Videos / #water security
Watch: Singapore researchers are trying to give banana skins and coconut husks a new lease of life in water purification kits that can be used in disaster situations. They could one day also be used in the manufacture of batteries.
Do children ask the toughest questions? This World Oceans Day, we get renowned oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle, founder of Mission Blue, to field questions from curious kids on the mysteries of the deep.
Green Buildings
Getting our urban environment to net-zero
EB Studio
Our urban infrastructure is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global carbon emissions. Climate solutions need to include the biggest energy guzzlers, clean energy and retrofitting old buildings.
Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
All #water security Videos
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6 July 2017
24 April 2017
Carbon & Climate
Film captures global citizens innovating for a greener tomorrow
20 March 2017
Food & Agriculture
There Will Be Water: A bright spark in dark times
13 March 2017
Food & Agriculture
Water-saving tech, veg gardens grow hope in Myanmar's Dry Zone
5 May 2016
16 February 2016
Carbon & Climate
Tree planting not always so green
5 November 2015
Carbon & Climate
Nepal’s climate migrants
8 April 2015
Carbon & Climate
Unsung heroines who take action on climate change
14 August 2014
20 November 2013
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