I spoke with überchef Mario Batali this morning about two items related to the upcoming Aspen Ideas Festival. For our “The Future of Water” session, I wanted to know more about his views on water resources and what he’s doing in his restaurants. In two weeks, he said, his New York eatery, Del Posto, will no longer offer imported bottled water. That is, bottled water imported from anywhere beyond its doors on Tenth Avenue. Batali has installed filtration equipment and, for those who want a bit of fizz, a carbonation machine. “There’s no sense in shipping water all over the world when, in fact, we have access to great water right where we are,” he said.

Considering that I’m moderating the session, “Turning the Tide: Sustaining the Ocean Harvest,” I was curious how Mario fared with his fish fare. Very informed, it turns out. He says his restaurants follow the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. “Our responsibility to be good restaurateurs is not only to make a good meal anymore, it’s to really help people affect the decisions they want to make in the long term about limited natural resources. That includes everything from overfished waters to drinking water, it includes fuel sources. It includes a lot of the decisions that are implicit sadly in poor restauranteur ship. And that we can help raise everyone’s awareness to the plethora of decisions available to us and help people make those decisions.”

Listen to the interview here.

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At Circle of Blue Summit on the Shore, Dr. Jerry Linenger occupied the highest room at Pine Hollow, our remarkable host facilities. Fitting for the man who once held the record for longest time a U.S. astronaut has spent in orbit. Jerry joins the Circle of Blue board, bringing not only his unique perspective of the water planet, but his innumerable talents: two doctorates (medicine and research design) and two masters degrees (systems management and policy). His vision, backed by experience and science, is inspirational and grounding:

“Looking out the window I would see the great resources of freshwater on the planet. Lake Baikal, deeper than deep. The Great Lakes, well-named. The mighty rivers of the world – Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Amazon – defining civilizations, past and present. But still, when stepping back and looking at the big picture, not so much different than our little orbiting space station. A closed ecosystem. Only so many sources of life-sustaining water. And all the creatures of Earth, just like the three of us circling it, all dependent on water.”

Circle of Blue Summit on the Shore at Pine Hollow
ELK RAPIDS, MICH. (May 11-13) - How does one describe a monumental gathering of creative minds meeting together on the shores of Lake Michigan to define the broadest impact for Circle of Blue? At least for now, until we can internalize the sheer scope of the event’s outcomes, let’s turn to two participants who share the experience in their blogs:

Alon Halevy’s Blog: Circle of Blue

Flip: Circle of Blue