Prepare for the Water Planet Challenge CleanUp

Water Planet Challenge CleanUp, a Service Learning Guide, is a sample from a new initiative being launched by EarthEcho International. This resource is offered as a preview of the Water Planet Challenge website, an on-line destination that will give youth tools and resources to take action that protects and restores our water planet. The full challenge launches [...]

The movement for clean water

Everywhere I look these days, there seems to be a new, innovative approach to addressing the global water crisis. Maybe its because I’m paying such close attention to water because we just published an edition of the World Savvy Monitor on Water around the World leading up to this year’s World Affairs Challenge, or maybe [...]

Cleaning up our Tap Water

A recent New York Times article, part of an ongoing series called Toxic Water, exposed the levels of chemicals in our drinking water, and the fact that many are not prohibited by federal regulations.  The Safe Drinking Water Act was passed in 1974 and, according to many environmentalists and regulators, the law is now out [...]

Divide between rich and poor takes center stage at Copenhagen

Climate change negotiations came to a halt today as China, India and other developing nations boycotted the talks demanding that rich countries agree to much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. According to NPR, “Representatives from 135 developing countries said they refused to participate in any formal working groups at the 192-nation summit until [...]