Sandra Postel
Sandra Postel
Sandra Postel is the director and founder of the Global Water Policy Project. She is a world expert on fresh water issues and related ecosystems. From 1988 to 1994 she served as the Vice President for Research at the Worldwatch Institute. In 2002, Scientific American magazine named her as one of their "Scientific American 50" to recognise her contribution to science and technology. Postel's work aims to educate and inspire in order to promote the use and management of fresh...
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marine blue water
Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.
humanity earth given
Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.
philosophy government engineering
Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems.
israelis water
Water is an undercurrent to tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.