Worried by an eco backlash, the bottled water industry is waging a PR battle to turn the public back onto plastic bottled water
… Bottled water industry wages PR battle against tap water movement Eifion Rees | 4th April 2012 News Bottle Water Plastic Tap Nestle News Focus Health …
Despite the spring downpours, a hosepipe ban is already in force thanks to drought. It’s time to rethink how we use water in the garden, says author Michael Littlewood
… Littlewood | 20th April 2012 Ethical Living Water Climate Change Drought Gardening Plants … Growing Recycling Sustainability Hosepipe Ban Water Conservation holding.jpg Despite the … to drought. It’s time to rethink how we use water in the garden, says author Michael …
The privatisation of global water services means billion-dollar profits for corporations and pollution, disconnection and soaring prices for consumers
… The privatisation of water Jon Luoma | 1st March 2004 News Water Pollution Corporations Privatisation Bottled Water Human Rights Violations Fresh Water …
During the past decade or so, international trade agreements have been dramatically expanded to encompass affairs that had always previously been strictly matters of domestic concern.
… A thirst for control: water privatisation The Ecologist | 1st March 2004 News Water Privatisation Water Bills Public Health Privatisation …
Tara Lohan’s Water Matters is an anthology that almost, but doesn’t quite deliver, says Mark Newton
… Water Matters: Why We Need to Act Now to Save … Mark Newton | 22nd March 2012 Reviews Water Scarcity Drought Books Reviews People … Change Global Warming jacket.jpg Tara Lohan’s Water Matters is an anthology that almost, but …
… Should our drinking water be fluoridated? Dr Paul Connett … Comment MRC Fluoridation Dentist Tooth Decay Water F Flouridation Health blogs&comments.jpg … vs. Professor Liz Kay Dear Professor Kay, Water fluoridation is a most peculiar …
Water scarcity's effect on food production means radical steps will be needed to feed a population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, warns Stockholm International Water Institute
… scientists John Vidal | 31st August 2012 News Water Scarcity Vegetarianism Overpopulation … Shortage John Vidal Stockholm International Water Institute SIWI Food And Farming Water Scarcity Drought Natural World Climate …
How the Colombian capital Bogotá defied the World Bank and the multinationals, refused to privatise and turned its water services into the best in the country
… Bogotá's fight for public water Maria Teresa Ronderos | 1st March 2004 … News Colombia Bogotá World Bank Privatise Water Se Privatisation Society How the … refused to privatise and turned its water services into the best in the country …
The Bosphorus - which divides Istanbul into the European and Asian side - is one of the most active and most polluted sea-straits in the world. Resident Alina Lehtinen discovers it's not the garbage but sewerage that is the key pollutant in the city's ailing waterways.
… is the key pollutant in the city's ailing waterways. Istanbul, a massive city of around 15 million people, is surrounded by water. Massive population growth - together … the city's leaders warning that the current water treatment facilities are not sufficient …
In order to reduce the flow rate of urban rainfall - and clear the often polluted water from buildings and streets - cities must learn to mimic the natural 'bioretention' properties of undeveloped land, says Laura Laker
… gardens Laura Laker | 25th October 2012 News watergarden.jpg In order to reduce the flow … urban rainfall - and clear the often polluted water from buildings and streets - cities must … of undeveloped land, says Laura Laker Water management is a major issue in large …
Last month’s downpours might have put you off water for life but that doesn’t mean a watery getaway isn’t worth a look. Ruth Styles rounds up 10 of the best
… Top 10… water inspired breaks Ruth Styles | 4th May … 2012 Ethical Living Travel Explore Lucerne Water Surfing Mar Menor Skagen Fjord Nature … Last month’s downpours might have put you off water for life but that doesn’t mean a watery …
Unlike large dams, now widely acknowledged to be unsustainable and ineffective, micro-hydro involves the use of small mills and dams to provide clean energy and an alternative source of income for rural communities.
… Renewable energy: Micro-hydro, Biomass, Solar Water Panel Jeremy Smith | 1st June 2004 News Solar Water Panels Renewable Energy Biomass … Fursdons dug a 460 metre channel to transport water from a stream on their land to the new …
I’m sitting opposite the large Coca-Cola bottling plant next to the village of Plachimada in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Plachimada is a farming village of about 800 families, many of them tribal. The ugly factory looks rather out of place in such a beautiful setting, the Western Ghats mountains clearly visible in the distance.
