The Power of Water: Integrating the Social, Economic and Environmental Dimensions
Date: April 20, 2004
Time: 4:30 PM Reception and book signing, 5:15 PM Seminar
Location: Bell Museum Auditorium
The Kolshorn Lecture, “The POWER of WATER: a vision for water in the 21st century,”
by Dr. Peter H. Gleick, President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Oakland, CA. Water is vital for human health, our economy, and the environment. Water also cuts across traditional lines of inquiry connecting science and economics with political and social concerns. As part of the University of
Minnesota's Earth Week celebrations, world water expert Dr. Peter H. Gleick, a 2003 MacArthur Fellow, will give a wide-ranging talk on water issues in the new century and how we can prepare for the future with intelligent planning and a forward-looking vision.
Sponsor: The Water Resources Center, the Consortium for Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, the Bell Museum, the Graduate School and the Department of Fisheries and WildlifeWater Resources Center (WRC) and Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology (FWCB).
Site: http://wrc.coafes.umn.edu/
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