Stories by Sandra Postel
Posted on Feb 23, 2012, Source: National Geographic's Water Currents
It takes water to make everything, and the explosion of demand for all manner of products is draining rivers, shrinking lakes and depleting aquifers.
Posted on Sep 3, 2010, Source: Post Carbon Institute
Challenges posed by water in the coming decades will rival those posed by declining oil supplies.
Posted on Jun 25, 2010, Source: YES! Magazine
Just as the economic crash is forcing Americans to reassess what they value financially, the water crisis requires us to pay attention to how we value and use water.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008, Source: World Watch
Freshwater is the resource most strained by China's staggering growth over the last 20 years.