“About a year ago, I saw Kabat give a staggering presentation on how the Dutch were going about this “climate proofing.” He emphasized the importance of cross-sector dialogue, with factions as far flung as agriculture, fisheries, water management, insurance, energy, construction, land conservation, recreation, tourism, and academia all at the table. Every group offering its [...]
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Going Dutch | GOOD
Posted in climate change, environmental policy, water conservation on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well Done – Welcome to welldone.org
Posted in tap water, third world assistance, water conservation on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Project Well Done is an ongoing effort to bring clean drinking water to remote villages throughout rural Ghana. The effort was first launched in mid-2007 in partnership with Pioneers-Africa, a Christian missions and aid organization locally based out of Accra, Ghana. Since then, two wells have been successfully constructed in the Nso Nyame ye and [...]
Scientists Tell Obama Where to Go — to Sea — Wired.com
Posted in environmental policy, oceans on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
President Barack Obama has said all the right things about safeguarding the oceans. While campaigning, he promised to improve their management and research. Last Friday, he gave an Ocean Policy Task Force 90 days to develop a comprehensive oceans policy.
Of course, it was just four-and-a-half years ago that the bipartisan Commission on Ocean Policy presented [...]
NOAA Coral Reef Watch
Posted in oceans, reefs on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The mission of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program is to utilize remote sensing and in-situ tools for near real-time and long term monitoring, modeling and reporting of physical environmental conditions of coral reef ecosystems. Coral Reef Watch aims to assist in the management, study and assessment of impacts of environmental change on coral reef ecosystems.
Coral [...]
Jellyfish threaten to dominate oceans – ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Posted in oceans on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Giant jellyfish are taking over parts of the worlds oceans due to overfishing and other human activities, researchers say.
Nomura jellyfish are the biggest in the world and can grow as big as a sumo wrestler. They weigh up to 200 kilograms and can reach 2 metres in diameter.
Dr Anthony Richardson and his colleagues from CSIRO [...]
Water crisis and green careers
Posted in environmental policy, water conservation on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The California Department of Water Resources and The Association of California Water Agencies launched in April, 2009 a new Save Our Water program to conserve water as California is facing the 3rd year of drought and severe water shortages. The program was developed in response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s February 2009 proclamation of a statewide drought [...]
Sneak Peek: Water Issue Cover Sketches | GOOD
Posted in water facts on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“We just sent the Water issue to print. In this latest issue of the magazine we tackle such questions as: Is water important? (Yes, very.) Do we have enough? (We’re kind of running out, actually.) Will we survive? (Probably, but get a better showerhead.)
Here, just for fun, we present some of the early ideas we [...]
World Oceans Day – June 8th – United Nations
Posted in environmental policy, oceans on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD OCEANS DAY:
The first observance of World Oceans Day allows us to highlight the many ways in which oceans contribute to society. It is also an opportunity to recognize the considerable challenges we face in maintaining their capacity to regulate the global climate, supply essential ecosystem services and provide sustainable [...]
Fact or Fiction? You Must Drink 8 Glasses of Water Daily: Scientific American
Posted in water facts on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s no denying that water is good for you, but does everyone really need to drink 64 ounces or more every day? According to Heinz Valtin, a retired professor of physiology from Dartmouth Medical School who specialized in kidney research and spent 45 years studying the biological system that keeps the water in our bodies [...]
Water Regulators (Mount Up) | GOOD
Posted in bottled water, tap water, water facts, water filtration, water safety, water testing on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
G: So the list of contaminants that the EPA has—the official ones that they crack down on, or say they crack down on—is incomplete?
NL: Definitely. Based on the contaminants being found, we know that list is incomplete. Tap-water suppliers are really only required to test for contaminants that are regulated, but some of them actually [...]
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