James Smith is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Virginia and also the founder of PureMadi. In this interview he talks about the unique properties ...

Save the planet one drink at a time. If the debates over plastic straws have taught us anything, it’s that there’s way too much plastic around us — and it’s causing a major pollution situation. Not ...

A Meteghan River, N.S., potter is part of an international group that provides simple ceramic water filter technology to countries where water-borne diseases are problems. Kai Morrill helped found ...

A ceramic filter refers to a versatile filter that use natural media to decontaminate air or to remove sediments from potable water. Ceramic water filters majorly consist of a ceramic filter candle, ...

Shelby is an editor with an affinity for covering home improvement and repair, design and real estate trends. She also specializes in content strategy and entrepreneur coaching for small businesses, ...

Water is the stuff of life, and when you’re exploring in the backcountry, having access to clean H2O is vital. For that, you need a portable water filter. Unlike many home units, systems designed for ...

The inconvenient truth about water is out. In a report five years ago, the Nobel-prize winning United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimated that by 2080 nearly half the world’s ...