Category: People Stories
It doesn’t require a hero to do something heroic! There is great merit even in small acts of water-mindfulness — because of the acts themselves and because of the kind of people it makes us. —H2O IQ editor
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How a Pediatrician Became a Detective
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha playfully talked to 2-month-old patient Taeyana Brown who has had to drink only bottled water since her birth due to Flint’s ongoing water crisis. Photo: Brittany Greeson for The New York Times Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Michigan FLINT, Mich. — Lead. It was real. I…
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Giving voice to young water leaders
A water shop in Pakistan supplied by Sukoon Water, a water treatment plant company whose founder Rehan Adamjee will be attending Singapore International Water Week. Image: Sukoon Water Rehan Adamjee was just 23 years old when he founded social enterprise Sukoon Water in 2016 to supply safe drinking water to Pakistan’s urban slums. More than…
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Sixth Grader Has Removed 2,215 Pounds of Trash From the Petaluma River
2,215 pounds. That’s more than an Asian water buffalo weighs. More than a saltwater crocodile weighs. And it’s almost as much as a walrus weighs. Those are three of the ten heaviest mammals on Earth. DJ Woodbury, a twelve-year-old from Petaluma, California, managed to remove that much garbage — 2,215 pounds of it — out…
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Update: Remember the Young Man With a Plan to Rid Oceans of Plastic?
His massive plan is scheduled to launch this summer Do you remember the teenager who six years ago invented a machine that he said could get rid of the plastic that was gathering in the ocean? Well, just in time for Earth Day, the young Dutch genius announced that he is almost ready to launch…
