By Bruno Aracaty a brazilian entrepreneur, co-founder of Colab.re and Sin Zika, both citizen to government engagement platforms. Follow him at @Baracaty Crowdsourced data reveals that lack of water supply and infrastructure contributes to the development of the Aedes Aegypti and the Dengue and Zika viruses that it transmits. … [Read more...] about Beating Zika through crowdsourcing
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER & SANITATION APPLIED BY THE IDB AND THE AQUAFUND
*by Gerhard Lair & Cristina López Mayher members of @BIDagua team Suma Qamara is the expression of life of the Aymara people in the Altiplano. The translation literally means to live in peace with oneself, in peace with other people, and in peace with the environment. The protection of the environment was at the cornerstone of the indigenous people of Latin America. … [Read more...] about THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER & SANITATION APPLIED BY THE IDB AND THE AQUAFUND
CHANGING THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT HUMAN WASTE: IT IS VALUABLE NOT VILE
*by Natalie Bethel, working at @the_IDB Country Office in The Bahamas This summer, I travelled to Detroit, Michigan for a Global Shapers forum: ‘Shape North America’. It brought young ‘Global Shapers’ in the USA, Canada and the Caribbean together, with a goal of ‘inspiring and convening innovative systems thinkers who believe in sustainable, socially just, creative, and … [Read more...] about CHANGING THE MISCONCEPTION ABOUT HUMAN WASTE: IT IS VALUABLE NOT VILE
ARE YOU LISTENING?
By Marle Reyes, @BIDagua contact in IDB Office in Guyana I’m sure most of us heard this question (Are you listening?) from our parents at some point while growing up. Let’s not get into details here, but overall why were they asking, although I’m not a parent myself (yet) I think it is obvious they were expecting a sign indicating that we got the point, that in the future we … [Read more...] about ARE YOU LISTENING?
How much water do you actually consume every day?
by Ikuko Kunitsuka, @BIDagua contact working with the Caribbean We use lots of water every day but have you thought about how much water do you actually consume every day? … [Read more...] about How much water do you actually consume every day?