Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be saved? | Sustainability

Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be saved? | Sustainability

Mexico City, Mexico – Walking through Mexico City’s historic Zocalo district, Dario Solano-Rojas points to signs of a subterranean catastrophe that is under way. The roads are uneven in the city’s central plaza, the streets and walkways are sloped and twisting. Many building foundations have sunk dramatically while others have…

How an ancient water tunnel design is cooling 21st-century streets | Water News

How an ancient water tunnel design is cooling 21st-century streets | Water News

Last summer, temperatures in the southern Spanish city of Seville hit more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The heatwave was so intense it earned itself a name: Heatwave Yago, the city’s second named event in two years. Seville, among other cities in Europe and around the world, is…

How one Mexican beach town saved itself from ‘death by tourism’ | Sustainability

How one Mexican beach town saved itself from ‘death by tourism’ | Sustainability

Puerto Escondido, Mexico – With its bucolic beaches, lush greenery and kaleidoscopic sunsets, it is not difficult to see why the remote tropical paradise of Puerto Escondido has become so popular. The coastline, tucked away on the southern Pacific hip of Mexico’s Oaxaca region, is a mecca for surfers, bar…