#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.
#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.
#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.
#ForewordFriday: Transforming Conflict Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On September 15th, 2017
Debate surrounding the proposed repeal of the controversial Clean Water Rule is just one example of how competing interests tend to drive our approach to environmental conflicts. As we strive to balance environmental protections with economic development and respect for indigenous populations, strategies for finding common ground may come from an unexpected place—religion.
#ForewordFriday: Water is for Fighting Over Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On September 2nd, 2016
In a year when headlines are dominated by drought and news of Lake Mead water levels falling to historic lows, John Fleck's Water is for Fighting Over offers a refreshingly hopeful perspective about the state of the Colorado River and our ability to do more with less water.
#ForewordFriday: River Notes Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On May 20th, 2016
Go on your own journey with explorer Wade Davis in this week's Foreword Friday.
#ForewordFriday: World Water Day Edition
By Katharine Sucher / On March 25th, 2016
In honor of World Water Day 2016, this week's #ForewordFriday is all about water—and how Americans can't seem to get enough of it. Robert Glennon's book Unquenchable captures the irony—and tragedy—of America’s water crisis.
#ForewordFriday: Thirsty? Edition
By Meghan Bartels / On June 5th, 2015
