In the U.S., most consumers take clean and available fresh water for granted, and water usually becomes front-page news only when there’s a crisis, But seeing water problems as only environmental disasters does not capture the deeply interconnected nature of water in our society. The Conversation hosted a webinar with experts with a range of expertise and different perspectives on water issues and potential solutions.
Andrea K. Gerlak, Burke Griggs, Gabriel Filippelli and Rosalyn R. LaPier
Andrea K. Gerlak is a professor in the School of Geography, Development and Environment and a research professor and Interim Director at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She has consulted on water governance and climate resilience efforts for UNESCO and the WMO. She serves as co-editor of the Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. Burke Griggs is an associate professor of Law at Washburn University. He teaches property law to first-year students and natural resources law to upper-division students. Gabriel Filippelli is a professor of Earth Sciences and executive director at Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute.
His research focuses on biogeochemical cycling in the environment. Filippelli has worked extensively on the chemistry and geologic history of nutrients and climate in the ocean and on land. Rosalyn R. LaPier is an award winning Indigenous writer, environmental historian and ethnobotanist. She is the author of "Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet." She is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet tribe and Métis.