Volvamos a la fuente

If you have fresh ideas on how to finance the management of our ecosystems in a sustainable matter, we would love to hear from you. Send us an abstract of your proposal for the opportunity to present your ideas at the Innovative financing for ecosystems management seminar at World Water Week 2018. The seminar will take place in Stockholm, Sweden in August 2018, when experts, academics and stakeholders from all over the world will gather to discuss the future challenges for the water and sanitation sector.

November is a special month in the world of Toilets. Each November global stakeholders come together to shine a spotlight on a very important grand challenge - addressing the global sanitation crisis. If there’s one thing that unites humanity, it’s the call of nature. But depending on where we live, it’s not always possible to dispose of our bodily waste safely and responsibly. Have you ever thought about what happens to your poo once it drops into the toilet?

The greatest challenges bring out the most innovative solutions. The finalists of the BID-FEMSA Award 2017 are living proof of that. The jury has selected seven innovative solutions to solve the problems of the water, sanitation and solid waste sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean.

We will award prizes of US$1,000 each for the most innovating water and sanitation projects in the Americas. Winners will have a chance to present them at the World Water Forum

“You need ideas to wage a war,” goes a popular saying in Spanish. And our region is waging an all-out war against a chronic lack of water, sanitation and solid waste handling.

Access to water and sanitation and its impact on menstrual hygiene distresses women both on Earth and in space

Cars powered by wastewater-treatment byproducts blowing out water steam from their exhaust pipes. Solid waste that is transferred directly from households to the incineration plant through a suction duct. Byproducts from those plants being used to generate electricity and heat, and even to make bricks and build artificial islands. Non-revenue water in the range of only 2% to 3%. Is that a science fiction story plot? No, it’s part of real life, happening right now in Japan.

The "Green Province", or “Provincia Verde” as it is popularly known in Ecuador, is located on the northwestern coast of the country and its beaches are undoubtedly one of its main attractions. In addition to the canton of Esmeraldas and its main city, Esmeraldas, with its important port, the Green Province includes also the canton of Atacames, famous its "coco loco" (typical drink prepared with coconut water), and the canton Rioverde, very appreciated for offering rest, leisure and recreation activities.

Earth has enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed

(Mahatma Gandhi)

Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes. She is also known as the earth/time mother. Mother earth.

The Incas also recognized the Pachamama, as fertility goddess who presided over planting and harvesting, embodied the mountains, and caused earthquakes. She was also an ever-present and independent deity with her own self-sufficient and creative power to sustain life on this earth.