Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource
Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource comprises a collection of essays authored by heroes and leaders in the field of water solutions and innovations—a broad range of people from varied disciplines who have contributed their hearts and minds to bringing awareness to and conserving Earth’s freshwater supply. In their own words, authors tell of such tragedies as water slavery, drought, or contamination, as well as their own professional struggles and...
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Written in Water: A Message for the Future comprises a collection of essays authored by heroes and leaders in the field of water solutions and innovations—a broad range of people from varied disciplines who have contributed their hearts and minds to bringing awareness to and conserving Earth’s freshwater supply. In their own words, authors tell of such tragedies as water slavery, drought, or contamination, as well as their own professional struggles and successes in pursuit of freshwater solutions.Contributors include: Alexandra Cousteau, social environmental advocate and granddaughter of legendary marine scientist Jacques Cousteau; Peter Gleick, environmental visionary and winner of a 2003 MacArthur "genius grant"; Bill McKibben, bestselling author and winner of a Guggenheim fellowship; Sylvia Earle, oceanographer and Time magazine’s first "hero for the planet"; and Christine Todd Whitman, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, along with more than a dozen other notable people.These visionaries’ stories touch, surprise, and amaze as they help us see the essential role played by water in our world, our lives, and our future. These are all people who are thinking far beyond the realm of self; they are devoted to creating a better world for all of us. Publishers Weekly This varied collection of 25 essays by leading conservationists, edited by documentarian Salina, range from a warning by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Clifford about the ten-year drought threatening 30 million residents of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Denver, to stories of successful activists like Marion Stoddart, who stopped the industrial pollution of Massachusetts's Nashua River. A photographic study of Mount Everest shows graphic evidence of receding glaciers; several pieces describe traditional methods of "rainwater-harvesting and storage" being implemented in locations like Nepal; Rose George discusses the reasons behind the staggering statistic that 2.6 billion people worldwide live without sanitation, "surrounded by human excrement," which causes 25 percent of global child deaths. The book's central message, that "water conservation is not about scarcity" but rather its careful use and fair distribution, comes through in a number of sober but optimistic calls to action. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Foreword Peter Gleick 7The End of the Colorado: Fishing with the Cucap? Frank Clifford 13A River Story: Cleaning Up the Nashua Marion Stoddart 26Liquid Assets on Steep Slopes: Solving Water Shortages Through Ancient Knowledge Anupam Mishra\|36Honest Hope: Searching for a New Water Ethic Sandra Postel 46Respect for Water: Reflecting on a Lifetime of Environmental Reporting Fred Pearce 60Another Africa is Possible: Witnessing the Consequences of Kenya's Flower Farms Maude Barlow 76The Unmentionables: Talking About Sanitation Rose George 82Brides of the Well: A Short Story Shekhar Kapur 92A World that Works: Breaking Places Bill McKibben 101Photography Journey: Taking the Long View at Mount Everest Alton C. Byers 107What's in a Name: Monitoring the "Miner's Canary" in the Congo Melanie Stiassny 120The Fear of Doing Without: Bringing Fresh Water and New Ideas to the Dominican Republic Ellsworth Havens 130Water Man: Reviving Arid Villages Rajendra Singh 137A Ride for Nature: Traveling the West by Horseback William "Waterwar" Marks 143Water Changes Everything: Building a Charity Scott Harrison 162Save What's Left: Teaching Kids to Love Rain Forests Lynne Cherry 177To Save a Gull: Taxing Yourself Alex Matthiessen 186Dynamic for Change: Recognizing the Importance of the Watershed Christine Todd Whitman 205The P?ramos of Ayabaca: Defending Water and Place Jorge Recharte 210Tending the Land: Reclaiming Our Food Frederick Kirschenmann 219A Walk Along the River: Caring for Watersheds Dave Rosgen 236On the Heads of Women: Safeguarding Water Kathy Robb 250Two Noble Truths: The Ultraviolet Solution to Clean Water Ashok Gadgil 258Nature Abhors a Monopoly: How We, Like Kalahari Bushmen, Can Trade Our Human Right to Water James Workman 268Water is Life: Stories from a Blue Planet Alexandra Cousteau 283How This Book Came to Be 292Authors' Websites 294Get Involved 296Further Reading 302
\ From the Publisher“Of all the environmental concerns we face, threats to freshwater rank highest on the list.” \ --Booklist \ \ “The book’s central message, that “water conservation is not about scarcity” but rather its careful use and fair distribution, comes through in a number of sober but optimistic calls to action.”\ –Publishers Weekly \ \ “One new arrival stands out: Written in Water, a collection of water-themed essays published by the National Geographic Society.” –Arizona Republic\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyThis varied collection of 25 essays by leading conservationists, edited by documentarian Salina, range from a warning by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Frank Clifford about the ten-year drought threatening 30 million residents of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Denver, to stories of successful activists like Marion Stoddart, who stopped the industrial pollution of Massachusetts's Nashua River. A photographic study of Mount Everest shows graphic evidence of receding glaciers; several pieces describe traditional methods of "rainwater-harvesting and storage" being implemented in locations like Nepal; Rose George discusses the reasons behind the staggering statistic that 2.6 billion people worldwide live without sanitation, "surrounded by human excrement," which causes 25 percent of global child deaths. The book's central message, that "water conservation is not about scarcity" but rather its careful use and fair distribution, comes through in a number of sober but optimistic calls to action. \ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \
