Written in Water Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource

by Salina, Irena

• ISBN13: 9781426205729
• ISBN10: 1426205724
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-16
• Publisher: National Geographic

Summary

Written in Water is an unforgettable collection of the true stories of people-men and women, politicians and scientists, laymen and experts-sharing in their own words what they have seen and what they have learned in their efforts to bring clean water to all.

Author Biography

Irena Salina’s first feature-length documentary, Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000) won numerous prestigious international prizes. FLOW: For the Love of Water (2008) won various awards for its exploration of the global water crisis that threatens world health and stability.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
The End of the Colorado: Fishing with the Cucapá	p. 13
A River Story: Cleaning Up the Nashua	p. 26
Liquid Assets on Steep Slopes: Solving Water Shortages Through Ancient Knowledge
Honest Hope: Searching for a New Water Ethic	p. 46
Respect for Water: Reflecting on a Lifetime of Environmental Reporting	p. 60
Another Africa is Possible: Witnessing the Consequences of Kenya's Flower Farms	p. 76
The Unmentionables: Talking About Sanitation	p. 82
Brides of the Well: A Short Story	p. 92
A World that Works: Breaking Places	p. 101
Photography Journey: Taking the Long View at Mount Everest	p. 107
What's in a Name: Monitoring the "Miner's Canary" in the Congo	p. 120
The Fear of Doing Without: Bringing Fresh Water and New Ideas to the Dominican Republic	p. 130
Water Man: Reviving Arid Villages	p. 137
A Ride for Nature: Traveling the West by Horseback	p. 143
Water Changes Everything: Building a Charity	p. 162
Save What's Left: Teaching Kids to Love Rain Forests	p. 177
To Save a Gull: Taxing Yourself	p. 186
Dynamic for Change: Recognizing the Importance of the Watershed	p. 205
The Páramos of Ayabaca: Defending Water and Place	p. 210
Tending the Land: Reclaiming Our Food	p. 219
A Walk Along the River: Caring for Watersheds	p. 236
On the Heads of Women: Safeguarding Water	p. 250
Two Noble Truths: The Ultraviolet Solution to Clean Water	p. 258
Nature Abhors a Monopoly: How We, Like Kalahari Bushmen, Can Trade Our Human Right to Water	p. 268
Water is Life: Stories from a Blue Planet	p. 283
How This Book Came to Be	p. 292
Authors' Websites	p. 294
Get Involved	p. 296
Further Reading	p. 302
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