Safe Drinking Water

Helping Social Entrepreneurs Succeed: Lessons From 10 Years of the GSBI

Thane Kreiner | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Clean Energy, Social Entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurship, Safe Drinking Water, Global Social Benefit Incubator, Social Impact, Social Businesses, Social Entrepreneur Success, Poverty, Gsbi, Impact News
Thane Kreiner

Social impact is much more challenging to measure than financial results, so we use a combination of metrics to gauge our success in helping social entrepreneurs build sustainable and scalable enterprises.

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The Global Search for Education: Water

C. M. Rubin | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: World Water Day, Global Education, Girls' Education, UNICEF Global Chief of Education, Unicef, The Global Search for Education, Children in Poverty, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Safe Drinking Water, MDG Global Water Target, Menstrual Hygiene, Water Sanitation and Hygiene Education in Schools, Essential Health Care Program of Philippines Department of Education, C. M. Rubin, Millennium Development Goal for Safe Drinking Water, Ban Ki-Moon, WASH in Schools, Education Reform, World Health Organization, Children's Health, Susan Durston, Education News
C. M. Rubin

World Water Day on March 22 is a day on which all global citizens should focus their attention on the importance of fresh water to sustainable development.

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Humanity's Growing Impact on the World's Freshwater

Sandra Postel | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: National Geographic, Freshwater Conservation, Water Conservation, Water Footprint, Meatless Mondays, Alliance for Water Conservation, Safe Drinking Water, Conservation Efforts, Green News
Sandra Postel

On any given day we're likely wearing more than 15,000 liters worth of water. And if we slip on a pair of leather loafers, well, add another 8,000 liters.

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Our Global Water Crisis

Quincy Jones | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Clean-Water, Global Water Crisis, Safe Drinking Water, Dirty Water, Waterborne Disease, The Water Initiative, Water Crisis, Impact News
Quincy Jones

In developing countries, people are forced to choose between sickness or purchasing expensive packaged or bottled water from untrustworthy sources. We believe that's an unfair choice.

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A Liberian Refugee's Clean Water Mission

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Drinking Water, Greatest Person of the Day, Safe Drinking Water, Liberia, Face Africa, Impact News

"Clean water is not just a matter of life, it's a matter of dignity." This edict guides the work of Saran Kaba Jones, 28, the founder and director of...

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On World Water Week 2010

Karl Hofmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Water Week, Psi, Global Health, Safe Drinking Water, Water, Sanitation, Wash, World News
Karl Hofmann

In the time it takes you to read this post, another eight children in developing countries will have died from water-related illnesses. That, I think we can all agree, is no way to start the school year.

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Elemental War

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Drinking Water, Human Rights, United Nations General Assembly, Green News, Safe Water Resolution, Water, United Nations, Drinking Water, Safe Drinking Water, Green News
Edward Flattau

Our UN delegation is worried about the legal implications if access to water is defined as an inalienable right. Let's get the moral principle down on paper that water will not be denied to those who can't afford to pay.

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Loopholes and Exemptions; How the Oil and Gas Industry Is Allowed to Police Itself

Andrew Romanoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andrew Romanoff, National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, Michael Bennet, Environmentalism, Safe Drinking Water, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, Colorado Senate Race, Clean Air Act, Denver News
Andrew Romanoff

In a fundraising appeal he sent out last week, Senator Bennet criticized the "corporate loopholes" that lead to "catastrophic financial and environmental disasters." Mr. Bennet's stance, however, contained a loophole of its own.

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Joe Hoeffel, Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Calls for Moratorium on Gas-Drilling

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dimock, Marcellus Shale, Susquehanna-River, Water Pollution, West Virginia, Pennsylvania Primary, Safe Drinking Water, Hydraulic Fracturing, Drinking Water, Natural-Gas-Drilling, New York, Green News
Denise Dennis

Dimock, PA - April 12, 2010 - Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate, Montgomery County Commissioner and former congressman, Joe Hoeffel (D), spent the ...

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Low-Cost Thrills in Millennium Village Data

John W. McArthur | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Jeffrey Sachs, Poverty, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Millennium Promise, G8 Summit, Malawi, United Nations, Malaria, Millennium Villages Project, Sustainable Development, Green Revolution, g20, G20 Summit, Mdgs, Sub-Saharan Africa, Millennium Development Goals, G8, Millennium Villages, Safe Drinking Water, Earth Institute, Global Poverty, Fighting Malaria, Poverty Alleviation, MDG Summit, Impact News
John W. McArthur

Yesterday, May 30, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Mwandama, Malawi. While there he ...

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EPA Principles for Safe Drinking Water? I'll Drink to That!

John DeCock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Water Pollution, Water, Epa, Safe Drinking Water, Safe Drinking Water Act, Tsca, Drinking Water, Pollution, Clean Water Action, Green News
John DeCock

You may be able to judge if a glass is half full or half empty, but there is no such thing as a glass of water that is only half polluted.

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Drugs In Drinking Water: Health Facilities Settle With State Over Charges Of Flushing Drugs Into Water Supply

AP | MARCUS FRANKLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Drinking Water, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Water, Prescription Drugs, Safe Drinking Water, New York Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Pharmaceutical Waste, Pharmaceutical Waste Water, New York News

NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a settlement Tuesday with five health care facilities that flushed pharmaceutical wa...

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Clean, Safe Water For Two Cents A Day -- Not Bad, But Not Happening

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Clean Drinking Water, Safe Drinking Water, Drinking Water, Water, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Some experts think the number of people with unsafe drinking water could easily be 2 billion -- maybe even more. The statistics are fuzzy and no on really knows how bad it is. They just know it is bad.

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Water Still Matters

Ralph D'Andrea | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil and Gas, Hydrofracturing, Junction Daily Blog, Safe Drinking Water, Poll, Survey, Water Quality, Colorado Politics, Clean Water Act, Josh Penry, Denver News
Ralph D'Andrea

The oil and gas industry is exempt from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act -- and they're lying about a new poll that proves Coloradans want regulation.

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Will Obama Crack Down on Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Perchlorate, Safe Drinking Water, Rocket Fuel, Water Pollution, Green News
Elaine Shannon

Rocket fuel pollution in water and soil are bigger problems than you might think. In recent years, EPA has detected perchlorates in public water systems in 28 states and territories.

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Think Before You Drink...Water

Hedrick Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Endocrine Disruptors, Clean Drinking Water, Toxic, Parabens, Water, Tap Water, Environment, Safe Drinking Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Pollution, Drinking Water, Green News
Hedrick Smith

Chemicals in consumer products are finding their way into sewers, storm drains, and eventually into our drinking water. Millions of people are drinking endocrine disruptors in their tap water.

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Parents and Citizens Should Take Advantage of EPA's Comment Period On Perchlorate in Drinking Water

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Safety of Perchlorate in Water, EPA November Public Comments Perchlorate, Environmental Working Group Perchlorate, Safe Tap Water, Safe Drinking Water Supply, Green Parent Chicago, Children and Safe Drinking Water, EPA and Perchlorate, Safe Drinking Water, Plastic, Plastic Bottles, Green News
Christine Escobar

Perchlorate is a chemical used by the Defense Department for testing missiles and rockets. Most perchlorate contamination is believed to be the result of defense and aerospace activities.

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