Will humanity, as a whole - be able to “stretch” our liters, so to speak, use the same amount of water needed to grow our food - for an ever-growing number of mouths? In this episode, we learn how agricultural R&D, alongside soilless growing methods, might be an answer (if not the answer) to make more - out of less.

In 2007, out of 6.7 billion human beings in the world, a tad more than 50% of them lived in cities.With the number of cities - and especially Megacities (urban entities with at least 10 million inhabitants) - constantly on the rise worldwide, we examine how human beings - and water - coexist in a city.

In our high-tech world it is hard to imagine that every day 800 kids under the age of five die due to ill health caused by lack of clean water and lack of sanitation. The UN came up with a holistic view on the problem - clean water sources without the presence of proper sanitation infrastructure won’t stay clean for long; proper sanitation without understanding basic hygiene won’t fly either. In comes the notion of WASH - an acronym for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. In today’s episode we delve into the world of WASH and talk about the challenges - both practical and financial.

On November 18th 2019, in Tel Aviv, at the David Intercontinental you’ll find leading figures in the global water sector - all you have to do - is to attend! In this special episode Ari Goldfarb - WATEC19 chairperson; and Gili Elkin - a WATEC19 board member, reveal what’s to be expected in this year’s conference.

In 2003 Nik Kowsar had to flee his country – Iran – after life there, for him, became unbearable. 3 years earlier, a cartoon he drew, had an implied remark on a Muslim cleric. He was put in jail. Although he was released 6 days after his imprisonment – he had to choose between life … Continue reading "“Yes I Can”: Persecution and Pursuit"

What makes a person - one individual - build his career on the notion of we rather than me? In the following two episodes we will meet two inspiring people who do just that. For all of us to have an abundance of safe water to consume tomorrow - they don’t wait for others. They say - Yes I Can!

In our final episode examining the triad of legislation-structure-pricing - the triad within Israeli Model - we have asked for the assistance of an uninvolved party - a researcher from the University of Oxford - about the way he views the paradigms the Model offers. DR. Michael Gilmont is our special guest in this episode.

Today’s episode is about the most intricate components of the SPELT model - Israel’s model for water sustainability.Legislation, Structure & Pricing go hand in hand, and thus we present them together.

Today’s episode is all about the ecosystem that creates the T in SPELT (Structure, Pricing, Education, Legislation & Technology) - the Israeli model for water sustainability.

In this episode, we examine three companies that are innovators in the field of water tech: the unique methods and technologies they developed.