Catalan News; Catalonia, Spain
2010, 1 min 35 sec
A Catalan inventor has created a brand new system that transforms humidity into water, Hydromatch. It acts like a giant air conditioning system, able to produce 500,000 liters an hour. According to its inventor, the machinery can work almost everywhere with at least 20% of humidity, which includes many deserts.
Reuters
2011, 1 min 8 sec
Prahlad Jani, also known as Mataji or Chunriwala Mataji, (born 13 August 1929) is an Indian breatharian monk who claims to have lived without food and water since 1940. He says that the goddess Amba sustains him.
EZGasSavers.com
2008, 4 min 35 sec
In addition to solar, wind and geothermal resources, a growing interest in the renewable energy of the ocean has recently given way to several innovative developments offshore. Special buoys, turbines and other technologies can capture the power of waves and tides to convert it into clean and pollution-free electricity. Like other renewable resources, both wave and tidal energy are variable in nature. Waves are produced by winds blowing across the surface of the ocean. However, because waves travel across the ocean, their arrival time at the wave power facility may be more predictable than wind. In contrast, tidal energy, which is driven by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun, is predictable centuries in advance. Careful siting should minimize impacts on marine ecosystems, fishing and other coastal activities.
NDTV
2017, 3 min 17 sec
The family of a senior scientist in Bengaluru has not paid their water bill for 22 years. Reason: AR Shivakumar is doing without a water connection, using treated rainwater not just for bathing and washing, but also for drinking. The senior scientist at Karnataka StateCouncil for Science and Technology had designed his green home more than two decades ago – building in a water harvesting system that yields more than 400 litres of water daily. Which means the expected scanty rainfall this year -when the state is facing is second consecutive year of drought – will be enough for their needs.
Johannesburg, South Africa
2009, 3 min 51 sec
Water is essential to the survival of all forms of life. A clean and accessible supply is a basic need that millions of people around the world do not have. In disadvantaged and rural communities, the trouble of fetching water invariably over long distances by cumbersome and unhygienic means is all too evident. The Q Drum is a straightforward solution to this problem. It is a durable, donut-shaped plastic container which, when full, holds 50 litres of water. It’s designed as to ease the physical burden and reduce the time spent collecting water.
Team Aquaduct, Palo Alto, USA
2008, 1 min 59 sec
The Aquaduct is a bicycle that purifies the water while it is being transported from one place to another. It’s a product designed for the developing world, where women typically transport contaminated water and boil it at home, wasting wood and energy along the way.
How does this filtration work exactly? A peristaltic pump attached to the pedal crank draws water from a large tank, through a filter, to a smaller clean tank. The clean tank is removable and closed for contamination-free home storage and use. A clutch engages and disengages the drive belt from the pedal crank, enabling the rider to filter the water while traveling or while stationary.
The Grow Network
2016, 3 min 7 sec
The Tarahumara Indians are ultra athletes, their incredible athleticism is directly related to the fact that they grow their own food and medicine. Also they came up with techniques for dry-land irrigation, for instance by planting there apple trees on strategic places where the land comes together and there’s a natural drainage of water, so they get irrigated by the landscape itself.
Excerpt from Blue Gold: World Water Wars
A fragment of this great documentary on the available 3% freshwater worldwide and all problems associated with the use and abuse connected to this resource. This part shows what happened in Cochabamba, Bolivia, when the government gave up the water resources to a corporation who tried to force people to pay 33% of their salary just for access to drinking water. This decission was not accepted and the people rose to resistance and won.