Environment
Water
We all know water is foundational to life on earth, however the extent to which this vital resource has been politicised and privatised may not be immediately obvious. In this section, we report on water as a weapon of war and highlight the regions already facing life-threatening shortages.
Searching for the river people
Stephanie Boyd travels up the Amazon River to find the gateway of the Kukama peoples’ spirit world.
Rivers: holy waters
We need thriving rivers in order for life on Earth to flourish. But often how we treat them shows little understanding of this basic principle. Dinyar Godrej ventures into the maelstrom.
Without water, there is no life
Industrial agriculture is drying up the land in Almeria, Spain. Vitalie Duporge speaks to activists and small-scale farmers trying to avert local ecocide.
Let the water flow
Could solar-powered desalination help boost drinking water supplies in Kenya and beyond? Anthony Langat reports.
Water as a weapon of war
Turkey is restricting access to a vital life source for thousands of people in northeast Syria. A new crowdfunder is raising money for water infrastructure in the region, writes Jo Taylor from the campaign.
Jakarta's water woes
A civil society lawsuit has ended the city's water sell-off. But the fight isn't over. Febriana Firdaus reports.
Is water the new drug for Mexico’s cartels?
What it's like when narcos run your privatized water system, Tamara Pearson reports.
Flood Narmada Valley with anti-dam resistance
Protesters in Madhya Pradesh kick-off a hunger strike, opening new chapter in anti-dam struggle, writes Defne Gonenc.
Lessons from India's thirst economy
Fiona Broom on citizens caught between climate change and profiteers.
Then & Now
A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.
Are nomads a climate-change weathervane?
Fear and fascination govern how urban types see nomads, writes Tom Hart.
What can Mad Max tell us about water scarcity?
Beulah Devaney finds an unexpected message in the Hollywood blockbuster.
A worldwide water revolution starts in Guatemala
Clean water for millions – thanks to a man called Fernando. Anna Bevan reports.
‘Life yes, gold no!’
Peru’s gold rush threatens indigenous communities’ right to water. Roxana Olivera meets one of the faces behind the struggle, Máxima Acuña.
Ready or not: can Bangladesh cope with climate change?
New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy travelled there to find out how people are adapting to a warming world.
Peru's dam busters
Vanessa Baird discovers why the Asháninka people of the River Ene are taking a hard line against dam builders – and others.
A sea returns to life, a sea slowly dies
Paul Lauener’s stirring report from the Aral Sea, scene of both environmental miracle and disaster.
Going off the mains
James Stronell is completing a house in the dry Australian Bush where there's no water connection. What was he thinking?
Water - The facts
Basics
Big Dams, big trouble
Big dams, big trouble. And they are no way to ease water problems either, argues Patrick McCully
Closing the loop
Maggie Black talks dirty with a group of sanitation experts in a Chinese hotel and sees a green future for the humble loo.-
Mother Love
new internationalist issue 254 - April 1994 -
The Decade Flows On
new internationalist issue 207 - May 1990