It appears the San Fransisco Gate runs a “water blog”. Latest entry is a take on the concept of water wars. There has been a lot of discussion about “water wars,” a term that sounds great, but to which I do not subscribe: wars start and are fought for many reasons and while water has…
Month: May 2009
West Bank becomes Waste Land
Israel has found a cheap and easy way to get rid of its waste, much of it hazardous: dump it into the West Bank. A few Palestinians can be bought, the rest are in no position to complain. Interesting article on the shocking extent of Israeli pollution of Palestinian Territories. Which, by the way, are…
Debate on water wars in Nature
March 25, 2009 I posted Opinion: Nations don’t go to war over water on a “peer reviewed opinion” (Nature 458, 282–283; 2009). In short, writer Wendy Barnaby discussed how a book project was stopped because research didn’t turn up a significantly bloody past history of water wars. The objections are in and there are plenty…
Ecowar movies: Edutainment suggestions
Noticing the clamour over the new animated movie Battle for Terra (or just Terra) and it’s interesting theme I put it on my Must See list – right next to Blood Diamond which is way over due. Then the logical idea came: make a list of movies for Ecowar! Only four movies made it onto…