Posted on June 4, 2008 by Jared Simpson
We were momentarily surprised to get a pingback from Gender & Water Community (GWC), a blog focused on, in the editors’ words, “sharing gender perspectives in everyday water use.” They’d linked to our recent post about rainmaking. “What the heck does cloud-seeding have to do with gender?” we pondered during our morning time-wasting chatter fest. [...]
Filed under: Africa, Women and water, contaminated water, global water problems | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
The wrenching wails emanating from the copy editor’s direction cut through the normal bustling din of the Waterblogged.info press room like a sharp cutting implement of some sort. “WTF?” the entire editorial team thought as we surrounded his cubicle. Did his chihuahua, Marmaduke, die? Did he lose at that goddamned video game he plays [...]
Filed under: Africa, Darfur, South Africa, contaminated water, drought, global water problems, water pollution | No Comments »
Posted on March 29, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Waterblogged.info’s “web guy,” whom we’ll call “Michael,” because he insists that that’s his name, recently confessed that he seldom reads our posts because they’re “depressing.” Hey, sorry not to be more upbeat about global droughts and polluted water, “Michael!”
But honestly, our last effort at a more sunny and chirpy water-related blog, Ain’titawonderfulwaterworld.com, folded because it [...]
Filed under: bottled water, contaminated water, drought, water contamination | 6 Comments »
Posted on March 9, 2008 by Jared Simpson
Herein, sorely vexed by the fact that an entire hour has been stolen from our lives by a magical process called daylight saving, we sullenly and lazily provide links to a lot of bad news about water, complete with peevish commentary.
Water makes US troop in Iraq sick.
Thanks to Dick Cheney (Where is he now, anyway? [...]
Filed under: Atlanta, Atlanta drought, Baghdad water, California water, Iraq, Tennessee Georgia Water War, Water wars, contaminated water, drought, water hog | No Comments »
Posted on March 6, 2008 by Jared Simpson
[Note: Some information in this posting may be, and probably is, erroneous. Because we accepted the statement by Iraqui spokesperson, Tahseen Sheikhly (cited below), that a lake of raw sewage in Baghdad is so large that it can currently be seen on Google Earth, we assumed that the images available for Baghdad were [...]
Filed under: Baghdad water, Iraq, contaminated water, sewage, sewage treatment, water pollution | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 2, 2008 by Jared Simpson
If this new documentary about the global water crisis (link is to five Flash trailers) and the threat of privatization of water doesn’t frighten you, you are:
catatonic
dead
Jack Bauer
Oh wait, you may also be Jeff Siegal. [After being terrified by the trailers, check out our page of web resources on water privatization from [...]
Filed under: For the love of water, Jack Bauer, Maude Barlow, Privatization, Privatization of water, bottled water, contaminated water, global water problems, water conservation, water contamination | 5 Comments »
Posted on September 14, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Many faithful Waterblogged.info readers have expressed urgent concern about the lack of new postings in the last few days. We do apologize, but there’s good reason: Turmoil. Editorial turmoil. Grumblings from the Waterblogged.info editorial board—”a complete lack of focus disguised as a global perspective,” and “no apparent mission aside from complaining and hand-wringing about water,” [...]
Filed under: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California water, Delta smelt, Environmental destruction, Federal government water management, Privatization, San Joaquin Delta, contaminated water, water pollution | No Comments »
Posted on September 7, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Waterblogged.info recently discussed the Watercone®, a new product out of Germany—essentially a low-tech personal solar desalination unit that its creators see as a partial solution to the lack of potable water in many parts of the globe. The mini-still condenses freshwater evaporated by the sun from saltwater, sort of like a mini-water cycle. (The link [...]
Filed under: Katie Couric, contaminated water, desalination, drought, global water problems, innovative products, technology, water pollution | No Comments »
