Raising Awareness Through Water and Ink [Video]

Drinking a healthy amount of clean water is essential to our survival. We need clean water to function and be productive additions to society. But how many of us actually have access to clean drinking water? Currently, it is...
by Urban Times
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Greenwashed: The Truth About 95% of So-Called Green Products {Infographic}

According to this infographic by Marketing Degree, 95% of so-called green products have been “greenwashed”, a marketing tactic used to mislead consumers about the environmental friendliness of a product or service....
by Natasha Lipman
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Saving the Future with Plastic Bulbs

“Have you heard of the plastic bulb?” It is a question passed around, that in most cases received this answer; does it melt? To most people plastic around heat equals melting. But, according to scientists in the US, a plas...
by Fridah Mlemwa
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Matt Damon Goes on Toilet Strike to Raise Awareness of the Global Water Crisis

“In protest of this global tragedy — until this issue is resolved, until everybody has access to clean water and sanitation — I will not go to the bathroom,” – Matt Damon. Ok, so although it is highly impr...
by Natasha Lipman
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Gender Responsive Climate Change Adaptation

The countries that are most affected by climate changes are the poorest and within these states, women bear the brunt of the negative effects of the changes to natural resources, agriculture and environment. Hence, climate chan...
by El Mostafa Jamea
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Obama, Climate Change, and the Keystone XL Pipeline

There is growing pressure on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline extension, which, when complete, will transport crude oil from tar sands in Alberta down to various refineries in the United States. On February ...
by Urban Times
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We’ve Pushed Earth’s Resources to Their Limit. Now Will We Progress or Perish?

“Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us.” – Carl Sag...
by Urban Times
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Portable, Potable Solutions to the World’s Water Crisis

Among the most important resources in the world, in terms of both human survival and global conflict, is potable drinking water. Access to clean drinking water is tangled up in nearly every health crisis around the world, and i...
by Urban Times
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Is Our Food Wasting Away?

When, exactly, do you decide that a system isn’t working? At what point do you admit defeat? Our global food system is so dysfunctional and warped that we must surely be accelerating towards this point. Last week, a report ...
by Urban Times
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