Reviews
Water Talks
“At the time of writing, I have lived on Planet Earth for eighty-three years. I have seen so much change, and that includes advances in living standards for millions of people on the one hand, and the increasing destruction of the environment on the other. Somehow, we must find a middle path. This is why Betsy wrote this book. All people need to be empowered to know their waters and to take charge of lifesaving decisions.”
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“Of the many things that humans take for granted—the sun, the wind, the soil—water, as Betsy Damon beautifully states in so many ways, is the thread that binds all life systems from sociological to ecological.”
—Pliny Fisk, founder and director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
“Betsy Damon shows us that the road to awareness and action always begins with listening and connectivity.”
—Julie Reiss, Editor, Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene (2019)
“As living systems, we are interconnected, reliant on our environment for the air we breathe and the water that sustains us. Damon identifies the barriers to clean water, but simultaneously offers the tools needed to create change and clarifies the key role artists play in the process.”
—Christine Filippone, Ph.D., Terra Smithsonian Senior Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Water Talks is a great combination of empirical knowledge and exciting scientific information on water. It is easily adaptable to all levels of teaching and practice: for any program in environmental science, humanities, and sustainability; as a reference for teaching from K-12; and all the way to the general public.
—Changwoo Ahn, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
Water Talks offers insight on 'living water', both as a poetic idea—a prism through which to understand life—as well as a critically endangered concept that requires our attention. In a time when it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to conceive of a better one, this book offers tools of imagination and action. It is a downright useful 'guidebook' for greater ecological agency, proposing actionable strategies for making our world more livable
—Alex A. Jones, New York arts writer