With 3.575 million people dying each year from water-related disease, our current water crisis is one of epic proportions. At any given time, half of the world’s

There is enough food to feed everybody in the world now; in the year 2000 there will still be enough food for everyone. And yet 500 million people are malnourished.

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Clean, safe drinking water is scarce. Today, nearly 1 billion people in the developing world don’t have access to it. Yet, we take it for granted, we waste it, and we

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EDITOR’S NOTE: 1/9/14: A previous version of this blog was titled “World’s 37 Most Water-Stressed Countries.” We have since removed Northern Cyprus as a country, as

Definition of drought, influence of climate changes on water shortages. The water shortage in england, water restrictions and responsibility of water companies.

Water scarcity. Water scarcity already affects every continent. Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world’s population, live in areas of physical

Mar 22, 2012 · Many countries and regions suffering shortages of potable water may, coincidentally, need to be investing in power generation. The powers that be, in those

Humanity has an amazing ability to conquer crisis resourcefully, and that’s exactly what many environmental innovators doing with these solutions.