SHIT HAPPENS: SANITATION AND DEVELOPMENT

The British Medical Journal’s podcast this week features Lyla Mehta, STEPS Centre Water and Sanitation convenor, talking about sanitation and the UN MDGs. This week, to steal a line from…

WHOSE KNOWLEDGE COUNTS AT WORLD WATER WEEK 2010?

by Timothy Karpouzoglou, research student, SPRU World Water Week (WWW) 2010 is over, leaving me with some questions. Is WWW really about “opening up” or about “closing down” the debate…

STEPS AT WORLD WATER WEEK

We’re at World Water Week in Stockholm this week. Our session, Liquid Dynamics II: Linking Quality and Access for Pro-poor Sustainability is at 12.45pm on Wednesday. In the session, we’ll…

TALKING TOILETS

Community-Led Total Sanitation is a rapidly-spreading way of getting local people involved in planning toilets and other facilities. CLTS taps into people’s feelings of disgust to encourage action. Photo: Kalangaba…

STEPS CENTRE WATER SYMPOSIUM

By Julia Day An opportunity to break out of conventional thinking and forge new alliances has enticed more than 40 water and sanitation development experts gather in Brighton today for…

WORLD WATER WEEK, FRI: WATER ACROSS BORDERS

By Julia Day Delegates arrived today slightly weary from a week of networking (or last evening’s Royal Banquet festivities with Sweden’s Orlando Bloom-alike Prince). Nonetheless it is a good turnout…

WORLD WATER WEEK, THURS: TOWARDS COP-15

By Julia Day It is the turn of the big-hitters this afternoon, with a panel made up of water Ministers from around the world. They were tasked with revealing how…

WORLD WATER WEEK: PHOTOS

Have a look at some of our photos from World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden.

WORLD WATER WEEK – THURSDAY – WATER & CLIMATE

By Julia Day Despite being organised to within an inch of its life here at the Stockholmsmassan conference centre, World Water Week’s morning sessions are already running behind. Has there…