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Tunza Youth Conference
Posted on May 20, 2013 | No Comments‘Focus on what unites us,’ Achim Steiner told delegates at the opening of the Tunza Youth Conference, ‘there is so much to do, and so much we can do’. For... -
TUNZA International Youth Conference, February 2013
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsThe future we want ‘We, the UNEP Tunza Youth Advisory Council together with participants of the UNEP Tunza International Youth Conference … present this statement, on behalf of young people... -
Bottled water: Cheers!
Posted on May 14, 2013 | No CommentsIn places and times when clean drinking water was a scarce commodity, people came up with ways of making drinks safer, from boiling water and making coffee, tea and herbal... -
Bottled water: Slowing down
Posted on May 12, 2013 | No CommentsAccording to recent data, the increase in the US bottled water market is expected to be smaller this decade. On university campuses across the continent, student movements are encouraging administrations... -
Bottled water: The environmental consequences
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsThere’s no question that the growing demand for bottled water – currently about 114 billion cubic metres per year – is an environmental issue. Withdrawal of mineral or spring water... -
Bottled water: Who drinks bottled water?
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsIn some p laces, bottled water really is the safe option, particularly in the developing world. But bottled water is mostly consumed in industrialized countries where it is least needed.... -
Bottled water
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsToday, according to the United Nations, almost 90 per cent of all people have access to clean drinking water. This is, however, a fairly recent phenomenon, even in the developed... -
Managing human waste: Natural fertilizers
Posted on May 3, 2013 | No CommentsFor millennia, people around the world have used human excreta on fields as fertilizer, making good use of the energy and nutrients it contains, such as nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.... -
Managing human waste: Japanese enterprise
Posted on April 30, 2013 | No CommentsThe Japanese are highly imaginative when it comes to finding good uses for human waste. Brick house The Fujimi Tile Company of Nagoya, Japan, has invented a process for manufacturing... -
Managing human waste: Using the natural world
Posted on April 27, 2013 | No CommentsCompost toilets use no water, instead dehydrating waste using sawdust, ash, grass, straw or peat. Organisms such as worms and aerobic bacteria break waste down into liquid and solid organic...













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