Ismail Serageldin
The wars of the twenty-first century will be fought over water.Collection: War
More than one-half of the world's major rivers are being seriously depleted and polluted, degrading and poisoning the surrounding ecosystems, thus threatening the health and livelihood of people who depend upon them for irrigation, drinking and industrial water.Collection: Drinking
The next World War will be over waterCollection: War
We need to return to the cosmopolitanism of Alexandria of yore, and marry that with the tolerance and democracy of Europe todayCollection: Europe
Sara Scherr and Jeff McNeely have given us a thoughtful, sensible book about a topic of great importance to the world. There is no food security, no poverty reduction, no environmental sustainability without transforming our agricultural practices. The book ?presents well documented cases of best practices from all over the world. It should be required reading for all concerned with agriculture, the environment, food security or just the future of our children.Collection: Children