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Fun in the Snowy Mountains
One of the visitor centers on the mountains, from snowymountains.com.au. Hydroelectrics obviously need a source of water in order to perform the task of generating energy. As a result, these...
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Australia – Electricity from Snow
Sydney Opera House, Australia. Image: wikimedia commons. The dream? Generate electricity from snow. Australia’s arid landscape, susceptible to drought, is also home to the Snowy Mountains located where...
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Frackin’ Bakken
Photographer: Alfred T. Palmer. Image: Library of Congress. Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” pierces land to access oil and gas in rock formations by injecting chemicals mixed with water, drawn...
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The Art of Change
“Pitiless blue sky” image: photos-public-domain.com “I love a sunburnt country,” wrote poet Dorothea Mackellar, OBE, about Australia where “a pitiless blue sky” parched farms and withered forests in...
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Migration
LE Eithne Operation Triton, June 2015. Image: Irish Naval Service. Our world faces a refugee and migration crisis. What solutions can be found? Greece, now a center of activity, pioneered a new vision...
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River from the Sky
Puja, ceremony of honoring the sacred, as seen in “Durga Puja” by Sevak Ram, 1809. Image: British Library Add.Or. 29 Jalwa Puja is a water ceremony, sacred to India, in which mothers welcome a new...
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Water and Power
Gateway of India at night; will electric power continue during India’s drought? Image: wikimedia commons. Climate change threatens the world’s water, not only for drinking and sanitation, not only for...
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Welcome
How can the world welcome 65 million people in new settings? Image: wikimedia commons. The United Nations reports that 65.3 million people are refugees, asylum seekers or displaced: 1 in 113 of all the...
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Glass of Air
“A glass of water” by photographer Derek Jensen, Tysto, 2005. Image: wikimedia commons. In a world where water is increasingly scarce, can the answer be in the air? In a time when streams may be...
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Why is an Orange like a Light Bulb?
The water-energy-food nexus may influence the growing of oranges, in competition for lightbulbs and drinking water. Image: wikimedia commons. Did you know that growing one orange requires 13.8 gallons...
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Fountain of Hope
Water is the hope of the MOF-801. Here, the largest floating fountain in Europe, Multimedia Fountain Roshen, Ukraine. Image: wikimedia. Two-thirds of the earth’s population may soon need more water,...
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Badu Gili: Water Light
Sydney Opera House: public art with a message. Image: Adam J.W.C., wikimedia. Sydney, Australia, location of the legendary Opera House, has launched a series called Badu Gili or ‘Water Light’ in the...
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100 Days to Power
Stone sculpture, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: wikimedia commons. A promise, a bet, a race: Tesla founder Elon Musk made a deal. In 100 days, Tesla would build a 100-megawatt battery or turn it over to...
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Water Day: Wear Blue
World Water Day: Wear Blue. Indigo, popular 5,000 years ago in the Indus Vally where the color gets its name, was called nila. The color dye was popular on the Silk Road. Image: wikimedia World Water...
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Tale of Three Cities: Sydney, Australia
Sydney Opera House. Photographer: Steve Collis. Image: wikimedia. Already the most populous city in Australia, Sydney’s headcount will double in the next four decades. Solution? Divide Sydney into...
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Migration and Innovation
Net Migration Rate, Map by Kamalthebest, 2017. Image: wikimedia Human history is one of migration. We all came from Africa. Cyrene, ancient city-state where art and science flourished (the first map of...
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ENERGY: Net Zero = 10 Million Jobs
“Wind power plants in Xinjiang, China” by Chris Lim, from Windmills in China series, 2005. Image: wikimedia. Nations, and industries, are steadily reducing carbon emissions; the June 2019 European...
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WATER: Cheers (from Cheerios)
Cheers! Can pubs offer a toast to public service? Image: “Weizenbier” by photographer Trexer, 2005. Wikimedia. Food waste: it’s a world problem; more than 350,000,000 tons of food were lost or wasted...
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ENERGY: Australia
“A river of smoke more than 25 km wide flows toward the Tasman Sea from fires burning in Australia.” Image: NASA Australia’s fires have wrought damage to every aspect of life: people are perishing,...
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WATER: How much do you use?
How much water do you use? Image: “Blue question mark,” wikimedia commons. Only 1% of water on Earth is drinkable (actually, it’s 2.5% but only 1% is readily accessible). The rest of the water on the...
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