Water 4.0

Water 4.0:  The Past, Present, and Future of the World’sMost Vital Resource is a new (2014) book by David Sedlak.   In it he details “(t)he little-known story of the systems that bring us our drinking water, how they were developed, the problems they are facing, and how they will be reinvented in the near future.”  Water 1.0 is what he calls the gravity-powered aqueducts engineered and built by the ancient Romans.  “…(T)he addition of filtration and chlorine disinfection on the front end of water distribution systems…” he refers to as Water 2.0.  “…(T)he installation of biological wastewater treatment on the sewer end…” is Water 3.0.  And, solutions to the challenges we now face will bring Water 3.x – Water 4.0 to our communities.  These solutions may be centralized, decentralized or some combination of both.  Sedlak does a good job of recounting the history and explaining the options we have as we move forward.  For anyone interested in an overview of the past, present and future of urban water, this book is well worth reading.

Cook Stoves Going to Chiapas

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Help Mazateca stove builders take their show on the road! 

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Every dollar will be stretched! Save the date, May 6^th

Help Stoves Save the Rainforest

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Thanks to you, these clean cookstove-builders and their families are using
50% less wood and saving their rainforest.

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giveBIG Day at the Seattle Foundation.
Every dollar will be stretched! Save the date, May 6^th

World Water Day (3/22)

Today (March 22) is World Water Day, as designated by the UN, and this year’s theme is Water and Energy.  Here is a link to today’s publication of the UN's World Water Development Report 2014, Water and Energy. 

The Current Status of this Gates-Funded, Reinvented Toilet

The inside story of how Caltech engineers and Kohler designers are testing a toilet technology that could significantly improve the health of 2.5 billion people around the world. It might even appear in U.S. bathrooms, too. -more-

Why wolves are important

Please watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6cwam7y2g

"La Mazateca" Video of our stove builders and users

Please check this out.  It is in Spanish, we are working on translating it and we will post an English version soon.