‘A Drop, a Planet, a Message’: Water and Cirque du Soleil’s Poetry in Space
Guy Laliberte, soon to be the world’s seventh space tourist, will blast off into the great unknown on a poetic social mission about water.
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Race to Create Space: Plastic Bottle Offers Lightweight Response to Consumer Concerns
Plastic remains the material of choice for bottled water, but corporations using it face increasing criticism from consumers concerned about environmental impacts. In the rush to keep their market on the bottle, so to speak, Pepsi plans to reduce the amount of plastic used by 20 percent, reports the Wall Street Journal. Pepsi also plans […]
Opinion: Water, Water, Not Quite Everywhere?
Canadians who view the world through blue-tinted glasses need to remove their shades, suggests Toronto Star columnist Carol Goar. Goar pits one expert against another in her coverage of a working breakfast on water resources hosted by the Canada Institute on North American Issues, the Canadian arm of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars […]
Fish to Celebrate Centennial Removal of Dilapidated Dam
After one hundred years of frustrated swimming, finned species of the Salmon River once more might wend their way into the St. Lawrence River and beyond. The Salmon River, located in upstate New York, borders Canada. Its Fort Covington dam, built in 1913, has not functioned since the 1940s — when a nearby plant shut […]
Wet season could compound mining problems in Peru
LIMA, Peru — With the approaching rains threatening to destabilize tailing ponds near Lima, Peru’s government is preparing for the worst. The ponds, a byproduct of a local mining operation, could overflow or be caught in a landslide, potentially threatening the drinking water of some 8 million Peruvians living in the capital. “With the rains, […]
Water maven Maude Barlow named U.N. senior advisor
Renowned for her efforts against the privatization of water and for the advancement of water as a human right, Blue Gold author Maude Barlow now serves as the current senior advisor on water to Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, president of the 63rd session of the United Nations. Recently appointed to the position, Barlow told the Ottawa […]
Montreal Think Tank: Quebec Should Exploit Water for Profit
A non-partisan think tank says Quebec should export one-tenth of water resources to gain $6.5 billion annually.
“No water, no sex”: An interview with Veit Helmer, director of film Absurdistan
During an interview with Circle of Blue, German director Veit Helmer discusses his recently released film, Absurdistan. The film, which Helmer also co-wrote and produced, is his third feature. A race against time and a battle between the sexes, Absurdistan takes a humorous look at how water shortages impact culture, gender, and daily life. The […]
Present U.S. Water Usage Unsustainable: An Interview With Dr. Peter Gleick
In an interview with Circle of Blue, the Pacific Institute’s Dr. Peter Gleick discusses water resource challenges the U.S. faces in the near future. As co-founder and president of one of the nation’s leading water think tanks, Gleick served as an academician at the International Water Academy in Oslo, Norway in 1999 and was named […]
Canadians urged to save water
VANCOUVER – British Columbians at all levels are being asked to get serious about water use in the face of population growth and climate change, and to help meet a provincial target of improving water efficiency by one-third by 2020. Read more here. Source : The Vancouver Sun
Commentary: Great Lakes As Sacred Spaces
In the battle between sacred places and commerce, the sacred rarely stands a chance.
“Water Wars” Could Be On Tap for Great Lakes
TORONTO, Canada – Parched U.S. states could start “water wars” in the years ahead and fight for access to Great Lakes resources as they become more desperate to meet growing needs, Canadian and American experts said Wednesday at a water conference. Southwestern U.S. states are already concerned about dwindling water resources, and the impacts of […]
