Sanitation

Transforming Women's Water Burdens Into Economic Opportunities

Gemma Bulos | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Social Entrepreneurship, United Nations, Sanitation, Global Women's Water Intiative, Water, Women, Impact News
Gemma Bulos

Around the globe, the containers, the clothes and the scenery may be different, but the experience is the same. Women carry the weight of water on their backs, literally and figuratively, cultivating a gender divide that ripples into deeper socio-economic inequities.

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The Public Restroom Survival Guide

Uloop | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Bathroom, College, Public Restrooms, Toilet Paper, Sanitation, Sanitary Public Restrooms, Public Restroom Germs, Germs Public Restrooms, Public Restroom Tips, College News
Uloop

We all have our strategies for guarding ourselves against the atrocities of the public restroom. Whatever your methods, there's really no way to win, but there are a few helpful things to know when you're stuck on campus and nature calls.

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Water and Sanitation for the World: Not a Pipe Dream

Jan Eliasson | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: World Water Day, Unicef, Africa, Sanitation, Water Pollution, Clean Water, Wateraid, Water Sanitation, Water Crisis, Impact News
Jan Eliasson

Unfortunately, 783 million people -- 11 percent of the global population -- still have no access to clean water. For context, that is more than two and a half times the population of the United States.

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Every 20 Seconds: The Importance of World Water Day

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Clean Water, Foreign Aid, World Water Day, Drinking Water, Foreign Affairs, Sanitation, Foreign Policy, Video, World News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

Today, on World Water Day, I'm asking you to join me in raising awareness and help to break the poverty cycle for women and children whose days are otherwise filled by collecting dirty water, not going to school or successfully earning an income.

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A Call To Faith On World Water Day

Katherine Marshall | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: World Water Day, Wash, Famine, Water, Agriculture, Sanitation, Social Justice, Interfaith, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

Because water is so central to many faiths, it offers both a starting point for action and a point of engagement between the faith-inspired and secular development communities. Water has a special potential.

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Few Celebrating MDG Success in Water

Ned Breslin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Global Health, Polio, Millennium Development Goals, Polio Vaccine, United Nations, Clean Water, Clean-Water, Public Health, Unicef, Drinking Water, Sanitation, Impact News
Ned Breslin

Access means that there is a tap nearby that people could use. Functionality means that water actually flows from that tap. Far too often the tap does not produce water, so it is therefore not effective at what the Millennium Development Goal is really trying to do -- eradicate water poverty.

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Another Reason Not To Take Your Tampons For Granted

allAfrica | Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: Sanitary Wear, Affordable Sanitary Wear for Girls, Zimbabwe, Maternal Health Africa, Women's Health, Sanitation, Africa, Women News

Sixteen-year-old Tinashe Magaya's parents struggle to feed their offspring and for things like sanitary pads and tampons are luxuries she can not dare...

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Super Bowl Sanitation: "Washed Up" Giants Outpoint Docs

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Hygiene, Handwashing, Washing Hands Hospitals, Hand Sanitizer, Washing Hands, Bathroom Hygiene, Hand Sanitation, Sanitation, Hospital Sanitation, Hospital Hygiene, Hand Hygiene, New York News
Michael L. Millenson

Is the New York Giants' bathroom more sanitary than your hospital room? Could be. And that player cleanliness may even have helped send the team to the Super Bowl.

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Sanitation in Ghana: A Disaster or a Challenge?

Karen Curley | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Malaria, Ghana, Cholera, Garbage, Disease, Sanitation, Slidepollajax, World News
Karen Curley

Accra is the capital of Ghana and is a modern city, yet there is garbage all over. There are many reasons for this.

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Coming Together for Water for the World

Jan Eliasson | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Poverty, US Congress, State Department, International Development, Usaid, Water, Sanitation, Water for the World Act, Clean Water, Wash, Impact News
Jan Eliasson

The best intentioned development efforts fail if the basic necessity of clean water and sanitation is not met.

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Safe Drinking Water: Giving Life, Health, and Hope

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Clean Water, Foreign Aid, US Congress, World Health, Earl Blumenauer, Water, Sanitation, Video, Politics News
Rep. Earl Blumenauer

As America prepares for the holiday season, I hope that Congress will give a gift of life, health and hope by helping people around the world with something that most Americans take for granted: safe drinking water.

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A Smart Investment

Jan Eliasson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Water, Sanitation, Global Water Sanitation, Water Sanitation and Disease, Wateraid, Water Sanitation and Illness, NGO WaterAid, Water Sanitation, Water and Sanitation, Health News, Healthy Living News
Jan Eliasson

Water and sanitation is a smart, lifesaving investment. It does not just save lives. It also offers an outstanding economic return to countries and people in Africa and Asia.

