Water Week 2008

WATER WEEK 2008
SCARCITY • CONFLICT • DISEASE


Location: Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tuesday, April 1st, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12:30 p.m. “Who Owns Vermont’s Water?”
Jon Groveman, Water Program Director, Vermont Natural Resource Council
Chateau Grand Salon

4:30 p.m. “Water and Climate Change: What Should We Expect”
Peter Murdoch, USGS Hydrologist
&
“Forgotten People, Forgotten Diseases”
Lindsay Wheeler, Research Associate, Global Network for Neglected Tropical Disease
Hillcrest Colloquium Room


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4:30 p.m. “What Goes Down Our Sinks?”
Dr. Bryant Brooks, Director, Ecotoxicology & Aquatic Research Laboratory, Baylor University
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Room 216


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thursday, April 3rd, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12:30 p.m. “Freshwater Sustainability”
Tom Pariss, Director of Sustainability Programs, ISciences
Hillcrest Colloquium Room

6:30 p.m. "Water as a Human Right"
Professor Ken Cline, Environmental Law & Policy, College of the Atlantic
Hillcrest Colloquium Room

7:30 p.m. HYDRO JAM: OPEN MIC WATER POETRY
The Grille @ McCullough Student Center

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Friday, April 4th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12:30 p.m. "Mono Lake, Water, and the California Dream"
David Carle, Author,
Hillcrest Colloquium Room

4:30 p.m. CHINATOWN
A complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. Directed by Roman Polanski, and starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway
Dana Auditorium


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Saturday, April 5th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3:00 p.m. WATER FESTIVAL
Music and Water Solutions and Debra Lapidus, National Campaign Director,
“Think Outside the Bottle”, Corporate Accountability International
Battel Beach


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Sunday, April 6th, 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

12:00 p.m. "China's Stake in Rivers of Southeast Asia”
Professor Darrin Magee, Environmental Studies & Geography, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Rohatyn Center for International Studies, Robert A. Jones ’59 Conference Room