A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… Transforming lion killers into ‘Lion Guardians’ (CNN) This article highlights an approach for species conservation that acknowledges the interests, values and culture of communities impacted by predators to proactively protect and support both human communities and lions — an example of […]
A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week… This Atlantic article (“The Island Nation that Bought a Backup Property”) points out that reefs may rise with the seas and that waves will continue to erode reefs and create new land. There is a link to a journal article (Historical area […]
A list of news and blog items we stumbled upon in the past week … Consensus gap in climate change science and perception (Why we need to talk about the scientific consensus on climate change, The Guardian) Urban Ebola is an emergent phenomenon: We have not matched the species-level threat with the requisite complexity in levels of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water is embedded in landscapes that are altered by both natural and human processes. The way we use and manage a water resource impacts its characteristics and these impacts can cascade to related systems — there is an ongoing conversation within the water community that continues to express that water researchers cannot afford to ignore the […]
Dr. Robin Stonecash (Director, Executive Projects, UTS Business School) , a 2012 WDW alum, will be presenting Water – our need for a new brand of diplomacy on August 6 2013 at a Holistic Management Conference in Orange, NSW, Australia. She was recently featured in The Land, where she discussed working with water conflicts in […]
The June 2013 issue of Water Alternatives focuses on “many of the problems, ethical dilemmas, and frustrations that those of us involved with international development recurrently encounter, but rarely discuss and hardly ever write about.” The articles in this issue, “Voices of Water Professionals: Shedding Light on Hidden Dynamics in the Water Sector,” written by […]
A CNBC report on the extent and costs to address United States’ aging water infrastructure quotes Shafiqul Islam, Director, Water Diplomacy. The article mainly focuses on aging water infrastructure and various plans to address the costs of fixing infrastructure, but also addresses groundwater depletion in the U.S.
Dr. Peter Gleick and the Pacific Institute were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards ceremony in San Jose for World Water Day 2013. The Silicon Valley Water Conservation Awards are presented to organizations, agencies, businesses, and individuals whose programs and leadership have advanced water conservation in Silicon Valley. […]
