Last year, almost 1 billion people lacked access to potable water. Each year, 3.575 million die from waterborne diseases like diarrhea, which could be easily prevented by treating the water.1 To prevent this global catastrophe, the World Bank estimates we need to spend $36 billion a year over the next 10 years to meet the […]
Author Archives: Sarah Slaughter
Dr. Sarah Slaughter is Senior Lecturer in the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founder of the Sloan Sustainability Initiative, and manages the Sustainable Business Laboratory (S-Lab). Her current research focuses on innovations for sustainable and disaster-resilient infrastructure and the built environment.