National Geographic Fellow Sandra Postel views the world through a water lens, advocating for all to make simple and easy changes to their everyday lives that will help "Change the Course" of the Earth’s precious supply of freshwater.
Change the Course: Hope for “Troubled Waters”
By Sandra Postel, originally published by National Geographic
August 16, 2013
Sandra Postel
Tags: Water Supplies, Watershed Planning, Watershed Restoration
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