Dec
31
Religion, Water, and Environmental Stewardship
December 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
I wracked my brain (an easy thing to do) searching for a ‘significant’ post for the last day of the year. Exempt wells? Been there, done that. Las Vegas? Would I kick them while they’re down? The California Bay-Delta? No can do, now that I’m on “The Committee“. Implications of Year 2012 for water resources? [...]
Dec
31
Rainbow Water Coalition: New Blog from Todd Jarvis
December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments
So what’s this? Has the Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the blogosphere? Actually no – it’s someone much better as far as water is concerned. Hydrogeologist extraordinaire, colleague, and friend Dr. Todd Jarvis, Associate Director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds, whose name has been liberally spread throughout WaterWired opining on dowsing, bottled water, nonrenewable [...]
Dec
19
UNR’s Knowledge Center: The Shape of Things to Come
December 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
In early November 2009 my wife Mary Frances, a professional librarian, and I got an inside tour of the University of Nevada-Reno’s Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. Our tour guide was Carol Parkhurst, Senior Director, University Libraries. Why post about a library? This is a water blog! Two reasons: 1) this is not about a library – [...]
Dec
9
Report: Water Forum for the Americas/Foro del Agua de las Americas
December 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
A few weeks ago I reported that I’d be heading to Costa Rica on a brief, three-day trip for a meeting to discuss the Water Forum for the Americas (WFA, or FAM in Spanish). About 70 of us met at the Radisson in San José on 30 November – 1 December and had a fruitful discussion. [...]
Dec
5
Water: Do We Have Any Moral Obligation to the Future?
December 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and University Writer Laureate at Oregon State University, where she teaches environmental ethics, Native American philosophy, and a field course on the philosophy of nature. She also directs the Spring Creek Project. She is the author of many books ranging from critical thinking textbooks, to collections of [...]
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