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Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis

1.  Educate to change consumption and lifestyles

In the end, changing the face of this crisis involves education to motivate new behaviors. Coping with the coming era of water scarcity will require major overhaul of all forms of consumption, from individual use to the supply chains of major corporations, like GE. Some regions led by India, [...]

Disease, hunger as Pakistan floods ebb

Islamabad – A month after torrential monsoon rains triggered Pakistan’s worst natural disaster on record, flood waters are starting to recede – but leave countless survivors at risk of death from hunger and disease.

The disaster has killed at least 1 643 people, forced more than six million from their homes, inflicted billions of dollars of [...]

Wave power - new patent

NELSPRUIT – The incredible power of the ocean is seen in the continuous roar and crash of the rolling waves, an inexhaustible source of renewable energy and, in theory at least, a potential provider of mass electricity in a world where pollution is threatening our very existence.

Despite many attempts in recent years to effectively harvest [...]

Water crisis time bomb ticking

Cape Town – Trade union federation Fedusa on Wednesday warned South Africa was sitting on a water crisis “time bomb”.

Citing “inadequate management and monitoring” by water service authorities, Fedusa said it had filed notice with the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) of possible protest action.

“Fedusa… decided that the best way to make South [...]

Honda plans electric cars

Tokyo – Honda plans to roll out a plug-in hybrid and an all-electric car by 2013, a news report said on Tuesday.

Japan’s number two carmaker – which already produces standard hybrid versions of its Civic and other models – may also build hybrids overseas for the first time, in the US, the Nikkei business daily [...]

Pakistan warns of new floods

Hyderabad – Pakistan faces a critical risk of yet more flooding in the next three days in its fertile southern plains, officials warned on Tuesday, as a major river threatened to burst its banks.

The worst natural disaster in the country’s history has already affected 20 million people in nearly a month of flooding triggered by [...]

'Rhino poachers' held in Limpopo

Johannesburg – Nine men have been arrested by the Modimolle stock theft unit for alleged rhino poaching in Limpopo in the past few weeks, police said on Wednesday.

“In the most recent incident, four suspects were arrested while they were on their way to allegedly shoot rhinos at a private game reserve near Lephalale,” said Lieutenant [...]

Water Wise Gardening 2: Your vegetable garden

• If you water by hand, have the spray nozzle set at the appropriate width.

• An irrigation system needs to have the correct shaped sprayer for the vegetable bed. Drip irrigation can be used for large beds.

Water wise

• Combine water retaining granules with the soil.

• Prepare a drill no more [...]

Water Wise Gardening 1: Watering your garden at home

Although watering your garden may be recreational or therapeutic value, too much water usually ends up being wasted, especially in our dry conditions. We have to alter our existing gardens to incorporate water saving ideas. Landscaping that use less water should be considered and become more popular in South Africa. Whether [...]

Sea of plastic mystery

Washington – The amount of plastic junk in the ocean does not seem to be growing, and environmentalists are puzzled.

A 22-year study indicates that the amount of plastic corralled by currents into a floating junk yard in the Atlantic Ocean has not increased.

“We know that global production of plastics has increased substantially over the time [...]