Green Currents #1 - Freshening Finland's Water

Water, be it fresh or marine, be it to drink or generate power, be it to sustain human life or precious eco-systems: it must be clean.
John Terrett reports on a project in Finland to clean the country's many lakes and rivers to make the water safe for drinking.

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Green Currents #2 - Electrifying Vietnam

Sometimes it pays to look closer to home for solutions to our problems. The people of rural Vietnam have learned this the hard way. After importing electricity generators from China for many years they're now producing their own machines and discovering they're far more reliable than the imported ones.
John Terrett reports.

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Green Currents #3 - Brazil's Tapwater

Fresh drinking water from a tap is taken for granted in the west. In parts of Brazil, however, the water treatment plants are worn out and unable to provide fresh water for humans. So locals have adopted a new way of purifying their water - and it involves a surprising technique.
John Terrett reports.

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Green Currents #4 - Purifying Sri Lankan Rain

Imagine how frustrating it must be to live on an island that has a bountiful water supply but little of it is suitable for human consumption. The people of Sri Lanka know exactly what it's like and they developed a method to get round the problem by purifying rainwater.
John Terrett reports.

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GreenCurrents #5 - Tidying the North Sea

It always used to be thought that dumping at sea was an acceptable practice. Now we know better and a group of European fisherman are so fed up with catching litter in the nets rather than fish that they've started a North Sea clean-up scheme.
John Terrett reports.

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Greencurrents #6 - Bangladesh Mills

Heavy industry is often blamed for polluting rivers and water courses throughout the world. The need for employment and improving earning power often outweighs the need for conservation.
John Terrett reports on a group of scientists trying to convince mill owners in Bangladesh that looking after the environment doesn't have to cost them a fortune and can save money AND lives.

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