Pink Floyd’s new album, The Endless River, is almost completely instrumental: Lyrics don’t appear until the closing track “Louder Than Words,” a reflection on the group’s 50-year saga written by David Gilmour’s wife Polly Sampson. “Her words really spoke to something about the band,” says Gilmour, “certainly when it came to Rick [Wright] and myself. We speak better with our musical instruments.”
Archive for November 18, 2014
Pink Floyd releases music video on Aral Sea problems
The health benefits of starting the day with warm lemon water
The benefits of drinking warm water infused with lemon has been touted by many as a healthy way to kick-start the day. Beginning the day in this manner has been embraced in Ayurvedic (literally meaning “life” and “knowledge”) philosophy, a way of life that focuses on interconnectedness, balance, and an overall harmony between thoughts, action and feeling that fosters emotional and physical healing.
ABC News: Race for Water
Back in December SaveOne.net and Good Morning America featured ABC News’ Dr. Richard Besser travelling through the slums of India, and rural Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was no ordinary international video diary, as it primarily featured children who lacked basic sanitation in their schools.
H20 for Life connects schools in America with schools in developing countries to raise money for water needs. The organization also provides teachers with a curriculum for children in the U.S. to learn about the water crisis and what it’s like for over half the schools in the developing world who don’t have access to proper sanitation. Read more
Ambitious Solar Project to Use Recycled City Wastewater
Four thousand acres of private land in the Mojave desert are slated to become the site of an ambitious new concentrating solar power (CSP) plant: Hualapai Valley Solar (HVS). Named one of the Top 100 US Strategic Infrastructure Projects by CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, HVS is expected to produce 340MW of electricity, provide hundreds of new jobs and attract new business to the local area.There’s only one problem — water.
Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis
This week we continue counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll of more than 1200 leading international experts in 80 countries. Here’s the final list.