Unequal kWh’s
ENERGY POVERTY MUST GO Unequal kWh’s The richest 10 per cent account for about half of all carbon dioxide emissions in the world. At the same time, the poorest 50 per cent account for less than 10 per cent of emissions, yet the richest 1 per cent emit twice as much as the poorest half. […]
Women Entrepreneurship Day
Female Entrepreneurs EQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT Women Entrepreneurship Day According to the UN women perform, on average, 2.6 times more unpaid work compared to men which affects their opportunities to earn an equal income. Most of this time is spent on household chores, such as collecting water and firewood, taking care of children – and heating or […]
Mentor Mothers in Kinondo
Program Report STUDY: IMPROVING AVAILABILITY OF SAFE WATER AND HYGIENE TO REDUCE CASES OF DISEASES AND TREATMENT COSTS FOR KINONDO KWETO HEALTH CLINIC, A RURAL HEALTH POST IN KWALE COUNTY, KENYA Kwale County is located in Kenya’s south coast region neighbouring Mombasa County to the north and Tan-zania to the south. The county exists in […]
In Depth Interview With Founder
https://youtu.be/J074AfEhhKE IN DEPTH INTERVIEW Petra Wadström – Founder of Solvatten It is a chilly morning in Stockholm. Here, from a small, very cosy office, Swedish microbiologist and artist, Petra Wadström (1952), skypes daily with NGOs and governments from all over the world. Petra is the inventor of a cutting-edge water treatment and heating system, which […]
UN Habitat and Solvatten in Mali
MALI UN Habitat and Solvatten The world community has pledged to reduce by half the proportion of the global population without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015 (UN Millennium Development Goal 7) and Solvatten projects are contributing to this. UN Habitat is starting a solar water pasteurization project to provide safe drinking water and warm […]
Swedish Institute Innovation Tour
I INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Swedish Institute Innovation Tour Once again Solvatten has been named as one of the ”hottest innovations”. The Swedish Institute, Sweden’s leading globalisation agency, has selected Solvatten as one of the top innovations which Sweden is today offering to the world. From 201 nominations the 20 most promising were selected by a panel of experts […]
Solvatten awarded at the Humanitarian Water and Food Award
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2010 AWARD WINNER Solvatten receives Humanitarian Water and Food Award The Humanitarian Water and Food Award announced the 2010 winner last night, at its first ever award event held at LIFE, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen. Second prize went to Solvatten AB, for their initiative “The Solvatten solar safe water system“. Profesor […]
Solvatten in Kibera with NCF
Solvatten in Kibera with NCF Solvatten AB will, in co-operation with the Institute of Environment and Water, a Kenyan-based charitable trust, provide an innovative household water treatment technology in Africa’s largest slum. The project, in Kibera, Nairobi, will secure safe drinking water for 13,000 residents. In addition greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and the […]
A sustainable solution with winners all round
GIVE WATER, SAVE LIVES A sustainable solution with winners all round Solvatten AB has teamed up with Tricorona, a leading company in the global climate economy, to offer CDM* projects under the UN’s Kyoto Protocol. The first project is now starting in the Western Province of Kenya. As well as UNFCCC registration, Solvatten projects are […]
Updates from Kenya
Solvatten in Kibera with NCF Solvatten AB will, in co-operation with the Institute of Environment and Water, a Kenyan-based charitable trust, provide an innovative household water treatment technology in Africa’s largest slum. The project, in Kibera, Nairobi, will secure safe drinking water for 13,000 residents. In addition greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced and the […]