Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis
“…Decisions executives make to respond to freshwater scarcity will penetrate almost every aspect of their business operations.”
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Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies
Since the dawn of Homo sapiens in arid Africa, nine tenths of our evolution has unfolded as foragers. Only relatively recently did our species embark on agriculture, and recent events suggest certain limits to that extraordinary experiment. Exponential population growth has combined with unprecedented climate change until half the planet’s land surface can now be classified as drylands—arid landscapes inhabited by a third of humankind.
Keith Schneider: Climate Treaty Will Come After COP15
It’s been 30 years since scientists first gained a clear understanding of the dangerous consequences of continuously adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This week during the five days of negotiations in Barcelona the world learned again that the formula for solving global warming is a diplomatic chemistry problem that still defies a solution.
Idea Central: Collaborative Solutions to SE Australia’s Water Crisis
Software to Engage the Wisdom of Crowds
Australia’s Adelaide: A Lesson for Urban Centers Facing the Global Water Crisis
Australia’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide, could see its 1.3 million inhabitants relying more and more on bottled water over the next year, according to local politicians. Mounting consequences of climate change and sluggish national political action have led to high salinity levels and depletion of wildlife along the River Murray.
California Report: In Dry Times, Deep Reservoir of Water Solutions
New report highlights possible solutions to state’s water shortages.
The Windy City Blows Off Toxins to the Ocean
Chicago is famous for dyeing its river green on St. Patrick’s Day, but it is rarely known for muddying waters thousands of miles away. According to a U.S. Geological Survey study, polluted water from the Windy City has helped kill marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, Chi-TownDailyNews.org reported Friday. The study, released Thursday, ranks […]
The Latest Corporate Social Responsible News: Saving Water
Source: CSRwire – March 24, 2009 – The role of business, investment, and media in solving global water crises. “Australia’s 12-year drought provides a litmus test for the viability of water solutions. Circle of Blue, a media company focused on water, launched a new web-based platform called Idea Central to gather solutions to Australia’s toughest […]
Responding to Australia’s water crisis: Idea Central, ground-breaking international online event for public and experts to have their say, find solutions
Carried by: CSRwire LONDON – March 18, 2009 – Circle of Blue, the international multi-media online news organization, and Imaginatik, the London- and Boston-based collaborative software firm, today launched Circle of Blue Idea Central — a first of its kind online global survey event that captures ideas from people around the world to help solve […]
Australia’s Epic Drought, a Warning of Global Water Scarcity: “The Biggest Dry”
Carried by: CSRwire TRAVERSE CITY, MI (March 10, 2009) — Not since the American Dust Bowl of the early 20th century has an industrialized nation sustained more damage from drought and water scarcity in its prime food-growing region than in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin. This, according to an extensive multimedia report published today by Circle of […]
Video: The Biggest Dry, Stories of Australia’s Waning Rivers & Worried Towns
A love song, a hymn of mourning: where has Australia’s beloved water gone?
The Biggest Dry
Australia’s Epic Drought is Global Warning Circle of Blue Reports The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. Wildfires last month killed 210 people in Victoria. The country’s greatest wetland, the Coorong near Adelaide, is drying up. And as it does, the […]
