What We Know about Indonesian Urban Residents, Water Utilities, Local Government Agencies and NGOs at the Beginning of Our Third Year Developing WASH SMS
By Pacific Institute Staff Water is life. Growing pressure on water resources – from population and economic growth, climate …
By Pacific Institute Staff Companies around the world increasingly recognize the risk that water scarcity, pollution, and weak water governance …
By Pacific Institute Staff It is everyone’s wish to be able to wake up each day and turn on a …
By Pacific Institute Staff Throughout the 20th century, the connections between water and energy were largely ignored. Water systems were …
By Pacific Institute Staff Who profits from our use of environmental resources? Who suffers the consequences of pollution and environmental …
By Pacific Institute Staff Fundamental needs for environmental health, including safe water and sanitation, justice, and sustainability in poor and …
Notes from the Field: Mobile Phones Within Reach
Due to their ubiquity in low- and lower-middle income countries, mobile phones are being used throughout the developing world to connect the poor with a range of information and services that can transform their lives: education, election polling information, peer-group (mental health) support, health services, disaster relief, and micro-banking.
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate Jean Zoundiis a 51-year-old man from Bissighin, a community located in the Commune …
By Pacific Institute Staff The human right to water is the fundamental right to life, health, and livelihood. The imperatives …
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate Over the past 12 months, the Pacific Institute – in partnership with its …
Notes from the Field: Pilot Testing the Community Choices for Water in Ghana MORE
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate “When you arrived from Wa at our community, we thought you were another …
Notes from the Field: Gofal Sahi Gets Excited with Community Choices for Water MORE
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate I heard the good news from the Director of Water and Sanitation for …
Imagine a lake half as large as Lake Tahoe, containing 17 million to 34 million acre-feet of water. That is …
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate After 12 months of conducting learning sessions in Ghana and Burkina Faso to …
Notes from the Field: Pilot Testing the Community Choices for Water in Ghana and Burkina Faso MORE
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate Over the last year, the Pacific Institute has been conducting learning sessions in …
By Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate Abdulai Ibrahim lost his leg during an accident several years ago. Like many …
Notes from the Field: Multiple Use of Water Allows Disabled Man to Live Comfortably MORE
by Meena Palaniappan, Program Director Indonesia is a beautiful place full of people with ready smiles. It is a democratic …
by Meena Palaniappan, Program Director Imagine if the water you were being supplied with regularly to your home suddenly began …
by John Akudago, Senior Research Associate Everyone knows that when you cross red traffic light, a ticket is given and …
by Meena Palaniappan, Program Director The Amprong River in the city of Malang in Indonesia provides a truly rich example …
by John Akudago, Senior Research Associate I took a recent trip to Burkina Faso to conduct a learning session on …
by John Akudago, Senior Research Associate for the International Water and Communities Initiative In Ghana, there is a saying that …
Notes from the Field: The “We are Coming Syndrome” Calls for Community-Decision-Making Tool MORE
by Misha Hutchings, Research Associate DIY is one of those terms that is at once so familiar to me and …
Notes from the Field: DIY: Do-It-Yourself as a Way of Life MORE
by Misha Hutchings, Research Associate In a tropical country like Indonesia water is available everywhere — pouring down in torrents …
Notes from the Field: Urban Water Sources in Malang and Makassar, Indonesia MORE
by Veena Srinivasan, Research Affiliate Waghad Institutions The Waghad system has well developed water institutions that have contributed to it …
The Waghad System: Institutions, the Role of Mobile Technology, and Wise Water Use MORE
by Misha Hutchings, Research Associate July 30, 2011 At the beginning of one of the WATER SMS Project learning sessions …
Notes from the Field: Community Learning Sessions in Malang MORE
by Veena Srinivasan, Research Affiliate Last week I visited a farmer-managed irrigation system in India’s Waghad Medium Irrigation Project. I passed …
by Veena Srinivasan, Research Affiliate In the first week of July, I had the pleasure of visiting Hivre Bazar, a …
What happens after a bill becomes law? The answer may be more complicated than you think. The Pacific Institute has …
by Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associate At Lamsheigu, a Surburb of Tamale, Ghana, and about 30 km south of …
Notes from the Field: Safe Guarding Water Quality – A Concern for All MORE
Ruskin’s AB 1365 Updates State Planning Priorities With the threat of climate change growing worse by the day, a historic …
by Dr. John Akudago, Senior Research Associat “Water is life,” says 60-year-old Mahama Azundo of Gbulung, a community 5 Km …
Notes from the Field:Need for Water Resource Management and Adequate Sanitation MORE
Bottled and Sold: What’s Really in Our Bottled Water
The Pacific Institute released a report several months ago on the potential for greater agricultural water conservation and efficiency in areas that …
Let’s Start Overcoming Obstacles: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency MORE
Water supply constraints have reduced the amount of water available for California this year, causing economic losses and midseason fallowing …
Ignoring a problem tends to make it worse. A worsening problem tends to lead to panic. Panic tends to make …
On February 15, 2007, the Pacific Institute joined several other NGOs in submitting comments (PDF) on the Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed Drop …
Lower Colorado River: Proposed Drop 2 Storage Reservoir Project MORE
For three months in 2005-2006, Pacific Institute Program Director Meena Palaniappan will be conducting research in India. This article is part of …
For three months in 2005-2006, Pacific Institute Program Director Meena Palaniappan will be conducting research in India. This article is part of …
Harvest celebrations are a commonality across cultures, a time to think about where our food comes from and give thanks. …
For three months in 2005-2006, Pacific Institute Program Director Meena Palaniappan will be conducting research in India. This article is part of …
Research in India: Counting Toilets in the New Millennium MORE
For three months in 2005-2006, Pacific Institute Program Director Meena Palaniappan will be conducting research in India. This article is part of a …
For three months in 2005-2006, Pacific Institute Program Director Meena Palaniappan will be conducting research in India. This article is part of …
On Friday February 25th, the Sacramento Bee published an opinion essay by Pacific Institute President Dr. Peter H. Gleick on the pending …
Pacific Institute Responds to Misleading Commentary by Wayne Lusvardi MORE
Is the Skeptic All Wet? The Skeptical Environmentalist Reviewed by Peter H. Gleick A recent book challenges some of the …
