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Dungan Lecture: Peter H. Gleick
No full textOur 21st Centurty Water Challenge: From Bottled Water to Climate Change . Peter Gleick knows drinking water and climate change. He is a world renowned researcher and water expert and a MacArthur Foundation genius. So if Gleick drinks water from the tap, why don\u27t the rest of us? Why is bottled water an environmental justice issue? How does water relate to climate change
Ways of Water: Human Rights, Gender, Security & Environment.
No full textThe connections between access to water, gender, security, environment and human rights was the subject of a talk by Dr. Peter H. Gleick on Thursday March 26th, 2009 in the Rutgers University Libraries. Recipient of the prestigious MacArthur fellowship, Dr. Gleick is the president and co-founder of the Pacific Institute in Oakland, CA. The institute monitors the quality of the world's water supply and its effect of health, climate change, industrialization, and international relations. The work of the Pacific Institute has been cited by government officials and community activists in South Africa, India, the United Nations Global Compact, and the State of California. The Pacific Institute issues the biennial report, The World's Water, which tracks international developments in water quality and their local impacts.Program was held at the Scholarly Communications Center, Archibald S. Alexander Library, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Conflicting Visions for Water: Common Property or Private Good?
No full textDr. Peter H. Gleick gave this lecture on water, in general, with a focus on bottled water on Feb. 9, 2012, which was held in the Black Cultural Center and open to the public. Dr. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts over water resources. Dr. Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert and was named a MacArthur Fellow in October 2003 for his work. Gleick is the author of many scientific papers and seven books, including the biennial water report, "The World's Water", and the new "Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water".Lecture on water; Part of the Sustainability Project-sponsored graduate course "The Commons: History, Sustainability, Activism
The looming global water crisis
No full textOf the earth's total water supply, scientists estimate that a mere 2% is freshwater suitable for human use, and of that amount, less than 1% is directly accessible through lakes, rivers, reservoirs and underground sources. As global water consumption continues to grow at a rate nearly double that of population growth, it is little wonder that many experts have speculated that the international conflicts of the future will be fought over water. Meanwhile, the U.N. predicts that 20% of the world's population lacks access to clean drinking water, and that by the year 2025 up to two-thirds of mankind could face water scarcities. With alarms sounding about the increasing scarcity of water, what can be done to manage the world's supply of freshwater, and how can global water wars be prevented? In this episode host Peter Krogh is joined by Dr. Peter Gleick, President and Co-founder of the Pacific Institute, and Brian Richter, Director of the Freshwater Initiative at the Nature Conservancy, to examine the future of the world's freshwater supply.Examines the growing alarm over what could be the world's next great resource crisis: global water shortages
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
An essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell by Peter Pullman
No full textThis is an essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell written by Peter Pullman, a jazz scholar and author of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Brooklyn: Bop Changes, 2012).One image file (pdf)This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Professor Peter Singer speaking at the National Press Club Canberra, 11 February 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Humanitarian author Professor Peter Singer at the National Press Club, Canberra, 11 February 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2009
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