Tag: Water

Wintures: How Solar Power is Helping to Secure Clean Drinking Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

Written by Jasmina Schmidt, 01-10-2018

Wintures offers a solution to a serious, global problem - a robust, affordable off-grid desalination system that can turn salt or brackish water into something that's fit to drink. Read on

Development

Desolenator: Producing Safe and Affordable Drinking Water With the Power of the Sun

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 20-03-2018

What if water, from any kind of source, could be purified into something safe to drink, using the power of the sun? Read on

Green Living

The Smart Water Meter With the Visual Nudge Effect

Written by Marisa Pettit, 19-03-2018

A Danish startup wants to use algorithms and the power of the nudge to help change the way water is consumed around the world. Read on

Development

New Cheap Graphene Filters Can Make Even Seawater Safe to Drink

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 27-02-2018

GraphAir, a new type of graphene developed in Australia, can remove salt and contaminants from water in one easy step. Read on

Development

Singapore's Latest Addition to the Fight Against Polluted Waterways? A Flock of Robot Swans

Written by Marisa Pettit, 08-02-2018

Singapore has come up with an unique new way of ensuring the safety of its reservoirs and lakes - a team of elegant floating robots. Read on

Climate Protection

CALTROPe: Tackling Land Loss With Modular Mangrove Forests

Written by Julian Furtkamp, 06-11-2017

A team of designers has developed a modular mangrove planting system that could help save critical coastlines from rising sea levels. Read on

Biodiversity

No Trees Needed: This Company Is Making Paper Out of Stone

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 25-10-2017

Energy and environmentally intensive wood-pulp paper may now have a revolutionary, sustainable and unexpected competitor: paper made of stone. Read on

Urbanity

These Parisians Are Splashing Into Water Heated by Servers

Written by Ana Galán Herranz, 03-10-2017

Fancy swimming in an eco-friendly pool, heated using the waste energy used to produce your favourite animated movie? Read on

Green Living

Ooho! Will These Edible Blobs Replace Water Bottles?

Written by Terri Kafyeke, 20-04-2017

In an effort to reduce plastic waste, a UK lab has developed seaweed-based shells that encapsulate water. As well as having a cool, futuristic appearance, their low environmental impact and cheap production make them an interesting alternative to plastic bottles. Read on

Green New Deal

No Rain? No Problem. How Fields Can Be Watered With Solar Power

Written by Jasmina Schmidt, 18-04-2017

In regions of Kenya where there is little rain, help with irrigation now comes from an unlikely source - the sun. Using SunCulture's solar powered irrigation systems, farmers in Kenya are able to do away with traditional petrol powered pumps, improve their yields and make significant savings too. Read on

Development

Wood Mold: the Open-Source Solution That Makes Water Filters Accessible to Water-poor Communities

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 13-12-2016

An award winning open-source technology is bringing safe water to remote and water-scarce communities: cheap, easy to assemble and requiring no technical know-how or expensive inputs, it helps people to access clean drinking water fast! Read on

Urbanity

EcoCycle Turns Sewage into Clean Water…at Home!

Written by Terri Kafyeke, 27-10-2016

If the municipal sewer won’t come to the house, then the house must go to the municipal sewer. Or get its own on-site wastewater recycling system. Read on

Development

No Drops Wasted: Catching Water From The Sky

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 11-10-2016

An Italian designer has produced a beautiful tree-like water-catching device that meets the local meteorological, geographical, and social conditions of water-scarce communities in Ethiopia and beyond. Read on

Green Living

Coffee Has-Beans Remove Heavy Metals from Water

Written by Anna Rees, 03-10-2016

A team of Italian scientists has used old coffee grounds to create a foam that can get rid of lead and mercury from water. Read on

Development

Using Data and Mapping to Pinpoint Contaminated Sources of Groundwater

Written by Anna Rees, 09-05-2016

The interactive portal Groundwater Assessment Platform plots out sources of groundwater that are contaminated by arsenic or high levels of fluoride. Read on

Development

One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Water

Written by Terri Kafyeke, 21-04-2016

An Indian start-up created a machine that provides clean drinking water in exchange for empty bottles or cans. Read on

Development

Water from Thick Air

Written by Anna Rees, 11-04-2016

NGO Dar Si Hmad has set up a large fog harvesting system in Morocco that turns fog into running water, providing a reliable water source in drought-afflicted areas. Read on

Development

Smart Solar Powered Units Providing Clean Water in Bangladesh

Written by Anna Rees, 25-02-2016

A project by Watersprint and Yunus Centre is looking to spread smart tech-equipped, solar-powered water purifiers in regions where access to potable water is scarce. Read on

Responsibility

The 9th Green Me Film Festival in Berlin: Friday 29 to Sunday 31 January 2016. Save the date!

Written by Annalisa Dorigo, 24-01-2016

The ninth edition of the Green Me Film Festival will take place the last weekend in January 2016, at the CinemaxX in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany. With this year's theme 'Ocean, Life, Water' the event could not be more inclusive and engaging: do you drink water? Then this festival is for you. Read on

Health

Orange You Glad You Can Remove Mercury from Water?

Written by Anna Rees, 16-11-2015

A team of researchers from Australia has developed a material that combines waste from the citrus and petroleum industries and can be used to draw out mercury from water and soil. Read on

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Content tagged with Water

Wintures: How Solar Power is Helping to Secure Clean Drinking Water in Sub-Saharan Africa

Desolenator: Producing Safe and Affordable Drinking Water With the Power of the Sun

The Smart Water Meter With the Visual Nudge Effect

New Cheap Graphene Filters Can Make Even Seawater Safe to Drink

Singapore's Latest Addition to the Fight Against Polluted Waterways? A Flock of Robot Swans

CALTROPe: Tackling Land Loss With Modular Mangrove Forests

No Trees Needed: This Company Is Making Paper Out of Stone

These Parisians Are Splashing Into Water Heated by Servers

Ooho! Will These Edible Blobs Replace Water Bottles?

No Rain? No Problem. How Fields Can Be Watered With Solar Power

Wood Mold: the Open-Source Solution That Makes Water Filters Accessible to Water-poor Communities

EcoCycle Turns Sewage into Clean Water…at Home!

No Drops Wasted: Catching Water From The Sky

Coffee Has-Beans Remove Heavy Metals from Water

Using Data and Mapping to Pinpoint Contaminated Sources of Groundwater

One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Water

Water from Thick Air

Smart Solar Powered Units Providing Clean Water in Bangladesh

The 9th Green Me Film Festival in Berlin: Friday 29 to Sunday 31 January 2016. Save the date!

Orange You Glad You Can Remove Mercury from Water?