#ForewordFriday: Debunking Water Myths in the West
By Chidinma Onuoha / On March 22nd, 2019
Author John Fleck discuss the role water plays in the West and adaptable community efforts that can be used for a changing environment.
#ForewordFriday: Great Lakes Water Wars
By Jada Mosley / On February 22nd, 2019
This edition of The Great Lakes Water Wars is an engrossing, essential book for readers of the first edition and new readers alike.
Got Water? Thank (and Save) a Forest
By Maggie Hart Stebbins, Paul Summerfelt / On March 29th, 2018
If you’ve got clean, abundant water, thank a forest — and do what you can to protect it. Don’t wait for the well, or the taps, to run dry.
Capitol Hill Briefing: A Q&A with Brian Richter
By Katharine Sucher / On March 14th, 2018
As the leading environmental publisher, Island Press is committed to spreading ideas that inspire change. Sometimes, that means taking those ideas straight to lawmakers. On February 8, Island Press partnered with Congressman Jared Huffman's office to co-sponsor a briefing on Capitol Hill on water scarcity and sustainable infrastructure.
Water Systems Are in Crisis. How Can Philanthropy Help?
By Laurie Mazur / On March 12th, 2018
Philanthropic capital can be a catalyst for sustainable, resilient solutions to our complex and costly water problems.
#ForewordFriday: Wildfire and Water Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On November 17th, 2017
From “California Wildfires Rip Through Parched Land,” to “Wildfires Force Thousands to Evacuate in Southern France,” to “Devastating Wildfire Can Be Seen from Space,” news headlines around the world reveal a new reality of devastating megafires. This summer, California’s Detwiler Fire burned over 80,000 acres and crept uncomfortably close to Yosemite National Park. In Canada, military aircrafts were called in to battle flames that ravaged British Columbia and forced the evacuation of nearly 40,000 people.
Here's What Cities Confronting the Lead Water Crisis Can Do
By Brenda Coley, Kirsten Shead / On October 30th, 2017
Milwaukee aspires to be a global leader in managing water resources. The first step is to make sure its own water is safe to drink
Busting the "Water Wars" Myth
By John Fleck / On October 16th, 2017
Oregon State University’s Aaron Wolf, in his studies of conflict and cooperation around international waterways, has found something both counter-intuitive and remarkable. Despite myths of “water wars,” cooperation is far more common than conflict when neighbors share a river and an aquifer, according to Wolf, author of the new Island Press book The Spirit of Dialogue.
#ForewordFriday: A Secure Water Future
By Katharine Sucher / On October 13th, 2017
In the words of Elizabeth Kolbert, "Nothing is more important to life than water, and no one knows water better than Sandra Postel." Postel's new book Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity is a "clear-eyed treatise" (Booklist, Starred Review) that offers a hopeful vision of a secure water future. It shows how cities and farms around the world are finding relief from an unexpected source: a healthier water cycle.
A New Water Story: In Conversation with Sandra Postel
By Katharine Sucher / On October 10th, 2017
If disasters related to droughts, floods, and other extreme weather seem more common globally, it’s because they are: nearly twice as many such disasters occur annually now as 25 years ago. These problems are not going away. Last year, the World Economic Forum declared water crises to be the top global risk to society over the next decade.