The summer of 2012 has been one of the hottest years on record and nothing beats the heat better than an icy cold glass of water. Someday soon, however, this simple pleasure may be harder to come by. Intense sun and sparse rainfall is causing a massive drought across the United States. The unprecedented heat wave is affecting fresh water supplies

It's no exaggeration to say we are in the midst of a global water shortage. Here in the UK we felt some of the effects with the recent hosepipe ban but in reality this is just the tip of the iceberg. We may take water for granted here in rainy Britain but with an ever increasing demand for it - thanks to population growth, industrialisation and urbanisation -we are quickly reaching crisis point. We give you some practical tips on how we as individuals can make an impact on a local level that really will make a difference

The sense of infinite depth and darkness, the mysterious alien-like organisms and the feeling that this is another world entirely, so very unknown to us. There are many parallels that can be drawn between outer space and under water, and never has this been portrayed more beautifully than by artist Lynette Wallworth in her latest work Coral: Rekindling Venus

Brazil is bracing itself for the much anticipated World Environment Day (WED) this coming Tuesday 5th June. Preparations have been ongoing for what is set to be one of the greatest celebrations in the events history and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) are still encouraging people across the globe to get involved. With the theme very aptly chosen as Green Economy: Does it include you?, they have cleverly given global issues a community feel, asking each of us to take a role in the planet's uncertain future

With recessionary trends set to continue and governments ever deeper in denial about the effects of fossil-fuels, a space is opening up into which artists can join climate scientists to bring beauty, clarity – and a warning

The Cape Farewell project has gone global, with a Foundation now established in Toronto. This takes me far and wide, and onto the frontline of the international cultural shift needed to address human excess. The question I ask is, what do we need to do to protect our habitat, and how could we evolve a way of living that is even more exciting and a lot less destructive than the one we currently practise?

After the Olympic Games, what will happen to the site, located in one of the UK’s most deprived areas? Sublime spoke to Eleanor Fawcett, the Head of Design for Olympic Legacy at Design for London  

At times, it’s hard to imagine how any of us could make a dent in the vast issues that loom up before us – climate change, the recession, energy prices. But groups of people are working together to produce some astounding results

We’re running out of time. It’s absolutely vital that, as far as the three major crisis debates are concerned – finance, energy, climate – each of us makes up our mind about what we think

The financial crisis? We’re moving on. Oil? BP’s off the front page now. Climate change? Depends on who you listen to. It’s time to read the small print. Being something of an anorak as well as an advocate, I keep a daily log on my website of developments on the three issues that I think will probably dominate the 21st century. It embraces the interconnected crises of finance, energy and climate change, and I call it the Triple Crunch Log. Reading through it at year end provides an opportunity to gauge the tempo as well as the scale of these dramas, and to look for the small details on which to base any sketch of the future big picture. Taking an eclectic look at the Triple Crunch Log for 2010, each of the three themes has involved major developments during the year. The financial theme has seen a remarkable bounce-back of stock markets. As the year ends, stock exchanges are around the same value they enjoyed just before the credit crunch unfolded in 2008. The energy theme has seen the largest peacetime oil spill ever. BP’s Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico has had ramifications that extend far beyond the tiny amount of oil left unextractable in the miscreant