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Cryptocurrency
Ed. Please enjoy this article on cryptocurrency as a follow up to GWA's 14th annual conference, "Securing the Green to Make it Clean: Funding for Sustainable Sanitation," held virtually on October 9th, 2021. A recording of the event will be posted on our website...
Translating the Global Water Crisis into Film: Making From the Ground Up
By Michelle Kimura On October 12, 2019, 15 hopeful student filmmakers touched down in Arusha, Tanzania to embark on a two-week journey that redefined my concept of the world as I knew it. Going in, our class knew that we were looking to document the localized impact...
Vision 2030 — Funding WASH Into the Future
by Bubala Muyovwe-Mumba The NGO Water Sanitation and Hygiene Forum (“NGO WASH Forum” or “Forum”) is a coordination platform of international, local NGOs and community-based organisations working to improve WASH services in Zambia. It was formally established in 2011,...
Cryptocurrency — The Rise of a New Asset Class
In anticipation of GWA's 14th Annual Conference on Saturday, October 9th, 2021, Securing the Green to Make it Clean: Funding for Sustainable Sanitation, we will be presenting a series of blogs on cryptocurrency and other funding mechanisms in the run up to the...
Panyebar Water Project
Panyebar Water Project Project Summary Engineers Without Borders Implementation Trip May 2019 by Tony Sauder, P.E. Introduction The Penn Engineers Without Borders (PennEWB) team went to Panyebar, Guatemala to work on improvements to the existing water system from May...
Financing WASH
GWA Annual Conference Securing the Green to Make it Clean: Funding for Sustainable Sanitation When: Saturday, October 9, 2021 | 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM EDT (5:00 PM to 8:30 PM CET) Virtual Conference Program: Welcome address Dr. Lauri Romanzi, Consultant, Thomas...
Get the Lead Out!
*** Copper pipe with lead bulb (left) and iron pipe (right) -- photo credit Center of Excellence in Environmental Technology by Jazmin Ricks How many times a day do you think about your drinking water? If you’re like me, drinking enough water each day is a constant...
WASH Needs New Leaders
Global Water Alliance is convening new leaders to explore funding approaches to achieve sanitation for all by Kelly Bridges, Conference Coordinator, Global Water Alliance 14th Annual Conference In September 2000, the United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000-2015)...
Studying the Brain-Eating Amoeba
The unofficial end to summer is upon us and as we round the corner heading into Labor Day weekend, perhaps you will be interested in reading this post about the brain-eating amoeba that lives and lurks in our waterways, as told to you by 17-yr. old Janelle Fletcher,...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
by Ewoma Okah-Avae The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area of marine toxic waste plastic pollution estimated to be 1.6 million square kilometers, twice the size of Texas and three times the size of France! As my writer friend put it, "it’s another continent on its...
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