
I don’t often use the term “resonance” with regard to my work, but we definitely struck a chord with the report we released yesterday. Building off of our 2010 release of...
My husband and I just had the extremely good fortune to have spent a week on St. John, US Virgin Islands. If you’ve been there you know what a treasure it...
Earlier this fall, I blogged about the taconite (iron) mine proposed for a beautiful section of northern Wisconsin that borders Lake Superior, and is bisected by the poetically stunning Bad River....
The “Smart Guide to Island Housekeeping” also has guidance about water conservation, probably with stateside tourists in mind. On St. John, fresh water is supplied by the skies. There is no...
Some things are hard for me to understand. Like why it’s easier to dig iron ore from deep within the earth than to mine our nation’s refuse heaps and scrap piles...
As someone who follows U.S. water issues fairly closely, especially those associated with the water-energy “collision” as the Union of Concernced Scientists so aptly calls it, I thought that hydraulic fracturing...
What does access to healthy food have to do with clean water? Bear with me for a minute, but hopefully you’ll agree that there’s a link. Earlier this week at Wingspread...
Those of you who live in arid climates may find this hard to believe, but in the parts of Wisconsin that lie along Lake Michigan, water conservation isn’t talked about much. ...
What’s water worth? It’s a frequent topic of conversation in my professional circles and perhaps yours as well. The people of Bayfield, WI probably aren’t used to thinking about this question...
I recently returned from one of those magical summer vacations, this one catalyzed by the goal of reconnecting with Ingrid and Signe, our exchange student ‘daughters’, in their home countries of...