In August members of the Earthwatch team headed to Stockholm for SIWI World Water Week as part of the HSBC Water Programme. Launched in 2012, the HSBC Water Programme brings together expertise from Earthwatch, our corporate partner HSBC, and their charity partners WaterAid and WWF, to employ a holistic approach to tackling the global water crisis.

Many members of Earthwatch Europe's staff will be striking this Friday. CEO Steve Andrews explains why he is encouraging the team to go out and join the protests. 

Many of us are fortunate enough to take clean drinking water for granted.

Yet for poor communities in Zambia, water can be deadly. Full of pollutants and bacteria, their water can cause debilitating diseases, with children particularly vulnerable.

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be able to walk nearly 200 miles meandering between England and Wales following the Offa’s Dyke Path. Thanks to King Offa’s instructions to position his Dyke on the highest and steepest land available, as well as tired legs, we experienced the full impact of (potentially climate change induced!) British summer weather - from the heatwave to torrential downpours - and views ranging from breathtaking to ‘can’t see my hand in front of my face’.

In early 2016, one of our current citizen scientists, John Pratt, sought advice from the UK’s national Environment Agency to explain why his local River Evenlode had turned increasingly murky in the summer months over the 27-year period that he had been fishing there. John decided to do something about what he saw, and has written about his experiences.