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WATCH: Matt Damon Talks Sh*t For Global Sanitation Awareness

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Global Health, Video, Water, water.org, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Foundation, Matt Damon, World Toilet Day, Matt Damon Water, Global Sanitation, Sanitation, Impact News

Though you may not have marked it on your calendars, World Toilet Day is coming up this Saturday. And Matt Damon has something explicit to say about i...

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Occupy Wall Street: Park 'Cleanup' That Would Have Displaced Protesters Cancelled

AP | By MEGHAN BARR and KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Occupy-Wall-Street, Cipriani, Video, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Wall Street, Mayor Bloomberg, Zuccotti Park Cleanup, Michael Bloomberg, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall St, Occupy, Zuccotti Park, New York News, Unions, Occupy Movement, Sanitation, New York News

NEW YORK -- Anti-Wall Street protesters exulted Friday after beating back a plan to clear them from the park they have occupied for the past month, sa...

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Saki Knafo

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Clean Zuccotti Park In Preparation For Evacuation

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Occupy-Wall-Street, Cipriani, Nypd, Wall Street, Ray Kelly, Mayor Bloomberg, Zuccotti Park Cleanup, Michael Bloomberg, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Occupy Wall St, Zuccotti Park, Occupy, Unions, Occupy Movement, Sanitation, New York News

On Thursday evening, a couple dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters in Zuccotti Park grabbed brooms and buckets and set about sweeping up the site. For ...

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Water and Sanitation Are Key to Fighting Urban Poverty

Jan Eliasson | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Global Poverty, World Habitat Day, Sanitation, Urban Sanitation, Urban Poverty, Global Sanitation, Urban Habitat, World Poverty, Pay as You Fetch Pumps, Water Pumps, Impact News
Jan Eliasson

We know that the slums will keep on growing. But we also know that we have the opportunity to avoid condemning millions to chronic poverty. We need to act now.

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Joining Up for Women's and Children's Health

Jan Eliasson | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Water, Global Health, Women's and Children's Health, Sanitation, Ban Ki Moon, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, United Nations, UN Secretary-General, Women's Health, Children's Health, Healthy Living News
Jan Eliasson

If we are to bring about the drop in mother and child mortality rates that we all wish for, integrated approaches to health and development that cut across artificial institutional barriers are the right way forward.

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Janell Ross

U.S. Cities Criminalize Homelessness, Violate Human Rights Agreements

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Homeless, Sacramento Tent City, Municipal Budgets, Homelessness, Tent Cities, Recession, Homeless Families, Sanitation, Business News

The challenges poor and homeless Americans often face accessing clean drinking water and restroom facilities violate international human rights standa...

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WASH for Life: Testing Promising Solutions and Scaling Proven Successes in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Maura O'Neill | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usaid, Development, Grants, Sanitation, Impact News
Maura O'Neill

Proper access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is critical to saving lives. These failings have a profound effect on the health of people around the world.

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Gates Foundation To Revolutionize The Toilet For Clean Drinking Water

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Dirk Niebel, Dry Toilets, Clean Drinking Water, Human Waste, Kenya, Africa, Green, Gates Toilets, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Good News, Water Crisis, Sanitation, Gates Foundation, Video, Green News

The newest project from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is set to revolutionize the toilet. Together with the German government, the project ai...

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New Approaches: A View from Aspen Environment Forum 2011

John Sauer | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Population, Population Growth, Sustainable Agriculture, Water Crisis, Water, Sanitation, Agriculture, Impact News
John Sauer

Despite the enormity of the challenges of mitigating our footprint, reducing carbon emissions, and providing sanitation to the 2.6 billion people without a toilet, the forum was a good reminder that adversity brings opportunity.

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New to the Blue in Los Angeles

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Recycling, Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Government, Los Angeles Recycling, City-Recycling, Sanitation, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

Way back in 1874, the city of Los Angeles established its first dump site for solid waste. Over 130 years later, we've come to learn that disposing of our waste properly is a collective responsibility.

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Lucas Kavner

Can One Company 'Turn Sh*t Into Gold'?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Small Business, Kenya-Slums, Sanergy, African-Slums, Kenya, Africa, Toilets, Nonprofits, Clean Water, Clean Energy, Small Business America, Clean Water Action, Mit, Sanitation, Impact News

For two years, David Auerbach worked as a teacher in China's Hunan Province. Though he believes his time was well spent, his stomach turned pictur...

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Teetering on the Brink of Eradicating a Global Disease

Jan Eliasson | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Who, World Health Assembly, Guinea Worm, World Health Organization, Water, Africa, Sanitation, Healthy Living Health News, Healthy Living News
Jan Eliasson

Among the resolutions debated at this week's World Health Assembly in Geneva, is an historic opportunity to finally rid the world of one of its most debilitating diseases: guinea worm.

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World Water Day's Over: What's Next?

John Sauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Education, Global Health, World Water Day, Water, Health, Sanitation, World Water Day 2011, Impact News
John Sauer

It is possible to solve the water and sanitation challenge, but it won't be addressed by applying the same thinking as in years past.

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