The Rasuwaghadi Dam project in Nepal, severely damaged by the recent earthquake, is mired in controversy. One of many mega-projects along the Tishuli River, it is simultaneously over-engineered due to future inadequate supply of water from decreased glacial melt, and under-engineered due to risk factors such as earthquakes. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will cite from a recent report from New Yorker Magazine author Isabel Hunter who revealed sobering facts about the Rasuwaghadi Dam and its ilk: projects fueled by central governments, unlimited finance, cheap labor, environmental disregard, social dislocation, and cultural destruction.
Because of persistent drought and water crises due to unsustainable practices, California is facing many challenges to its very existence. It is water that built California and opened the West to expansion; and it is water now that poses the single-most challenging aspect of its future. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share headlines of the last few weeks related to the water crisis, and will suggest that to find a solution we must look to an entirely new value proposition built around the rightful use and distribution of water.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill provides numerous examples of ways in which water consumption and use go unseen in our daily lives.
In this fourth and final episode in the "Nature's Trust" series, host Peter Neill highlights two citizens' lawsuits filed against governments for failing to protect the legal right to a healthy atmosphere and a stable climate, using the legal principle of the Public Trust Doctrine to assert that governments are required by law to protect and maintain natural resources for future generations. This episode is part of a series on designing an enduring plan for the future which will protect natural resources such as water, wildlife, and air beyond the challenging circumstances of the 21st century.
Do natural systems belong to the public or do they belong to corporate and private interests? Do corporate entities have an obligation to sustain resources for the ongoing benefit of the public or can they be exploited to exhaustion? In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss the conflict of ownership and control of our natural resources, and continue the discussion of Professor Mary Christina Wood’s “Nature’s Trust” and the public trust doctrine. This episode is part of a series on designing an enduring plan for the future which will protect natural resources such as water, wildlife, and air beyond the challenging circumstances of the 21st century.
What would the American landscape look like if we had no legislation? Would it be habitable today? In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency, the foundation of which is the Public Trust Doctrine, which we began discussing last week in Part 1. This episode is part of a series on designing an enduring plan for the future which will protect natural resources such as water, wildlife, and air beyond the challenging circumstances of the 21st century.
How do we organize a civilized response to the needs of a new age? What do we want and how can we achieve it in a democratic society based on the rule of law? In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill attempts to answer these questions and more. This is part 1 of a 3-part series on designing a plan for the future which will protect natural resources such as water, wildlife, and air, one which will endure over the challenging circumstances of the 21st century.
After wrapping up the multi-part “Planning with Water” series, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill returns to the fresh water discussion with a water crisis of his own, despite the mountains of snow surrounding his Maine home this winter.
In the sixth and final installment of the "Planning with Water" series, host Peter Neill follows up on last week's episode in which he described the collapse of the water system in São Paulo, Brazil, a city long thought to have an inexhaustible water supply. In this episode he offers a positive example of a city in Moravia in the Czech Republic that is planning for a water system crisis before it's too late. The "Planning with Water" series looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
The “Planning with Water” series continues this week with discussion of the current water crisis in Brazil. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill asks, “What does it mean when we don’t plan with water?” and uses Sao Paolo, Brazil as an example of a mega-city in the midst of a critical water crisis, how the situation has developed over time, and what they and the rest of the world will be required to do to meet the global challenge. This episode is part of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues discussion of the global water crisis. This week he talks about water audits conducted by the Danish Hydraulic Institute and invites listeners to consider their own water use at home, asking that we consider how what we do each day plays into the larger hydraulic reality which affects us all. This episode is part of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues a discussion about the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. This week he highlights the Nile River Basin and a multi-institutional planning initiative on that massive and complex waterway which could be adapted as a tool for managing water assets on other interstate and trans-national waterways around the world. This episode is part of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill discusses the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. Is it possible to construct a new system on the true value of water? Can we make, and execute, a new plan? This week we'll tackle these questions and more. This episode is part of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill discusses the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. This episode is the first of an ongoing series that looks toward building a new value premise and societal change around water as the most valuable commodity on earth, essential to our future survival.
