Squam Lake

Every summer, a various assortment of my extremely large clan gather in family-owned houses on Squam Lake. Some of us grew up there, visiting grandparents in all seasons, cross country skiing through the woods or ice skating on sections of the lake we had shoveled...
Fun Water Facts

Fun Water Facts

Here at IX Water, we spend a lot of time thinking about….well…..water; how to use it in the most productive ways, how to recycle it, the best ways to dispose of it, and on and on. But with all of this concentration on floods, droughts, water conservation, and awful...
Inspiring People – Fionn Ferreira

Inspiring People – Fionn Ferreira

When a person spends 40 hours per week studying, looking at, and talking about water, they almost have to become an environmentalist – especially when the subject matter almost always swings to water pollution. Even if they didn’t start out being concerned about...
Good Plastic

Good Plastic

Riken Center for Emergent Matter Science, also called CEMS, has developed a plastic that is not only recyclable and biodegradable, but it also breaks down in seawater. This could be the beginning of a whole new chapter in environmental history – modern...