water

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by Mashable
More than 3.5 million people die each year as the result of water-related disease according to the World Health Organization. Water Canary, a new device unveiled this week at TED Global in Edinburgh, Scotland, hopes to put a dent in this number by...
by Monica Ellis
Guest blogger Monica Ellis is the CEO of Global Water Challenge, a coalition of 24 leading organizations in the water and sanitation sector committed to achieving its collective vision of universal access to safe drinking water and sanitation. In...
by Dee Benzing
Quick question: What do Hillary Rodham Clinton, Kenna, Guy Laliberté, Matt Damon, the President of Liberia, and Bono have in common? Answer: They all used 2010 World Water Week (March 22–26) to express their passion for providing access to safe,...
by Dee Benzing
Today we celebrate World Water Day–a day set aside to reflect on the vital role that this simple resource plays in the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. Many of us are familiar with the statistics: water-borne diseases cause the...
by Ned Breslin
Guest blogger Ned Breslin is CEO of Water For People, a nonprofit international humanitarian organization that supports the development of sustainable safe drinking water resources and improved sanitation facilities in developing countries. In...

Spotlight Archive

by Jonathan Wolfe
"So, what did you do in school today?" "Nothing special." That's an exchange that takes place just about every day between kids and their parents. But for 25 students at Scarsdale Middle School in New York, a more accurate answer would be "something...