Video by: American Museum of Natural History. Texas endured its driest year ever in 2011, and southern Alabama and Georgia have continued to suffer serious drought in 2012. Climate change is predicted to make drought more frequent in the southern United States, putting a strain on groundwater resources. This visualization reveals the freshwater stores that [...] Read more »
If Food Prices Rise
Video by D J Clark Multimedia Journalist From the filmmaker: A global drought this year has affected some of the world’s largest food producing countries leading to lower outputs and increasing prices of cereal crops around the world. China has so far managed to keep its cereal food prices steady thanks to large reserves that [...] Read more »
The Village Drill
This new technology was created by the founders of WHOlives.org. The drill is designed to drill a 6” borehole up to 250 feet deep, accessing the deep and clean water that exists nearly everywhere in the world, even the arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Once the borehole is complete and the well pump is attached [...] Read more »
Documentary Trailer: ‘The Man Who Stopped The Desert’
Winner of 7 international film awards Trailer & film by: 1080 Films From the Mark Dodd, the filmmaker: Winner of 7 international film awards, The Man Who Stopped the Desert is a one hour feature doc telling the story of Yacouba Sawadogo, an African peasant farmer who has pioneered a technique that reverses the process [...] Read more »
Trouble in the Fields
Farmers Contend with Texas Drought The state of Texas is currently in the midst of a major drought. In this short film from Jenna Creech, Meteorologist Rusty Garrett indicates the state has not been this dry since the 1950′s, adding: “Truly, the current Texas drought harkens back to the dustbowl day’s of the 30′s…” A [...] Read more »
Rice Farming During Drought
Rice producers adopt different measures to deal with the current drought. Read more »