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Film Review: Last Call at the Oasis

Written by Brett Walton
Friday, 04 May 2012 11:39
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A documentary film on the world’s water crisis opens this weekend.

Interpreting New Data on Africa’s Groundwater

Written by Aubrey Parker
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 15:26
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Ever wonder what we’re working on behind the scenes here at Circle of Blue?

Emerald City Water

Written by Brett Walton
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 08:00
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Chester Morse Lake holds water from the Cedar River, one of two rivers Seattle drinks from

Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton’s thoughts on water supply in the United States, specifically Seattle, where he lives.

Ned Breslin: Navigating Public Toilets in the City, Begging for Change in the WASH Sector

Written by Ned Breslin
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 06:00
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Sometimes, all it takes is a little outside-the-box thinking to make a difference, as Ned Breslin describes of a recent trip to Rwanda’s capitol.

Putting Iran’s Water Transfer Project in Perspective

Written by Codi Yeager-Kozacek
Tuesday, 24 April 2012 12:43
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Circle of Blue reporter Codi Yeager’s thoughts on water transfer projects around the world.

Written by Ned Breslin
Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:05
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We need a mind shift this World Water Day; a transformation in how we think about and the approach we take to getting the message out to the world about water on this one day. And the shift is long overdue.

Ned Breslin: The Invisible Indian Indicator — On The Main Road and In Plain Sight

Written by Ned Breslin
Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:22
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From a recent trip to rural India, Ned Breslin describes that moment when staff and partners made the jump to Everyone, highlighting the difference between counting beneficiaries like sheep and finding a particular community that signified that the ambition of everyone had been reached.

Peter Gleick: Mining California Groundwater – The Cadiz Project

Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 13:37
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A private company, Cadiz Inc. (Cadiz), has revived plans to mine groundwater underlying land in the delicate Eastern Mojave Desert. This project revives fundamental questions about how we manage our precious water resources, and in particular, whether in the 21st century it is appropriate, or even necessary, to use renewable water resources in a nonrenewable and unsustainable way, for short-term profit.

Ned Breslin: Lessons From Polio

Written by Ned Breslin
Monday, 23 January 2012 09:00
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One of my best friends fell victim to polio as a child, as he describes in this Frontline story from PBS.

Peter Gleick: Climate Change, Disbelief, and the Collision between Human and Geologic Time

Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Thursday, 19 January 2012 08:11
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Geologic time scales are long – too long for the human mind to really comprehend. Over millions, and tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of years, the Earth has changed from something unrecognizable to the planet we see on maps, plastic globes, and photos from space.

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