2008-09 Common Reading Program: Additional Resources
"A Drought in Australia, a Global Shortage of Rice"
New York Times: April 17,2008
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Article
"Florida Defenders of the Environment"
Sign the FDE Water Protection Pledge
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"Florida's Flows of Clear, Cool Water"
New York Times: April 11, 2008
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Article
"Superfund Showdown: Any progress at Cabot-Koppers?"
Gainesville Sun: April 30, 2008
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Letters to the editor regarding Cabot-Koppers
Gainesville Sun: May 1, 2008
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Article
“The New Economy of Water”
Frontline: July 13, 2004
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Article
"In Spain Water is a New Battleground"
New York Times: June 3, 2008
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Aritcle
"How the Floods will hurt the Economy"
CNNMoney.com: June 17, 2008
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Article
"A Hand-to-Hand Struggle with a Raging River"
New York Times: June 19, 2008
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"Southern California Metropolitan Water District Begins Poisoning
Millions..."
Natural News.com: June 15, 2008
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"Water: The World Is Facing a Dire Shortage of this Essential
Element"
Natural News.com: May 20, 2008
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"Ruthless Drought in West Timor puts Children in Crisis"
CNN.com: July 7, 2008
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Article
Suggested related readings for study of When the Rivers Run Dry:
“Streams of Blood, or Streams of Peace,” The Economist, May 1, 2008.
Brook Larmer, “Bitter Waters: Can China Save the Yellow--Its Mother River?” The National Geographic Magazine, May, 2008.
Philip Micklin and Nikolay V. Aladin, “Reclaiming the Aral
Sea,”
Scientific American, March, 2008.
Lester Brown, "Falling Water Tables, Falling Harvests,"
keynote speaker at Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher
Education Conference. For more details click
here.
"Nature and Techonology in Harmony," Click
here to view this website on water facts and information.
"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" Click here to visit the EPA's website and learn about water efficiency.
To learn more about water use in the United States visit the Nationalatlas.gov,
learn about how we have used water and how we are currently using water.