Explore Challenges
- Natural disasters: how can we improve? [25 May 2010]
- Not In My Back Yard
- Digital Divide in the UK?
- Importing goods, exporting drought?
- The challenges and opportunities of an ageing society
- Engineering our climate
- The future shape of Capitalism
- Migration: skills and the job market
- Razing the Rainforest
- London under water
- Concreting the countryside
- Future of low carbon energy
- Africa in the 21st Century
UK, Industrial Revolution, Sir Gordon Conway, Climate Change, education, waste, South East England, Europe, retirement age, Japan, Thames Gateway, Flood risk, TED, Asia, CO2 Emissions, Housing, money, Bob Geldof, finance, Barbara Stocking
Importing goods, exporting drought? : 60 Seconds
What is virtual water?
Read a 60 second guide to 'virtual water', the water used to create the goods we buy.
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The hidden cost of what we consume
Read about the hidden cost of what we eat, drink and consume. From coffee to t-shirts, we need far more water to support our lifestyles than most of us imagine.
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The Aral Sea
Read about the environmental impacts of over use of water resources in the Aral Sea
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