water
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?” ...
Water and sanitation – why community is so important
Today we attended Buckingham Palace to pick up a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our research into water and sanitation. It is a real privilege to be recognised in this way, but what is most rewarding ...
Fatbergs in our sewers – are modern culinary habits to blame?
Food is crucial in our life. Since the Neolithic period, our eating habits have dramatically evolved. Early man lived a nomadic life, hunting and picking fruits and vegetables. The revolution in our ancestors’ lifestyles came ...
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 ...