The price of oil has dropped to $50 per barrel and the landscape is changing: alternative energy is growing in success and popularity, industries have cancelled plans to drill in the Polar seas, there is talk of increased efficiency, improved technology, new energy policy, and “clean energy” are the buzzwords of our day. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss this shift away from oil dominance and will attribute it to a number of factors, including increased public awareness and education. And he will give three examples of ways in which we as individuals, communities, and corporations can seize this moment to move away from a system which has degraded our lives and environment for far too long.
The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsically linked to one another. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss this and other Japanese words and phrases which can be used to help us describe a new strategy for our relationship to the ocean, one which respects and sustains the values of Mother Nature so that we may rely on her natural resources for our future, and for our very survival.
Waste and the management of it are new challenges of these recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, and other discards of our modern society? Where does it all go? In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks about current efforts to recycle and re-purpose trash in efforts to slow contribution to the waste stream, and he suggests some new ideas for turning waste into profit.
As the world population has grown, the demand for food has increased, technologies for more efficient harvest have evolved, and our natural systems have been exploited at ever-increasing scale. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will present a recent suggestion by Dr. Daniel Pauly of the Sea Around Us Project which outlines a simple management plan that would solve the problem through an economic adjustment of scale.
Avec la croissance de la population mondiale, la demande en nourriture a augmenté, les technologies pour des récoltes plus efficaces ont évolué et nos systèmes naturels ont été exploités à des échelles de plus en plus importantes. Dans cet épisode de World Ocean Radio, nous présentons une suggestion récente de Dr. Daniel Pauly de Sea Around Us Project qui souligne un plan de gestion simple qui résoudrait le problème via un ajustement économique des échelles.
随着世界人口的增长，人类对食物需求的增加，科技的发展带来了更高效的农业收割方式，我们的自然系统长期以来遭到了前所未有的大规模开发利用。在本期世界海洋电台节目中，我们为您呈现来自我们周围的海洋项目组的丹尼尔·保利博士对于这一问题的最新建议，丹尼尔博士概括了一个简单的管理计划，该计划可以通过经济规模调整解决这一问题。
A medida que la población mundial ha crecido, la demanda de alimentos ha aumentado, las tecnologías para una cosecha más eficiente han evolucionado, y nuestros sistemas naturales han sido explotados a una escala cada vez mayor. En este episodio de la Radio Océano del Mundo presentamos la reciente sugerencia del Dr. Daniel Pauly del proyecto Sea Around Us que esboza un plan simple para resolver el problema a través de un ajuste económico de escala.
A medida que la población mundial ha crecido, la demanda de alimentos ha aumentado, las tecnologías para una cosecha más eficiente han evolucionado, y nuestros sistemas naturales han sido explotados a una escala cada vez mayor. En este episodio de la Radio Océano del Mundo presentamos la reciente sugerencia del Dr. Daniel Pauly del proyecto Sea Around Us que esboza un plan simple para resolver el problema a través de un ajuste económico de escala.
Toxic chemicals released into watersheds and waterways remain a persistent problem despite the sounding of alarms, which for decades have railed against the uncontrolled use of fertilizers and pesticides. Today, the issue is as pervasive and as threatening as ever. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill shares research on international protections and management approaches and argues that despite best intentions, precautions against use and dispersal are limited, confused, mired in regulatory bureaucracy, and lacking in international consensus.
尽管有警报发出，但有毒化学物质仍被不断地排放到水域里。这一持久的问题是由于几十年来，人类对化肥和农药不加控制地使用所造成的。在今天，这一问题和以前一样普遍和可怕。在本期世界海洋电台节目中，我们将与您分享关于国际保护和管理方法的研究成果，我们认为尽管我们有最好的意图，但我们在化学品的使用和扩散上的预防措施是很有限的，而且陷入官僚化管理及缺乏国际共识的困境。
Les produits chimiques relâchés dans les bassins versants et les cours d’eau sont un problème récurrent malgré toutes les sirènes d’alarmes, qui se sont élevées depuis plusieurs décennies contre un usage non-contrôlé des fertilisants et pesticides. Aujourd’hui, le problème est encore plus présent et menaçant que jamais. Dans cet épisode de World Ocean Radio, nous partageons des recherches sur les protections internationales et les approches de gestion et nous soutenons que malgré les meilleures intentions existantes, les précautions contre l’usage et la dispersion sont limitées à cause de la régulation bureaucratique et du manque de consensus international.
