Jan
11
Can Spirituality Help Resolve Global Water Conflicts?
January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Here is an interview with my colleague Aaron Wolf (shown here on his trusty mount, Anwar) that appeared several weeks ago in an online publication of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Wolf has been a pioneer in using spirituality to resolve and manage water conflict. Here is the interview as a PDF: [...]
Nov
25
Happy Thanksgiving and a Modest Request
November 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Happy Thanksgiving from AWRA! I have many things for which to be thankful. I have been blessed with a wonderful spouse, Mary Frances, and an easy life. I make a good living doing something I love, surrounded by bright, engaged students and extraordinary colleagues. I don’t have to worry about some bozo tinhorn dictator running my country. [...]
Oct
16
PGWI Meeting, 4 November 2010 – Managing the Last 1%: Allocating Water to Meet the UN MDGs
October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I just learned of this meeting – the 4th Annual Conference of the Philadelphia Global Water Initiative: Managing the Last 1%: Allocating Water to Meet the UN Millennium Development Goals. Admission is free but seating is limited. The conference will be held at the University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall. Complete information, including a contact email for [...]
Oct
6
Abby Brown, who runs the excellent Water for the Ages blog, presented her Master of Science in Water Resources Policy and Management project last week and successfully defended her work, Empowerment and Gender Equality for Water and Sanitation in Rural India. She interned with the NGO Arghyam, based in Bangalore. Here is a PDF of her Power [...]
Jul
28
Johns Hopkins University’s Global Water Program has just launched its Global Water Magazine, an online publication with free access. It will be published every two months. From the ‘About’ section of the site: The JHU Global Water Magazine is an online magazine dedicated to covering the crucial issues in meeting the global water challenge of providing [...]
Jun
26
Aquadoc’s Film Debut: Guaraní Aquifer
June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Self-promotion alert! You may recall my WaterWired 18 April post in which I spoke of my upcoming trip to southern Connecticut to film some ‘talking head’ video clips on South America’s Guaraní aquifer (shown in blue on the map) under the guidance of multimedia journalist Annabel Symington and videographer Vasilios Sfinarolakis. Why film in Connecticut? It’s cheaper to reach [...]
Jun
9
Message From the President
June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Ari M. Michelsen, President AWRA Water in its various forms, quantities, and qualities crosses virtually all human and environmental boundaries. An unfortunate example of water crossing boundaries is the British Petroleum deep sea oil well leak into the Gulf of Mexico. In this case water laden with oil is impacting the environment from seabed to [...]
May
28
June DC Water Events: An Invitation
May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Friend Jim Thebaut’s DC water events are just about upon us. They’ve been rescheduled from February 2010. Here are the invitations to the evening event on 16 June and the noon 17 June lunch/panel discussion at CSIS. Download Invitation-16-June-Event Download Flyer Lunch Panel Event Final 5 24 10 The evening event will feature a screening of [...]
Mar
4
Position Announcement: President, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana – Zamorano (Honduras)
March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, commonly known as Zamorano, is searching for its 11th president. The private agriculture school, founded in 1941, is located about 25 miles east of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the beautiful, rural Valle del Zamorano. Zamorano enjoys an excellent reputation throughout Latin America. It has an office in Washington, DC. So why I am I [...]
Oct
14
New Hydrophilanthropy: SafeWater4Kids
October 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
I just learned of a new organization, SafeWater4Kids (SW4Ks). Its mission is to provide sustainable safe drinking water to children and families in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Read more here. Laura R. Brunson, whom I met a few years ago at the University of Oklahoma’s WaTER Center, is the Director of Marketing and [...]
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