Global Alliance for Sustainable Water Reuse, Food and Health

To scale our approach globally, CONSERVE team members and additional groups at the University of Maryland are partnering with researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) and CultivAid (Ethiopia). Together, they are joined by Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia), Kathmandu University (Nepal) and the Environment and Public Health Organization (Nepal), and the Arava Institute (Israel).

This multinational team comprises the Global Alliance for Sustainable Water Reuse, Food and Health, a unique, world-renowned group of agricultural, public health, environmental, social/behavioral, engineering and policy experts, working to alleviate global food and water insecurity, improve public health and build resilience to climate change.

The Global Alliance competed in the MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition, “A competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal that promises real and measurable progress in solving a critical problem of our time.” Our proposal was selected as one of the Top100 proposals, and we are currently seeking additional funding from foundations and other potential funders.

Please see below for a factsheet and 90-second video describing our proposed project.

Ensuring Food Security and Climate Resilience Through a Food-Energy-Water Solution