Trust, not water, has been scarce for a long time: a conversation with Christine Buesser about Water in Gaza

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Chrisine Buesser left Switzerland more than 15 years ago to initially pursue a degree in Business Administration at Babson College. From there, she worked as an investment banker in New York City for three years before joining Médecins Sans Frontières‎ (MSF/ Doctors Without Borders) in 2007. Since then, she has lead MSF’s projects and missions […]

Planning for water or for development? Hydro-centric or hydro-supportive approaches to food, energy and water security

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Water resources have the potential to contribute to sustainable social and economic development. However, water boundaries (rivers and their basins) don’t align with political geography. To address a development problem that involves water, where should institutional boundaries lie? Which parties are the “right” parties for addressing a particular challenge? A hydro-supportive approach that gets the […]

Water Stories: Art Meets Science

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Since July, the Museum of Science (MoS) has been home to a special temporary exhibit: Water Stories: a conversation in paint and sound. Anne Neely, an accomplished New England based artist started painting the featured land and waterscapes after reading de Villier’s Water, the Fate of our Must Precious Resource, and the exhibit space is […]