2008-09 Common Reading Program
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water-The Defining Crisis
of the Twenty-First Century
By: Fred Pearce
In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent
Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state
of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific,
economic, and historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our
most complete portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for
us all.
UF Spotlight--Meet water issue advocates on campus!
Wendy Graham, Water Institute
http://www.ufl.edu/spotlight/grahamW.html
Dedee Delongpre, Office of Sustainability
http://www.ufl.edu/spotlight/delongpre.html
**A special thanks to our 2008-09 Book Selection Committee**
Lexie Albe, First-Year Student
Mary Adkins, Levin College of Law
Fiona Barnes, Warrington College of Business
Ann Becks, New Student Programs
Peter Bergmann, Department of History
Suzanne Brown, UF Libraries
Jeff Citty, College of Engineering
Christine Culp, Alachua County Public Libraries
Elizabeth Dow, First-Year Student
Creed Greer, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
Cliff Haynes, Housing and Residence Education
Jeff Keaffaber, Department of Chemistry
Amy Martinelli, College of Education
William McKeen, Department of Journalism and Communications
Amy Ongiri, Department of English
Andrew Perrone, Center for Leadership and Service
Sara Stout, Second-Year Student
Elaine Turner, Agriculture and Life Sciences
Katharine Westaway, Department of English Graduate Student
Joel Witter, Fourth-Year Student
Daniel Wubah, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
Gene Zdziarski, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs