Dear Mark et al.,
If you want educational water films we just produced one last year on
dam decommissioning and river restoration. It has good messages about
the value of ecological research to society and a very strong message
about what can be accomplished through collaboration. It has had a great
run through the PBS system and has won several awards. It is funded by
NSF, narrated by Ted Danson, and produced by an Emmy Award winning crew.
You can see more about it at: www.mpcer.nau.edu/RiverReborn
Best Wishes!
Stefan
Dr. Stefan Sommer
Director, Colorado Plateau Biodiversity Center, www.mpcer.nau.edu/cpbc
Director of Education, Merriam-Powell Center, www.mpcer.nau.edu
Executive Producer, /A River Reborn/, www.mpcer.nau.edu/RiverReborn
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Mark A. Albins wrote:
Chris,
Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, by Marc
Reisner, is a wonderful history of water issues in the SW US.
http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revised/dp/0140178244/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211478960&sr=8-1
There is also a series of videos of the same name that may be used as
an engaging companion to the book, or as a standalone presentation of
the issues. Of course, the book is more complete, and includes more
detail, especially regarding the evolution of water law and policy,
but the video series has the added bonus of including (in the final
volume) a treatment of global water issues.
http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-Transformation-Chinatown-Feature/dp/0780019261/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1211478960&sr=8-4
PS. Amazon may not be the best place to purchase the videos (the price
seems outrageously high). Unfortunatley, the videos may actually be
out of circulation and difficult to find. That's too bad. It is a
great educational and entertaining series.
Hope this helps.
Aloha,
Mark
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 08:12:35 -0400
From: Chris Norment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Books on water issues
<>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
