investments – Water for the Ages

Sanitation Solutions: Three African Entrepreneurs

March 3, 2009 By waterfortheages 2 Comments

Most by now should know the facts: almost 2.6 billion people (40 percent) in the world do not have access to basic sanitation and over 6,000 children die each day from dirty water and poor sanitation. Adequate sanitation, hygiene, and drinking water are essential to keep people healthy. So it’s great to hear (via Water […]

Filed Under: africa, international, investments, sanitation, water awards

Akvopedia: Open Source for Water Technology

August 31, 2008 By waterfortheages 2 Comments

The new website Akvopedia shares knowledge of water and sanitation technology, open source style, to ensure these resources are available to more people worldwide. Open Source: (in computing) Of, or relating to a product which is licensed to permit modifications and redistribution [for free] of its source code. – Wiktionary Linux, the One Laptop Per […]

Filed Under: drinking water, general, international, investments, outreach, photos, sanitation, sustainability, technology, water availability, water treatment Tagged With: akvopedia, linux, open source, technology, water

Water and the G8: Hokkaido Toyako Summit

July 8, 2008 By waterfortheages Leave a Comment

As most have heard by now, the 34th annual G8 Summit is underway in Japan from July 7th to July 9th in Toyako, Hokkaido. Leaders from eight of the world’s industrialized nations, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States (in addition to the president of the European Union and representatives from […]

Filed Under: climate change, drinking water, drought, economy, general, groundwater, industrial, international, investments Tagged With: climate change, environment, food security, g8 summit, group of eight, kyoto protocol, politics, water

Quarter of Crude, Please

June 29, 2008 By waterfortheages Leave a Comment

A friend asked me the other day, “did you know that it takes about quarter of a bottle of oil to produce one bottle of water?” I didn’t, and he was right. His simple statement, and I found myself pondering this fact. To be honest, just thinking about the concept of a quarter of a bottle of […]

Filed Under: drinking water, economy, international, investments, outreach, water treatment Tagged With: bottled water, oil, transport, water, water transport

Global Water Index: Investments for Privatized Water

March 9, 2008 By waterfortheages Leave a Comment

You may have heard the phrase S&P 500 floating around, background noise as you listen to the news. But if you are a person with even an inkling of interest in the stock market, you will know the S&P 500 is an index exhibiting stocks of the top 500 publicly owned companies primarily from the […]