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The Stewards of This EarthWWF’s Amy Ho challenges us to become better stewards of our home planet |
| Is Sugarcane the Solution?While the rest of the world depends on gasoline to power its cars, Brazil uses cleaner -... |
| Dirty WorkSee more photos of Appalachia's coal country | |
| Abu Dhabi WaterOne might expect a bedouin from one of the world's driest countries to praise modern life... |
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Jakarta's Water Woes 1Luki Arifin, a resident of Rawa Badak, North Jakarta, never forgets to turn on his water pump when he reaches home at night. ''The water runs faster at night than in the day. Besides, I have to leave the water for a few hours until the mud settles at the bottom of the water tank as the water can be murky,'' he said. Luki says that his family uses the tap water only for washing clothes, | ![]() | Counting the Drops 1Teaching people that water is precious is helping Australia face up to its water woes | ![]() | The Water Police 1Ek Sonn Chan's drive to change the system in Phnom Penh means citizens can now drink straight from the tap | ![]() | Making Water Safe 1New filtration technology stops water going down the drain | ![]() | The CO2 Project 1This experiment in a remote Canadian town may provide the answer to global warming | Dirty Work 1See more photos of Appalachia's coal country | Engines of Change 1Imagine a car that saves you money, cleans up the environment and helps us kick the oil habit | ![]() | Message in a BottleAn environmentalist is about to cross the Pacific, modelling his voyage on the famous Kon-Tiki expedition, but with a vital difference | Pioneer in Low-Pressure Membrane FiltersIt was more than 20 years ago that Dr Andrew Benedek decided he was tired of not getting help to clean up chemical waste and bad water in his native Canada. So, the determined professor of chemical engineering left his ivory tower and started a company called Zenon Environmental with a small amount of money and a big idea that membrane filtration would be important in the future for | Abu Dhabi WaterOne might expect a bedouin from one of the world's driest countries to praise modern life for making water easily available. But praise is not on the lips of Rashid al Mansouri, a resident of Abu Dhabi, one of seven emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates.Born in 1953, only five years before oil was discovered in the emirate, Mr. al Mansouri spent his early days in the same way that |
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