October 2009 Blog Posts (7)

Right of Thirst

Hi water geeks,

It is gorgeous along the Santa Fe River trail right now with the cottonwoods all golden. Some host the largest leaves I have ever seen on cottonwoods, perhaps their size boosted by a long wet summer thanks to the constant trickle of water the city allowed down the channel.

Quite by accident I came across an interesting online paper by a University of Washington anthropology professor Devon G. Pena. Called the "… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 27, 2009 at 9:43am — 1 Comment

Hot cities

Check out the BBC documentary series, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation (no irony there) this weekend on the likely impact of climate change on the world's cities.

The premier of Hot Cities, an eight-part landmark documentary series explores the impact of climate change on urban areas - health, water management, food security, migration. The first episode of the series, “Busting at the Seams” airs Sat., Oct. 24 on BBC World News.

Lagos, Shanghai, Durban, Surat and… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 23, 2009 at 9:28am — No Comments

Diving to save Maldives

If our own government officials were only this creative:

From Global Water News Watch, summarized by Louise Shaler:

"President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other top officials of the Maldives Islands signed a document calling upon all the countries in the world to cut their carbon dioxide emissions, emphasizing the ruin that will follow if global climate change continues at its present pace. The Maldives is the lowest-lying nation on Earth at 7 ft (21 m) above sea level, and… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 19, 2009 at 9:49am — 1 Comment

Electrifying

I grew up where a lot of people had to haul water and still relied on kerosene lanterns for light at night. Things are still that way in a few parts of my old stomping grounds in the Navajo Nation.

Electricity, like running water, is something most of us in America take for granted. In working on a story recently about New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperatives, I found out the national organization works all over the world helping bring electricity to remote villages. Now in the day of… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 19, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

Ode to springs

Many of the boxes piled up in the third room of our little Santa Fe rental are photos of springs, hot and cold, hidden among the desert folds of Nevada, Arizona and California. They are a decade's worth of photos my daughter's father took as he traveled across the Black Rock Desert, Navajo country and the Sierras. He documented springs that no longer exist, paved over for Las Vegas suburbs. He photographed springs smack dab in the middle of absolutely nowhere, tiny pockets of water life among… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 6, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

15 Tips To Write MBA Dissertation

After the completion of my graduation degree, I eagerly took admission in MBA thinking that I would do it as I did my graduation. But it was quite wrong when I was assigned to write MBA dissertation. And I realized it that MBA dissertation was the last stumbling block in my way to get MBA degree. I started writing MBA dissertation because I was waiting to get closer and closer to get through MBA and start my professional… Continue

Added by Cliff Richard on October 6, 2009 at 7:04am — No Comments

Picky beetles

Hi water geeks,

Happy (day after) the New Water Year! The Waterwired guy posted a reminder that the new water year starts Oct. 1. So we begin Water Year 2010! I've been delighted with the moisture we've had so far in September in the City Different. Let's hope it is a good sign of things to come, like lots of snow!

Susan Montoya Bryan's… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on October 2, 2009 at 11:45am — No Comments