We are all aware that water conservation is an important issue. However, many people try to conserve water by watering lawns and gardens less often, or at hours when there is less evaporation likely to occur. These are some vegetables that you can grow that require less water to maintain. ” 2. MORE >>

Her story continues, with her birthday wish to raise money for those without clean water being answered by thousands of people. Rachel’s charity: water fundraiser page , created to ask for donations to the organization in place of birthday gifts or money, has now surpassed $1 million in donations. Causes People MORE >>

Parts of the ocean may still be unexplored frontiers, but many marine areas are heavily used by people. Kintisch tells us that shrinking budgets and increasing costs are driving a change in how people study our oceans.  But what about all the people that we now know live and depend on the ocean? Glenn Almany photo. MORE >>

Official projections showed more than 95% of voters rejecting water privatisation and a law allowing Berlusconi and other ministers to cite government business as a reason for delaying trials in which they were defendants. The referendum needed a turnout of at least 50% to be binding. Greenpeace called it a historic result. MORE >>

If the definition of insanity is making the same mistakes over and over, then many cities have taken a certifiable approach to securing their water supplies — and they need some radical therapy before taking the big economic, ecological and human hits that come with a permanent state of thirst. Take personal water conservation measures? MORE >>