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Today is World Water Day, which celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people who lack access to safe water. The ninth World Water Forum is in Dakar, Senegal and the theme is “Groundwater: making the invisible...

Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world's cities if we do nothing — that's the message Studio Roosegaarde vividly brought last week to the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New...

With World Water Day this Sunday, it's the perfect time to consider all the small changes you can make to be water smart. For instance, if every American home replaced their old toilets with WaterSense toilets, we would save...

World Water Day may have come and gone, but the importance of preserving water remains. There are some amazingly innovative ways to harvest water out there, like this award-winning Chaac Ha Water Collector designed by students...

For the past 20 years, the world has observed World Water Day on March 22nd – and to mark the occasion this year, the Dopper Foundation has erected a 14-foot wave made from reclaimed plastic bottles in San Francisco...

The world is facing a serious water shortage. Humans are using more than 9 quadrillion liters of water per year (or 25 trillion liters per day), and more than one-third of people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. For...

Actor and co-founder of water.org Matt Damon won’t let a good opportunity to raise awareness of clean water down the tubes. To draw attention to the 2.5 billion people who do not have access to proper sanitation, Damon...

Greenpeace activists and Planet Streetpainting artists teamed up to create this amazing optical illusion at the World Fashion Centre in Amsterdam. The piece is bringing attention to hidden toxic chemicals in brands like Abercrombie...

It might not be obvious when you’re shopping for new clothes, but according to World Bank, 17-20 percent of industrial water pollution is caused by the clothing industry...

Happy World Water Day! In honor of this day of international awareness, Annie Leonard has released a new video talking about the evils of bottled water...

Would you pay a dollar or two for a glass of tap water? You might if it provided clean water to a child for 40 days. Here's how to help.

World Water Day is an opportunity to think about a commodity many of us take for granted. But access to safe water is still the world's top health issue.

We support good (and green!) design because we believe that it changes people’s lives for the better. We usually focus a large portion of our attention on the products and efforts made by architects, designers and artists...

Sunday is World Water Day. Fresh water is our most essential natural resource. Let's spend a little time making sure we're wasting as little as possible.