Today’s Solutions: March 29, 2024

Water

Slovenia makes clean water a c

Slovenia makes clean water a constitutional right for all

Prime Minister Miro Cerar says the country should “protect water – the 21st century’s liquid gold – at the highest legal level.” In the dystopian nightmare version of our not-too-distant future, water will be owned by nefarious corporations who dole it out for dollars. Read More...

Investors press meat producers

Investors press meat producers to cut water pollution

Forty-five large investors collectively managing $1.2 trillion in assets are pressing some of the nation's largest meat producers to set policies for reducing water pollution in their feeding, slaughtering and processing operations. The investors, who are members of sustainability non-profit Read More...

Slovenia adds water to constit

Slovenia adds water to constitution as fundamental right for all

Slovenia has amended its constitution to make access to drinkable water a fundamental right for all citizens and stop it being commercialised. With 64 votes in favour and none against, the 90-seat parliament added an article to the EU country’s constitution saying “everyone has the Read More...

Solar cells get boost with int

Solar cells get boost with integration of water-splitting catalyst onto semiconductor

Scientists have found a way to engineer the atomic-scale chemical properties of a water-splitting catalyst for integration with a solar cell, and the result is a big boost to the stability and efficiency of artificial photosynthesis. Share: FULL STORY Scientists have found a way to engineer the Read More...

Carnegie Wave Energy is bringi

Carnegie Wave Energy is bringing their clean energy and desalination technology to the UK

Australia-based company Carnegie Wave Energy (CWE) will bring their wave power and desalination technology to Wave Hub in Cornwall, England. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted 9.6 million pounds, around $11.8 million, to CWE for the first phase of their Wave Hub project. Read More...

These scientific breakthroughs

These scientific breakthroughs could help address the world's water crisis

Satellite data that helps fight cholera. Forecasts that help farmers flee monsoons. Models that predict how shifting rivers can affect drinking water. Scientists worldwide are developing technologies like these to tackle the planet's biggest water challenges, such as the lack of clean water for 1.2 Read More...

Floating wave-powered buoy mak

Floating wave-powered buoy makes desalinating seawater cheaper and eco-friendly

Desalination plants help to solve drinking water shortages. However, they need a lot of energy and they spit concentrated brine back into marine ecosystems. That’s why two engineers have created a floating wave-powered desalination buoy that performs reverse osmosis while bobbing in the sea to Read More...

A solar panel that pulls clean

A solar panel that pulls clean drinking water straight from the air

Every ten seconds someone in the world dies from a waterborne disease. That makes clean drinking water one of the most precious ingredients to sustain life. However, in many developing countries clean water is rare. That’s why the Source from Zero Mass Water is such great invention. It’s a Read More...

Ontario seeks to put a cap on

Ontario seeks to put a cap on water bottle industry with two-year ban

The Ontario government has proposed a two-year moratorium on the creation or expansion of bottled water operations fed by groundwater in the Canadian province, in a bid to strike a balance between a burgeoning bottled water industry, a growing population and the effects of climate change. The Read More...

Water purification pods design

Water purification pods designed to create a world without single-use water bottles

What if a reusable capsule could purify and freshen tap water? Bloc Enterprises’ PuriBloc GoPure water purification pods aim to help solve two problems: nasty tap water and expensive wasted plastic bottles. It’s a localized issue for sure, but many people can’t drink their Read More...