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Water Conservation
Water conservation involves the reduction in usage of water as well as the recycling of waste water for various purposes, including cleaning, manufacturing, and agricultural irrigation. A major issue for both consumers and industry alike, water conservation is increasingly important in a world with a rapidly growing population, particularly in urban areas.
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10 ways to cut water consumption
For World Water Day, National Geographic has assembled a list of 10 ways you can save water in your home. Here's a look.
7 | March 22, 2011 7:18am |
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Need corporate sustainability education? 6 schools to study
Penn State University is the latest university to offer corporate sustainability courses. Here are five more schools with programs.
3 | July 22, 2010 5:56am |
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Eco Heroes: Solar stars at CBS Television City
More than 1,700 rooftop solar panels generate hundreds of kilowatts of electricity at CBS Television City, where the network has produced programming for nearly 60 years. Learn how the LA...
4 | July 20, 2011 3:14pm
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Scotts Miracle-Gro believes lawns aren't just ornaments (Water Wednesday)
Research with environmental groups helps lead to pledge to ban phosphorous by the end of 2012.
October 12, 2011 3:21am |
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Redesigning a major Parisian public space
PARIS -- One of the city's largest public squares is undergoing renovations to restore vitality and revamp transportation, incorporating eco-friendly innovations into the plaza's redesign.
February 28, 2012 12:25am |
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Want beautiful trash? Come to Glass Beach, Calif.
The air is fresh and clean, and the "pebbles" have a certain sheen. Check out this photo essay to see what we mean. Learn what happens a century after you use your beach as the city dump.
4 | September 10, 2012 2:28am |
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9 case studies in community sustainability strategy
New data about sustainable cities and communities illustrate the long-term commitment to behavioral, policy changes that success will require.
2 | July 26, 2011 3:22am |
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At this elite high school, sustainability is part of the curriculum
The Putney School in Vermont boasts the first net-zero school building in the United States on a campus where sustainability squads are part of everyday student activities.
4 | June 21, 2011 5:22am |
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E-business may dramatically cut paper waste
Evidence is in that e-business and e-commerce are saving considerable amounts of paper and cutting resource consumption. But more study is needed.
April 22, 2010 6:00am |
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Why the biodiversity crisis is worse than the global economic crisis: There's no bailout for this one
Bob Bloomfield talks about why the biodiversity is our greatest economic crisis and why conserving it is critical to our survival.
1 | April 22, 2010 4:00am |
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Crowdsourcing the energy revolution
Energy futurist Chris Nelder suggests community "solar gardens" as a way for towns to transition to renewables in the absence of federal incentives, and shares a dream he had about how one...
10 | November 16, 2011 5:25am |
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San Francisco debuts North America's 'greenest urban office building'
The new San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Building boasts new Living Machine technology, as well as LEED Platinum standards.
5 | June 26, 2012 3:00am |
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At Water for People, sustainable infrastructure for the developing world
Water for People CEO Ned Breslin wants to create sustainable ways to provide drinking water and proper sanitation to countries in the developing world.
March 24, 2011 10:16am |
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Your future tech home could look like this
A company in Oregon is putting a whole new spin on urban planning that give us a new meaning to prefab homes and the conception of "mobile homes."
5 | April 8, 2012 8:56pm |
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Razor clam meet RoboClam
Roboclam, equipped with the same special digging super power as razor clams, could be used as a lightweight anchor for subs or even to detonate buried underwater mines.
2 | May 30, 2012 7:39am |
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Death by solar panel: a bug's life
As the solar industry grows, more and more insects are mistaking solar panels for water, with consequences for the food chain. Researchers are seeking ways to end the zapping.
23 | June 17, 2010 4:56am |
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Chevron turns a mega-jail into a microgrid
Thanks to software developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California's Santa Rita jail can disconnect itself from the grid and function as an island.
2 | March 22, 2012 9:19am |
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Ad design competition seeks to raise awareness about water conservation
Drop by Drop, part of the UN's "The Future We Want" initiative, the competition seeks inspiring designs from Europeans to motivate others to conserve water.
2 | February 1, 2012 7:30am |
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Efficient by design, Transamerica Pyramid earns Platinum LEED
San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid has ascended to the top two percent of energy-efficient buildings in the nation, thanks to efficiency retrofits as well as the building's design.
2 | November 22, 2011 7:33pm |
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INFOSYS walking the talk on "green" goals
DELHI -- The global IT services company wants to be carbon neutral by 2017. A peek into its plan of action ranging from cave-styled cooling technology to sunlight lit buildings.
1 | February 15, 2012 3:20am |
