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• Carla Wittstock

  

  India heat wave tests water supply as deaths near 2,000

  Al Jazeera

  Hospitals urged to give emergency treatment to people suffering from heatstroke as hundreds more die over past day. Dizzying temperatures have caused water shortages in thousands of Indian villages and killed hundreds more people over the past day, driving the death toll from a weeks-long heat wave …

• Carla Wittstock

  

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  Aquascape Foundation 2015 Promo

  AquascapePonds on YouTube

  Video Picture Slideshow. Compilation of pictures from the Foundation's annual trips from 2009-2014

• Carla Wittstock

  

  In world’s poorest slums, landfills and polluted rivers become a child’s playground

  PBS NewsHour - Ariel Min

  Worldwide, more than 340,000 children under age 5 died from diarrheal diseases in 2013 due to a lack of safe water, sanitation and basic hygiene. …

• Carla Wittstock

  

  Commodities: Water should be traded on financial markets to avoid global crisis

  The Telegraph

  Britain, as the rest of the world, is facing a water crisis, leading some experts to predict that by the end of the decade H2O will be traded on financial markets like other finite commodities such as crude oil, or iron ore. Although the Environment Agency says the past six months have been the …

• So many girls living in poverty are given no opportunity to shine! This is amazing!

  Carla Wittstock

  

  Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel

  Forbes - Matthew de Paula

  Here’s some news from Africa that will be of interest to all of the people waiting in line for gas to use in their generators after Hurricane Sandy. Four teenage girls figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel to get six hours of electricity from their generator. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina …

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  Carla Wittstock

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  mikenowak.net - Mike Nowak

  gardening, the environment, green living and a lot of humor Did you miss the live radio show? Catch up with Mike and Peggy and their unique …