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…
TALKING TOILETS
INDIAN VILLAGERS FIGHT POOR WATER SERVICES BY DESIGNING THEIR OWN SYSTEMS
By Alankar and Bhagwati from Sarai Some poorer communities on the fringes of cities in India don’t get the best access to water, either because they’re not covered, or only…
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON…
The Water Symposium’s all over now – photos from the symposium are on our flickr – but we’re still digesting some of the debates and discussions. For now, some highlights…
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…
NEW STEPS PUBLICATIONS: WATER REFORM AND VACCINES
We’ve just published two new Working Papers: one on Water reform in South Africa, the other on polio vaccine development. Photo: Growing vegetables near the Driekoppies dam, Lomati river by…
STEPS SYMPOSIUM: REALITY CHECK
By Katharina Welle, STEPS Centre PhD student The New Manifesto, presented by Adrian Ely on day one of the STEPS Centre Symposium, argues for three crucial shifts in thinking about…
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…