Tag: <span>water resources</span>

We All Live in a Watershed

It’s a rainy day and you find yourself staring out the window. The rain hits ground and forms a puddle. The next day is sunny and warm and you forget that there was ever a puddle just outside your window. But what happened to the water from that puddle?  To …

Community Science–Empowering Citizens to Protect their Water

We are all connected by our need for water. We rely on water to produce the food we eat, to create the clothes we wear, and to support our daily lives. Yet we don’t all share equal access to clean and safe water. As a part of my Bard CEP …

What’s in your water?–What we all need to know about DPBs

Do you know what’s in your drinking water? It may be more than you realize. We disinfect our drinking water to protect us from organisms we can’t see. From boiling water to sand filters, water treatment dates back to the 18th century, and treating drinking water has saved countless lives. …

Lessons on Sustainability from Indigenous Communities–by Jake Duncan

As a Westerner, when I ask myself what marginalized remote indigenous communities can do when facing severe water shortages and little in the way of modern technological resources, I am sometimes at a loss. Much to my surprise and pleasure, Bard CEP’s visit to the community of San Juan Cieneguilla …

Where the City Comes to Play Outdoors: Helping to Keep Tahoe Blue

Written by Meredith Murray (Master’s in Environmental Policy Candidate 2015) Driving into the Lake Tahoe Basin you are surrounded by sapphire blue water varying in colors and parts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. It is no wonder why they call the lake “the Jewel of the Sierras”. Lake Tahoe …