The women, the land, and the virus
Stories of impacts of Covid-19 on smallholder farmers and emerging new perspectives By Long Hoang and Abraham Abhishek, with inputs … Continued
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The Science of Flint’s Water Crisis
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown, or even misused. Here’s the … Continued
How to grow a forest in your backyard | Shubhendu Sharma
Forests don’t have to be far-flung nature reserves, isolated from human life. Instead, we can grow them right where we … Continued
4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought | David Sedlak
As the world’s climate patterns continue to shift unpredictably, places where drinking water was once abundant may soon find reservoirs … Continued
Rain’s Dirty Little Secret
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Why Do Rivers Curve?
More info: (see links below) Produced by: MinuteEarth Year: 2014 Language: English Region: Global We’re now on Patreon! Please support us … Continued
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From?
This video sponsored by our Subbable supporter Tab for a Cause: http://www.tabforacause.org?r=3 Earth didn’t have water when it formed, but it … Continued
Designing Smart Urban Water Systems: Marcus Quigley at TEDxBeaconStreet
We have built our cities largely assuming that water, when not of drinking water quality and properly contained in pressurized … Continued
Can We End The Global Water Crisis? James Famiglietti
It is important to elevate awareness of the water issues to the level of everyday understanding. There are obvious problems … Continued
Iconic toilets: Mathew Lippincott at TEDxConcordiaUPortland
Mathew is of the opinion that the future needs better instructions. An artist and designer working in technology development and … Continued
One very dry demo by Mark Shaw
Mark Shaw demos Ultra-Ever Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that acts as an astonishingly powerful shield against water and water-based materials. … Continued
Fahad Al-Attiya: A country with no water
Imagine a country with abundant power — oil and gas, sunshine, wind (and money) — but missing one key essential … Continued
Allan Savory: How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change
Allan Savory works to promote holistic management in the grasslands of the world: “Desertification is a fancy word for land … Continued
The global food waste scandal
Countries like America has twice as much food as people actually need.Tristram Stuart has dedicated his career to investigate food … Continued
The winddrinker: clean drinking water for all
The winddrinker was the TEDxAmsterdam award in 2010. Carla Generaal and her team produced clean drinking water for the first … Continued
Hadyn Parry: Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease
There are 200-300 million cases of malaria and around100 million of dengue fever Worldwide each year according to The World … Continued
Meet the Water Canary
After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and … Continued
The Real Danger Lurking in the Water: Romulus Whitaker
The gharial and king cobra are two of India’s most iconic reptiles, and they’re endangered because of polluted waterways. Conservationist … Continued
Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development
Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science … Continued
Spate Irrigation: Lessons for Adaptive Management of a Variable Climate
COP 17 is quietly underway in Durban, South Africa. Compared to previous rounds of global climate negotiations, there has been … Continued