Images from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region |
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Images from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region–including Bhutan, Nepal, China, Tibet and India |
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“Crude” Director Joe Berlinger Fights Against Chevron’s Subpoena |
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A documentary filmmaker lands his own day in court against the oil giant. |
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Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Water Territories and the Politics of Scale and Identity |
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An excerpt from the introductory chapter of Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Politics and Identity, a book on the effect modern society has on water culture and indigenous communities |
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Q&A: David Getches on Water Rights for |
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“How modern society is affecting our water culture and the rights of indigenous communities.” |
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Infographic: Alaska to India Bulk Water Export Data |
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Sitka, Alaska to send millions of gallons of water to India, which will then be distributed in the Middle East. |
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Timeline: North American Bulk Water Sales |
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Bulk water has been attempted and banned around the world. Visualize the last decade of attempts in Sitka. |
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Q&A: ‘Crude’ Director Joe Berlinger on Chevron Oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon |
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Featuring Live Earth, Vanity Fair cover, and a CNN Hero Award. |
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The War on Tap Water: An Exclusive Excerpt from Peter Gleick’s Bottled and Sold |
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“The growth of the bottled water industry is a story about 21st century controversies and contradictions: poverty versus glitterati; perception versus reality; private gain versus public loss of the last century.” |
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Q&A: Peter Gleick Weighs in on the Bottled Water Battle |
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Why do people buy billions of gallons of expensive bottled water in the U.S., a country where most of the tap water is cheap and extremely high quality? |
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Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought |
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“…for every Bushman caught, accused, arrested and roughed up, several others sneaked in to gather or hunt, preferring to live freely without official help, without water that had strings attached.” |
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The Himalayas With one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is already giving off warning signs.
Bottomless Precedent: Global Oil Problems Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe
Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis Counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll.
Bulk Water Exports As demand for freshwater increases globally, a few companies and water-rich countries envision water shipped in large tankers.
Water + Climate It's evident - without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates Across the country there is wide variation in use and price for water consumption in major urban areas.
Industrial Transformation in an Era of Water Scarcity Acute water shortages will change strategy, business operations.
Coal Ash: Toxic Water Dirty Legacy Contaminates Groundwater of an Indiana Town
Tracking the Asian Carp Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes.
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Yunnan China: Water Crisis Yunnan Province is a microcosm of the challenges facing China's vulnerable freshwater supply.
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Patagonia's Hydropower Dilemma In Chile's Trackless Mountain Wilderness, A Clash Between Pristine Rivers and Hydropower Prospects.
The Biggest Dry: Australia The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation.
Niger Delta: War on Water Thousands Search for Fresh Water, Food in a Monumentally Contaminated War Zone
Water: The Top Global Priority International Circle of Blue | GlobeScan survey finds fresh water pollution, scarcity drive public concern.
