One of the biggest issues facing the world today is water availability. While the US and other developed countries are currently under severe drought and consequently struggling with water shortages, people living in developing countries across the world struggle to find water every day. For these people, this is not only a struggle to find water, it is a struggle for survival. Charity: water is a water charity striving to change that.
Solar energy provides a simple, cheap, and accessible method of disinfecting water to reduce water related illness and deaths in developing countries.
Recycling old cellphones eliminates hazardous toxins from landfills and reduce the demand for mined metals. A few groundbreaking e-cycling options are explored.
e-Waste recycling of cell phones on campus can greatly reduce e-waste in landfills and the associated environmental problems that stem from discarded handsets.