… holds a placard that says, ‘fresh air, fresh water, our birth right!’ Villagers have been … one of the most plentiful supplies of groundwater in Kerala and because it provided an … built a big factory that soon began turning water into fizzy pop, churning out as many as …
Some 245 Indian villages are in the middle of being destroyed by a $7 billion dam project that will consume more energy than it provides and has even been condemned by its World Bank sponsors.
… sturdy central wooden beams poking out of the water. Next to Katrikaki’s old home, in a … faces. It was only two weeks earlier that the water level in the reservoir had risen and … who had released over 150,000 cusecs of water from the upstream Tawa dam over the last …
Despite being an economic success, prawn farms built in Brazil's mangroves have displaced natural ecosystems and the coastal communities which rely on them, says Kennedy Warne in an exclusive extract from 'Let Them Eat Shrimp'
… the shrimp ponds have no lining, so salt water has percolated through the sandy soil … wells that until recently drew sweet fresh water to the surface. The water was doce, doce, they say, repeating the …
Since colonising Tibet in 1959, China has ripped out virgin forests, dug up minerals and metals, and dumped nuclear waste with little regard for the fragile ecology of the Tibetan plateau.
… News World Bank International Rivers Dams Water Tibet China Dams International … birds wing across the deep blue sky and any water that is left in the mostly dried-up … Arun, Manas, Yangtse and Yellow – provide water for more than 85 per cent of Asia’s …
Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label.
… poultry industry. We were gazing into a hot-water tank into which the dead birds were … It was 3pm and, as at many factories, the water was only changed once a day. It was a … either through injection or in their food and water. By the end of the 1990s about 450 …
A US-backed billion-dollar gold mine has attracted thousands of protestors in recent weeks. Many have the poor economic legacy of existing mines fresh in their minds, reports Gervase Pouldon in Cajamarca, Peru
… protest are clear: 'It’s about protecting our water supply, nothing more.' Ortiz feels that … say the project would threaten local water supplies whilst Conga’s proponents claim … the project. Conga would be located in a headwater basin area which provides the water …
If you want evidence that global warming is happening, you need only look to China. Unseen by the rest of the world, much of the north of the country is turning into a land of droughts, dust storms and deserted villages.
… by little ridges of soil to guide irrigation water around the plants. The narrow road was … sheep and criss-crossed by gullies and eroded watercourses. Behind the occasional wall, sand … a dozen sheep, which all crowded around the water trough when Mr Dong pumped water up from …
The US authorities have allowed Formosa Plastics and other chemicals corporations to poison the waterways of the Texas Gulf Coast for decades. When local shrimp-boat operator Diane Wilson found out what was going on she single-handedly set about forcing Formosa to clean up its act.
… Crisis Industrial Plastics Community Fresh Water Boycotts Campaigns US Children … other chemicals corporations to poison the waterways of the Texas Gulf Coast for decades. … 30 years after the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act, which promised that the US’s waters …
From boosting biodiversity to gardens that are helping to tackle climate change, Chelsea Flower Show 2012 will be green in more ways than one. Rebecca Campbell went behind the scenes
… focusing on three services: pollination, water management and carbon storage.’ Three … Frontières . Among the themes are community, water management and harnessing the power of … biologically; the rate at which they lose water and the way they are structured. ‘It’s …
The reckless deep-sea gold rush that could turn the North American continental shelf into one giant factory-style fish farm
… with silver vigour – gasp forlornly at the water’s surface, gulping down air as they … Norway’s arctic torrents, in the tropical waters off Hawaii, other species of fish are … and benign. A diver moves slowly through underwater twilight towards a huge grey form the …
There’s more to an energy efficient home than good insulation; everything from radiators to windows can play their part. Ruth Styles explains how to make your home a greener place to be
… will improve comfort and save you money.’ Water The old brick in the cistern trick has had an update in the form of Hippo the Water Saver , £8.94 for three, which saves three litres of water every time the toilet is flushed - or …
Beth O’Donnell Young’s opus urges us to dispense with our prim patios and manicured lawns, and let nature in. Laurie Tuffrey hears the call
… it’s placed in, before moving through water management, plant selection and tips on … paths and driveways. The chapter on being ‘water wise’ is particularly good; outlining multiple ways of saving water, from xeriscaping your garden to reduce …