Building Community Bridges Inc., (BCB) has 7 days to raise a grand total of $5,000 to support their operations that bring clean water to rural villages in Togo and West Africa. According to the CIA World Factbook, bacterial diarrhea is a very high risk of death to citizens of Togo. Lack of clean drinking water, hygiene [...]
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EPA Enviro-Justice Award for Sustainable Puerto Rico Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted an environmental justice award to the ENLACE Cano Martin Pena Project, an endeavor that is working on a more sustainable plan for the Cano Martin Pena in Puerto Rico. According to a press release by the EPA, “ENLACE has established and implemented a land use and comprehensive development plan that [...]
Water Celebrity of the Week: Alicia Keys
Singer Alicia Keys is WaterWideWeb’s Water Celebrity of the Week. In her music video Superwoman, water is a powerful metaphor for the unity and empowerment of women. Within the first minute of Superwoman, Keys is adorned in traditional garb walking across the Saharan desert to fetch water at a well. On her head rests a basin [...]
A Long Time Coming: Coastal Access for Bolivia
The War of the Pacific between Bolivia and Peru in the late 19th century led to major geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic restructuring that still negatively affects the region today. In the early 1880s, Chile annexed the Peruvian province of Tarapacá and the Bolivian province of Litoral, both substantially mineral-rich territories. Bolivia was stripped of coastal access [...]
Weathering the Age-Old Gap in the South Caucasus
Regional cooperation between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, also known as the Southern Caucasus, is steeped in historical territorial disputes and warfare that have resulted in ethnic cleansings by opposing heterogeneous groups. Despite ethnic and religious clashes, agricultural production is a common denominator in a region split by other irreconcilable differences. Agricultural production is a major source [...]
Hydropower to Empower Rural Village in Liberia
Addressing the post-conflict setting in remote areas of Liberia requires a strategy that utilizes natural resources in a way that promotes sustainable development in vulnerable communities. During the first phase of the Liberian Civil War between the years of 1989 and 1996, rebel soldiers destroyed infrastructure in local communities, preventing these communities from accessing health [...]
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China’s Nautical Archaeology Not Up for Grabs
The Nan Hai No. 1 Museum in the Guangdong Province of the People’s Republic of China exhibits China’s first nautical archaeological excavation. The museum, also known as the Guangdong Marine Silk Road Museum, has on display an ancient Chinese shipwreck that is still notably intact. In a previous article published on 08 December 2010, nautical archaeologist [...]
Private Investments in H20 Infrastructure
A one billion dollar investment in domestic water infrastructure would create 28, 500 jobs for Americans. Ninety eight percent of water infrastructure projects happen at the local level. So why aren’t more projects to improve these systems that affect the quality of domestic water sources being conducted? Erika Berlinghof, Director of Government Relations at the National [...]
Conserving Tanzania’s Coastal Resources
The unsustainable use of coastal marine resources in Tanzania is a direct threat to the international development agenda. Poverty, hunger, and the steady decline of environmental stability in the region have peaked interest from key stakeholders in East Africa’s marine resources. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is working in Tanzania through one [...]
Australia’s Flood Problem Just Starting
Flash flooding in Queensland, Australia has brought water woes to the surface in the Asia-Pacific. For the past 10 years, Australia struggled to manage drought and water shortages. Now, the country is inundated by amounts of water that it can’t handle. Australia’s coal and mining industry are suspended and farming operations are at a standstill. Damages [...]
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