San Matías Chilazoa resident Alejandrino Pérez shows off a little bull he had made from mud at one of the village reservoirs.Photo: Noel Rojo

Hope in the water

After 17 years, Zapotec Indigenous communities in Mexico finally gain control over their water sources, reports Magdalena Rojo.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
A woman shouts slogan against the Bolivian government during a demonstration against increases to water rates in Cochabamba, April 2000.Photo: David Mercado/Reuters

De-privatizing the rain

How Bolivians beat a corporate water grab.

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NI 541 - The cost of living crisis - January, 2023
Residents of the Cité Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, gather water from a well on 10 November 2010, two days after cases of cholera were confirmed in the area.Photo: Brian Blanco/Zuma Press/Alamy

Something in the water

When UN peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti, it triggered the world’s worst outbreak. Sophie Cousins reports on how the country has rid itself of the disease, but the fight for justice goes on.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Displaying a traditional water jug, these women join a rally against corporate control of the water supply in Jakarta on International Water Day.Photo: Dasril Roszandi/NurPhoto via Getty

An end to Jakarta's water woes?

A court victory has rewarded civil society efforts to end water privatization in the Indonesian capital but many questions remain unanswered. Febriana Firdaus reports.

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NI 512 - Public ownership rises again - May, 2018
Water bankruptcy looms in Iran

Water bankruptcy looms in Iran

Lydia Noon reports on an escalating crisis.

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NI 499 - African village - January, 2017
Photo: Claude Sauvageot

Then & Now

A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.

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NI 499 - African village - January, 2017
Photo: Tarun Bharat Sangh Office

Making waves: Rajendra Singh

Rajendra Singh is reviving Indian villages through traditional rainwater harvesting.

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NI 485 - Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution - September, 2015
Thirsty work: a man pours
water from a stream into
his paddy field. Excessive
irrigation has caused
groundwater levels
in north India to drop
dramatically.Anupam Nath / AP / Press Association Images

Who's profiting from the water crisis?

Big business sees water scarcity as a money-making opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the dodgy dealings of the Aqueduct Alliance.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012

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.

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NI 451 - Adapt or die - April, 2012
The map indicates the location and original extent of the Aral Sea (circled). The satellite image immediately below shows what remains in 2010.

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.

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NI 437 - Humans vs. Nature - November, 2010
A deadly drought

A deadly drought

Conflicts between nomadic communities over water shortages increase

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NI 435 - Seed savers - September, 2010
Message in a bottle

Message in a bottle

It’s a fashion statement and an environmental nightmare. Zoe Cormier examines one of the most successful marketing ploys ever – bottled water.

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NI 415 - Drowning in plastic - September, 2008
Eau de victory

Eau de victory

Water privatization heads back to public management around the world

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NI 414 - We need to think about toilets - August, 2008

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Loneliness May, 2023
The cost of living crisis January, 2023
Rivers of life July, 2022
Public ownership rises again May, 2018
African village January, 2017
African village January, 2017
Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution September, 2015
Syria’s good guys - Inside a forgotten revolution September, 2015
Mental health May, 2012
Adapt or die April, 2012
Humans vs. Nature November, 2010
Seed savers September, 2010
Drowning in plastic September, 2008
We need to think about toilets August, 2008
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