[FRIAM] Maude Barlow: The Growing Battle for the Right to Water (fwd)

[PPARYSKI at aol.com]

Thanks Ray.
 
I have also been fighting this battle.  When I arrived in Santa Fe in  2000 
after years with the UN in Haiti fighting other battles, I realized that  one 
of the crucial issues here was assuring a sustainable supply of water, an  
issue that is intrinsically linked to ecosystem and river health as well as  
rational resource management.
 
One of the aspect of complexity and its tools, a conceptual perspective  that 
was new to me, that fascinates me is its application to resource  management. 
 
Given the growing demand for water, given the probability of decreased  
supplies and drought, given climate change and growing pollution, rational  
management of water resources must be an imperative and applied complexity can  help. 
 Jared Diamond's Collapse addresses the subject why certain  societies 
collapse and others don't; usually it is related to adaptive capacity  and 
strategies.  I shall read Barlow's book. ]
 
Vince Tidwell of Sandia is on the Gov's Blue Ribbon Water Task Force with  
me. 
 
Let's discuss over coffee soon or perhaps at the Santa Fe Complex.
 
Paul
992-1984



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