New Desalination Technology Achieves 99% Water Recovery Rate at Bottling Plant
A new water treatment system could save billions of gallons of water each year by recovering almost all of the waste water at bottling plants and water treatment facilities.
New Low-Cost Desalination System Targets Fracking Wastewater
A new desalination technology company is looking to help clean up and recover some of the trillion gallons of salty wastewater from the oil and gas industry.
Looking Backward to Move Forward: Solar Stills Could be the Low-Cost Leader in Water Desalination
Using solar stills to purify water isn't a new idea, but it's an effective one. And now new efforts are underway to use this old technology to help green the desert.
Floating "Solar Cucumbers" Form Artificial Reefs That Desalinate Sea Water (Video)
These low-impact, solar-powered desalination units could be a potential boon to water-scarce coastal communities, disaster-prone areas, as well as local marine life.
Solar Still Makes Water Purification Easy, Works Like an Upside-Down Coffee Maker
This simple, innovative solar still purifies water without electricity or filters.
Andrew Heintzman on the New Green Entrepreneurs (Podcast)
All over the world, inspired, creative, (and often obsessed) entrepreneurs are tightening bolts and swirling beakers, inventing the next generation of green technology. Andrew Heintzman is a venture capitalist with the aim of finding and funding these
Katie Alcott of Frank Water on Being an Insider Rebel Within The Bottled Water Industry (Interview)
Here's a frequent question asked by people wanting to create positive sustainable changes in the world: Is it more effective to work as a change agent from inside the current system or is it better to
DIY Seawater Desalination by Delicious Lady and Grandson (Video)
Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.
Out of Water? How We Might Make More
Stand at the edge of a reservoir, river, or ocean and it's hard to imagine that the planet could ever run out of water; even just a day at the beach makes your one small shower a day seem like less of a threat. But with
Why is Water Such a Big Issue? Global Water Challenge Pres. Paul Faeth Sets Us Straight (Part 1)
Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.
Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part Two)
With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our
5 Great Rain Barrel Designs, Plus Top Tips for Using Them
Droughts and possible water rationing have been in the news recently in California, Israel, Mexico, and Australia. As much of the water used is these regions is for watering gardens and lawns
Dean Kamen on Clean Energy, Clean Water, and Commuting in the Mega City (Part One)
Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,
Observe World Water Day on March 22
Images from Prix Pictet World Water Day, celebrated on March 22 every year, is an initiative of the United Nations that recognises that water is a basic requirement for all life. This year's theme: "Shared Water - Shared Opportunities" and "Whether
Green at WIRED NextFest: High-Volume, Small-Footprint, Low-Cost Water Purification
XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially
The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part Two)
In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border
The TH Interview: Gidon Bromberg, Friends of the Earth - Middle East (Part One)
Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not
Researchers Develop Chlorine-Tolerant Membrane for Easy Desalination
Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories --
Tampa Bay Florida Area Drinks Oil-Fired Water
There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility
Ecocities of Tomorrow: Can Foster + Partners' Masdar City in U.A.E be Truly Sustainable?
With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the
Water on the Brain. We're Learning. Slowly.
Residents of the driest inhabited continent, Australia, have evidently been cottoning onto the fact that water means life and we need to be more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource. Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to
Border Region Looks to Desalination to Counter a Parched Rio Grande
We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico.
Ambitious Solar Plan Could Provide EU with a Sixth of its Energy Needs
An ambitious scheme to build a number of solar power stations along the Mediterranean shores of the Middle East and northern Africa could generate enough electricity to supply one sixth of the European Union's needs. The generators, individually fitted
Participate! Runner-Up: Hydrasol
Last week, we revealed the winner for our Participate! contest, Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt Project. This week, we are profiling two more great entries, the Participate! runners-up. Yesterday, we showed you easy to assemble, 100 percent recycled plastic
UK Desalination Plans Attacked
The UK government has approved a new scheme for desalination of water from the Thames, for use in London. The £200 million plant will be built in Beckton, east London. It's not a popular plan, though, among environmental campaigners. We've written before
Eat sea urchins to save the oceans
These spiny little animals are in desperate need of population control, and our sushi habits could help.
Make your tombstone an ancient tree in one of these memorial forests
Mixing conservation with death care, a new start-up offers permanently protected memorial trees that solve a slew of problems.
'Turtle Journey' film reveals the crisis in our oceans
It's time for swift and immediate action to protect marine life from further devastation.
Rampant death for hermit crabs who confuse plastic trash for shells
New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.
Scientists surprised by what first-ever recording of a blue whale's heart reveals
Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.
Watch these magnificent bison return to the Badlands (video)
With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see.
Photos of the world's 25 most endangered primates
Meet the primate species that are among the most endangered on the planet, and the most in need of conservation measures.
8 simple ways to help the birds
Bird populations in the US and Canada have plummeted by 30 percent since 1970 – here's why, and what we can do.
Conservation group to buy largest private sequoia forest in the world
The 530-acre forest has hundreds of ancient giant sequoia, including the fifth-largest tree known on the planet.
8 facts about bobcats, the most common wildcat in North America
Here's what to know about Lynx rufus, the solitary wildcat that roams North America.
The UK is getting its first bat highway!
The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road.
Scientists may have just saved the northern white rhino from extinction
With only two members of the species left, a successful egg harvest and fertilization could mean all is not lost.
Amazonia on fire: 'The earth isn’t dying. It’s being killed.'
The Amazon rainforest doesn't need prayers, it needs protectors.
How tall is the tallest tree in the world?
You think Big Ben is tall? It's got nothing on the tallest tree in the world.
High-income countries are driving the extinction of the world's primates
Consumer demand for meat, soy, palm oil, and more has resulted in 60% of primate species facing extinction.
11 enlightening facts about the ocean
'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.' –Arthur C. Clarke
30 fascinating facts about the boreal forest
Welcome to almost 30 percent of the world's forest cover.
8 strategies for fighting food waste at home
If you want to cut down on food going in the trash, you'll have to rethink your approach to shopping, cooking, and eating.
These adorable comics are perfect for anyone trying to reduce waste
They show that the struggle is real, and you're not alone.
Nothing New 2020: 1 month update
I've made it through the first month of my thrifty New Year's resolution.
6 ways to run a more functional kitchen
Establishing certain habits can make cooking easier.
This Christmas, we should take a lesson from the Germans
Stand around a fire and sip mulled wine. Skip the last-minute shopping. Give time, not stuff.
The reusable water bottle that stole my heart
My search for the perfect water bottle is over thanks to the beautiful, drinker-friendly, ocean-loving, coral-planting NAECO Bottle.
Why will there be free wrapping paper in Sunday's NY Times?
For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper.
17 great green gifts you can make in batches
From preserved lemons and scrap scarves to flavored salts and bath melts, these handmade gifts can be made en masse for everyone on your list.