Environment

Plastic cutlery may seem cheap and convenient, although in reality it’s anything but. As individuals and a society, we pay a tremendous – and often hidden – price for using plastic so freely.

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats to our oceans and their wildlife, yet we continue to dump trash into them without any regard for the longevity of our world’s largest ecosystem.

In ancient literature, young women are portrayed as the water bearers and are often encountered at the community well.

Winter is supposed to be the rainy season in California, and yet January was a dry month for these cities, too.

Hard to believe, but fresh drinking water is a rare commodity…and is becoming ever more scarce.

In 2007, the writing was on the wall: Cape Town, South Africa’s beautiful southern city on the sea, was coming close to “Day Zero”, the day when the municipal water would be turned-off for 4 million people.

Every Thursday, the US Drought Monitor releases a map to illustrate areas of drought throughout the country[1].

Home to about 29 million people and steadily growing, Texas has some major drinking water quality issues that must be solved.