Chris -
I've taken the liberty of cross posting your message to hydrosci-l, a
email list for hydrologic science. I'll be glad to forward to you any
responses and you are more than welcome to join the list.
Hydrosci-L is a forum for scientists and researchers studying the
terrestrial components of the water cycle. Beyond research questions,
you are welcome to post announcements for jobs, conferences,
students. In order to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high,
submissions are moderated and restricted to members.
You can subscribe at: http://groups.google.com/group/hydrosci-l/
or let me know and I can send you a "formal" invitation.
As for addressing your specific question, a couple of suggestions:
There's a great animated short film (24min) "The Mighty River" by
Fre'de'rick Back, available on google video. Produced in 1993 by CBC,
it presents a biogeosocioeconomic history of the St Lawrence River.
It definitely has a perspective, but given that the class you are
developing is an issues class that shouldn't be be that
objectionable. The version on google is in pretty good shape, but you
could probably get a physical copy through interlibrary loan.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7022704596032330500
Also, you may want to take a look a three short videos that we have
produced at CUAHSI, as part of our Watershed Media Project: "Follow
the Water", "How much Water Do We Use" and "Where does Water Go When
It Rains". These were developed for general audiences so they may or
may not be appropriate for your class depending upon what your
students backgrounds are.
These are available at: http://www.scivee.tv/node/4107 or I can send
you copies on CD.
Regards,
David
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David Kirschtel, Ph.D. - Sr Program Manager
CUAHSI
2000 Florida Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202.777.7309
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On May 21, 2008, at 8:12 AM, Chris Norment wrote:
<>I am developing a senior-level global issues course for our
environmental science majors, and will most likely build the course
around the theme of national and international water use and
scarcity. I would appreciate any suggestions as to appropriate
course materials - especially books, but also movies, etc. - that
might be useful in such a course.
Thanks,
Chris Norment
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Christopher Norment, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Biology
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY 14420
PHONE: (585) 395-5748
FAX: (585) 395-5969
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