 8, 2011 “Forever conscious of saving resources, I was amazed by the simplicity of the Japanese toilet in saving water. Most household toilets in Japan have this feature.” Click here to watch “Japanese Toilets Are Saving Water –...
Source: treehugger.com Published: October 15, 2015 Megan Treacy Screen capture MIT / YouTube The remote jungle village of La Mancalona on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico has gone from a place where clean water was scarce, bottled water expensive and soda much cheaper...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: May 1, 2015 Photo credit: Shutterstock Lorraine Chow A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jain Irrigation Systems have come up with a method of turning brackish water into drinking water using renewable energy. With...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: April 9, 2015 by Charley Cameron According to the World Health Organization, some 2.5 billion people lack access to improved (ie., safe, clean) sanitation facilities, and so in 2011 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched the...
Source: youtube.com Published: March 20, 2015 Waterstep train people in developing countries how to use safe water solutions like water purification, health education, and well repair, empowering communities to take care of their own water needs for years. They...
Source: smithsonianmag.com Published: March 6, 2015 Seawater is piped to a concentrated solar power plant that powers an evaporative desalination system. The distilled water is used to irrigate plants. (Sahara Forest Project) Solar power plants in Qatar and Jordan,...
Source: fastcoexist.com Published: January 23, 2015 “It’s pretty rare to find a new source of energy where there’s no environmental impact,” says Gregg Semler, CEO of Lucid Energy, the Portland-based startup that designed the new system. By Adele Peters If you live...
Source: breitbart.com Published: October 2, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO — California’s historic and record-breaking drought has given way to many inventive ideas and attempts at water preservation, including showering with friends. Now, one San Francisco-based startup is...