November is a special month in the world of Toilets. Each November global stakeholders come together to shine a spotlight on a very important grand challenge - addressing the global sanitation crisis. If there’s one thing that unites humanity, it’s the call of nature. But depending on where we live, it’s not always possible to dispose of our bodily waste safely and … [Read more...] about World Toilet Day 2017: Where does our poo go? Looking at wastewater through the lens of the Circular Sanitation Economy
Artificial intelligence, eco-filters and more: meet the finalists of the BID-FEMSA award
The greatest challenges bring out the most innovative solutions. The finalists of the BID-FEMSA Award 2017 are living proof of that. The jury has selected seven innovative solutions to solve the problems of the water, sanitation and solid waste sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean. All of them will travel to the final round of the Award in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that … [Read more...] about Artificial intelligence, eco-filters and more: meet the finalists of the BID-FEMSA award
Take the waste out of wastewater
Wastewater is a byproduct of human activity. Like most byproducts, it can have some sort of a second life. Just like steam, a byproduct of combustion and boiling water powered the industrial revolution; we are in need right now of a new revolution that recognizes that wastewater is actually a resource rather than a wasteful byproduct of our daily lives. That revolution is … [Read more...] about Take the waste out of wastewater
Fresh water and sanitation ideas: We award prizes to the best research projects
We will award prizes of US$1,000 each for the most innovating water and sanitation projects in the Americas. Winners will have a chance to present them at the World Water Forum “You need ideas to wage a war,” goes a popular saying in Spanish. And our region is waging an all-out war against a chronic lack of water, sanitation and solid waste handling. In tune with the proverb, … [Read more...] about Fresh water and sanitation ideas: We award prizes to the best research projects
Menstruating: a challenge in the sky and on land
Access to water and sanitation and its impact on menstrual hygiene distresses women both on Earth and in space Hardly anybody knows that the menstrual cycle at zero gravity is one of the logistic variables for space missions. Since the sixties, over 60 women astronauts have had to figure out how to deal with their periods aboard spaceships. The physical impacts as well as … [Read more...] about Menstruating: a challenge in the sky and on land