Curated Video
Irrigating Water
Dr. Forrester teaches about various water irrigation systems and how they provide water to areas that may not have enough water. She also explains how water irrigation systems provide a way for farmers to water crops.
EarthEcho International
Youth in Action: Students Develop Water-Wise Project for School Garden
The video showcases how young students from the Environmental Charter School in Inglewood, California, have developed a water-wise project to irrigate their school garden. The project involves building a portable drip irrigation system...
SWPictures
Helping Social Entrepreneurs - Water Management
In India, water management is a very big issue and one Social Entrepreneur is doing an amazing job of helping farmers to do this. In India, farmers struggle to grow their crops during the long dry months. The company, IDEI, tries to help...
Financial Times
Mexico’s avocados: curbing the thirst for ‘green gold’
Mexico's avocados are worth nearly $3bn in exports every year but in some parts the lucrative industry is controlled by organised crime. Every day, those avocados suck up 9.5bn litres of water, and as production climbs the impact of...
TED Talks
Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid
The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial...
Curated Video
Ancient Water: Permaculture in Egypt
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison journeys to the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt to consult on an ecovillage project that's under development. This video explores the permaculture site analysis process and how the mind...
California Academy of Science
Water-Wise Farms
The seventh lesson on Fresh Solutions in the 10-part series addresses solutions implemented on farms. It focuses on the options currently in use and hopes for the future of water conservation and farming.