Earlier this month Ernst & Young and GreenBiz Group released a new study, entitled ‘2013 Six Growing Trends in Corporate Sustainability.’ Based primarily on a survey of the GreenBiz Intelligence Panel of executives and thought leaders engaged in sustainability, this study reveals that “companies are increasingly connecting the dots between risk management and sustainability by making [...]
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Posted in environment, freshwater, rivers, water on May 8th, 2013
These incredible maps of the Mississippi River were created in 1944 by Cartographer Harold Fisk and in Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River. In great detail he mapped the twisting and changing path of the river over time in these swirling rainbow colors. The result is the most amazing set [...]
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Posted in water on Mar 20th, 2013
World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as to focus attention on the importance of freshwater and advocate for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The United Nations General Assembly designated March 22, 1993 as the first World Water Day. Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. In 2013, [...]
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Posted in water on Feb 19th, 2013
From Triple Pundit Todd Gartner is a Senior Associate for the World Resources Institute’s People and Ecosystems Program. This post was co-written with James Mulligan, Executive Director at Green Community Ventures.Natural ecosystems provide essential services for our communities. Forests and wetlands, for example, filter the water we drink, protect neighborhoods from floods and droughts, and shade aquatic habitat for fish populations.While [...]
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Posted in water on Jan 21st, 2013
Estuaries are the endpoint of our nation’s rivers and the nurseries of our nation’s seas. The health of our nation’s streams and rivers directly affect the health of our oceans. EPA has released its Climate Ready Estuaries 2012 Progress Report, which describes program accomplishments and the new National Estuary Program projects started during 2012, with [...]
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Posted in water on Jan 11th, 2013
Reprinted with permission from author Chandler Van Voorhis of C2Invest Two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen, water is the source of life. But, is water intelligent? As Charles Fishman writes in his newly released book, The Big Thirst, “Everything human beings do is, quite literally, a function of water, because every cell in our bodies is plumped full [...]
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Posted in water on Dec 27th, 2012
Water alerts continued to receive notice throughout 2012. Both drought and flooding topped the nation’s headlines. My Top Water Wishes for the New Year include a quick look back at some of the important water stories that streamed our network this past year. Top Ten Water Wishes for 2013: #10: Wishing that our nation increasingly recognize the [...]
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Posted in water on Dec 22nd, 2012
Current economic literature provides some insights into the importance of water to various sectors, including agriculture, tourism, fishing, manufacturing, and energy production, but this information is dispersed and, in many cases, incomplete. EPA is conducting a study on the importance of water in the U.S. economy to: Summarize existing knowledge about the role and importance [...]
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Posted in water on Nov 28th, 2012
Reprinted with permission from author Chandler Van Voorhis of GreenTrees, LLC Water has played a critical role in the formation of the United States. As President Theodore Roosevelt stated 100 years ago, in the first ever White House Conference on Conservation, “It was in Philadelphia that the representatives of all the States met for what was in [...]
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From the Huffington Post In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson called the Potomac River, polluted with sewage and riddled with algae blooms, a “national disgrace.” Forty years ago this year, the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA) was signed into law, and resulted in expansive, real improvements in the health of the Potomac River. The CWA [...]
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