Category: Environment
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Solution Search: Surfers Against Sewage in the United Kingdom
The Safer Seas Service (SSS) is an innovative mobile app providing real-time water quality information directly to the palm of your hand. It allows surfers, swimmers, and all water users to find beaches with the best water quality, to avoid pollution and the associated health risks. The app provides vital public health information and allows…
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Uganda: Filters Turn Dirty Lake Water Into Drinking Water | Global Ideas
Access to clean water may be a right, but it’s often hard to come by. Contaminated water kills. Henry Othieno and Saudah Birungi have developed eco-friendly filters for use in schools and homes. They turn dirty lake water into drinking water.
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Climate Change Threatens to Sink Free-Dive Fishing Traditions of South Korea’s ‘Sea Women’
The centuries-old traditions of South Korean women who practise free-dive fishing without oxygen face a new threat. Already under pressure from the competition of more modern fishing methods, now the haenyeo or “sea women†face a new challenge from climate change that is harming marine habitat where they work. Jin So-hee and Woo Jung-min, some…
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Lewis Pugh, Endurance Swimmer and United Nations Patron Of The Oceans
In this episode of Talks at GS, Lewis Pugh, world-record-winning endurance swimmer and United Nations patron of the oceans, discusses how he found passion and purpose in endurance swimming, as well as his mission to protect the world’s oceans and marine life. Learn More https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights…
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We’re One Step Closer To Solving The Ocean Plastic Crisis, Here’s How | The Swim
In 2018, Ben Lecomte attempted a historic first – swimming across the Pacific Ocean. The expedition resulted in the collection of invaluable scientific data that could help find a solution for the plastic pollution problem in our oceans.
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Stream With Lewis Pugh, the First Person To Complete a Longdistance Swim in Every Ocean of the World
Lewis Pugh is the first UN Patron of the Oceans. He is best known for swimming in vulnerable ecosystems to draw attention to their plight. – 2007 a swim across the North Pole in 2007 to highlight the melting of the Arctic sea ice. – 2010 a swim across a glacial lake on Mount Everest…
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Lake TÅ«tira Safe to Swim in Again
Locals enjoy swimming and gathering kai moana from Lake TÅ«tira after years of algae blooms made the lake a no-swim zone.
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Lapland town of Salla highlights climate crisis with 2032 Olympics campaign
The race to host the 2032 summer Olympics looks set to be one of the most fiercely contested in history. So when the Lapland town of Salla announced its intention to vie with Jakarta, Istanbul and Seoul‑Pyongyang, it was competing against the odds. But the “coldest town in the world†had a secret weapon up…