New This Week: 2021 Will Be a Great Year for Water!
GWW SPOTLIGHT: Katrin Schuhen invites all to share how you deal with microplastics in water. How do you detect them, how do you remove them, how do you control your processes to protect the environment? Katrin is the inventor, founder, and CEO of Wasser 3.0, a non-profit company from Karlsruhe, Germany.
SUPPORT FOR YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS can be found in community. Here are 5 ways the GWW community can enhance your knowledge, network and impact in 2021.
8 GLOBAL WATER CHANGEMAKERS ILLUMINATE THE PATH FORWARD: 78 Global Water ChangeMakers share stories of progress in the 2020 Water ChangeMaker Awards. Listen to the Futures Literacy Briefing and the Brainstorms now included with the global changemaker stories.
A 4th PHASE OF WATER? University of Washington Bioengineering Professor Gerald Pollack answers the question, and intrigues us as he discusses the implications of this finding.
ARE HOMES GETTING SMARTER WITH REAL-TIME WATER MANAGEMENT? Reese Tisdale and Eric Bindler talk about the future of water management within the home in this episode of The Future of Water. Newly announced strategic partnerships between Moen subsidiary Flo and Lennar signal a growing potential for this niche market.
WEEKLY POLL RESULTS: Has Covid-19 impacted your sense of urgency around clean water being available to all people around the globe?
- No, not really = 33%
- Yes, we should all have a greater sense of urgency for clean water for hygiene and drinking = 66%
SAVE THE DATE: Read on for Global Water Works Community Happenings – curated from around the globe.
THE WATER NETWORK MEMBER MEETUP – January 5
PRAYER MEETING – January 5
ONE PLANET SUMMIT: FOCUS ON BIODIVERSITY – January 11
PRAYER MEETING – January 19
RiSWP MENTORSHIP SERIES WEBINAR – January 27
AWWA VIRTUAL SUMMIT – February 10-11
WORLD WATER TECH INNOVATION SUMMIT – February 23-24
WATER AND WASTE INTERNATIONAL WWM III – February 24 – 27. Dual tracks for Eurasia and Americas participants, including sponsor and speaking opportunities.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
Michael Pound (Indiana), Rajan Ray (Rhode Island), Jeff Moeller (South Carolina), Behrouz Badri (Iran), Alphonse Yerdieou (France), Silke Haubensak (Germany), Andrew Lombardo (Florida), Radeecal Comunications (India), Linwood Bell (New York), Ashish Vazirani (Germany)
ABOUT GlobalWaterWorks: Each week, we identify research, success stories, new technologies and water heroes to illustrate how global water works for the planet, people and prosperity.
Our mission is to connect drops of interest for waves of impact, and we invite you to collaborate and celebrate impactful water work in the community: https://www.globalwaterworks.org. You can also follow us on Twitter @GlobalWaterWork.