water scarcity
Every drop counts: Water conservation at Cranfield University using smart technology
About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered (that’s two thirds). 3% of this is freshwater and less than 1% of the Earth’s freshwater is accessible for humans. This leaves only 0.007% of the planet’s ...
What do healthier diets mean for the water scarcity footprint of the UK fruit and veg system?
It is now a well-established fact that eating fresh fruit and vegetables is highly beneficial for human health. Multiple epidemiological studies have shown that increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables reduces the incidence of many ...
Avoca-don’t? The global avocado crisis and the question of supply system resilience
“Holy Guacamole” and “Guaca-moolah”! Headline writers and twitter addicts have had a field day over the recent surge in prices for avocados, but joking aside, the combination of factors leading to poor harvests that have caused ...
Water footprint is the answer: what’s the question?
If you ask someone over dinner, “did you know that 7,000 litres of the world’s water have been consumed to bring the beef steak to your plate, but only 42 litres to provide the potatoes?” ...
Entrepreneurship and making water from waste: Bottles for Growth and the Social Venture Challenge
Cranfield University’s Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship recently organised the University’s first Social Venture Challenge, a start-up weekend aimed at encouraging students to 'think like entrepreneurs' about ways to solve complex social and environmental issues to ...