New Report: Turbid Water Stirs Up Future of Insecurity for Asia
Asia faces unprecedented water challenges, experts say, but solutions are within reach.
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The Smoke of Change: Indigenous Colombians Pray for Water Conservation
More than 40 years ago, Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez founded in prose the fictional village of Macondo along the shores of a river of clear water on a bed of polished stones, white and big, like “prehistoric eggs.” The South American village flourishes until years of magical rain wash it away. Today, in Sumapaz […]
Melting Ice Blurs Borders and Freezes Relations
Borders in this part of Europe haven’t changed since 1861. But as temperatures rise and glaciers melt, Switzerland and Italy are working to redraw their shared frontier in the Alps to account for the changing topography of the mountain, The Independent reports. Experts from both countries will sit down to decide on possible borderline shifts […]
John Elkington: The Phoenix Economy – a new paradigm for sustainable business
John Elkington discusses The Phoenix Economy, a new report about a possible economic renaissance.
States Remedy Polluted Ohio River
When officials found high fecal counts in the Ohio River, they decided to initiate a clean-up effort. Now six states — including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia — are participating in the 475-mile makeover. According to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission the river reached its current state of pollution due […]
Mapping Thirst: New UN Graphics Predict Changes in Water Supply
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently updated a set of informative graphics to reflect fresh water availability worldwide, be it more or less. The project, called Vital Water Graphics, gives a comprehensive picture of the ways in which the amount of quality water available is changing. The Vital Water Graphics dynamically communicates several […]
Overcoming the sanitation stigma: An interview with author Rose George
In an interview with Circle of Blue, freelance journalist and author Rose George explores the politics of sanitation. She discusses sanitation’s crucial but linguistically fickle role in social dialogue. George elaborates on the history of sanitation both above and below the equator, as well as touching on recent successes and failures. Her new book — […]
Rose George’s World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
What we should do about the dirty world of a dirty word by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue Rose George has squatted, sat, and defecated on just about every continent on the planet. She has gone in the slums of Dar es Salaam. She has used some of the most advanced Japanese toilets. She has […]
Figures find fewer British beaches bathable
Beaches in England greet swimmers with water not as clean as two years ago. Since 2006, the percentage of safe water bodies has decreased from 99 to 97 percent. European standards remain some of the most stringent across the globe, however Dr Paul Leinster, chief executive of the Environment Agency, told the Telegraph, “Bathing water […]
Bhopal water pollution crisis returns to court
When a Union Carbide pesticide plant in the central part of India released almost 50 tons of toxic gas, thousands died from the fumes. That was in 1984. Recently, a U.S. court has reinstated a case against Union Carbide for the disaster’s longer term effects — specifically, water pollution. The lawsuit seeks class-action status and […]
Op-ed — Chenab waters and Pakistan’s fear
Circle of Blue recently reported on the Baglihar Dam controversy and the role of the U.S. in international water policy. Find a full size map of the region here. From the Daily Times of Pakistan: India’s National Security Adviser Mr. Narayanan has stated that India will not block the Chenab waters to hurt Pakistan and […]
