People Stories

Saluting Women Water Warriors

Kayapó women bathe their children in the waters of the Xingu. Photo by Glenn Switkes. In many parts of the…

7 years ago

A tribute to California’s ‘First Lady of Water’

"My jaw dropped when I pulled a carbon-copied transcript of a 1960 water committee hearing fully identifying the 'Davis' as…

7 years ago

She Saved a River. And a City.

https://www.ted.com/talks/aziza_chaouni_how_i_brought_a_river_and_my_city_back_to_life The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco — a maze-like medieval city that’s a World Heritage…

10 years ago