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Water Matters SpeakersSandra Postel
Sandra Postel is director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Massachusetts,
and visiting senior lecturer in environmental studies at Mount Holyoke
College. From 1988 until 1994, she served as vice president for research
at the Worldwatch Institute, a non-profit research organization with
which she remains affiliated as Senior Fellow. In 2002, she was named
one of
the “Scientific American 50,” by Scientific American magazine, a new
award recognizing contributions to science and technology. Postel’s work is dedicated to the preservation and sustainable use of Earth’s
fresh water ecosystems. A leading authority on international water
issues, Postel is author of Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle
Last? and
of Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity. Last Oasis appears in eight languages
and was the basis for a PBS documentary that aired in 1997. She is
also co-author with Brian Richter of Rivers for Life: Managing Water
for People and Nature (Island
Press 2003), which calls for new approaches to harmonizing human and
ecosystem needs for fresh water. Postel is an advisor to the Division
on Earth and Life Studies of the U.S. National Research Council, and
has served on the Board of
Directors of the International Water Resources Association. She
received a B.A. (summa cum laude) in geology and political science
at Wittenberg
University, an M.E.M. with emphasis on resource economics and policy
at Duke University, and an honorary Doctor of Science from the Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts. She has been awarded the Duke University School
of Environment's Distinguished Alumni Award, a Pew Scholars Award in
Conservation
and the Environment, and a lifetime chair with the International Water
Academy in Oslo, Norway. Tina Clarke
Tina Clarke is the campaign director for Massachusetts
Clean Water Action and Clean Water Fund. Clean Water Action (CWA) is a
national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable
water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe
jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work.
With offices in 22 states, CWA goes door-to-door, reaching
two million people a year. CWA builds coalitions and leads grassroots
campaigns to reduce toxic pollution and help our economy make a transition
to safer, cleaner technologies and products. By focusing on the health
impacts of pollution, CWA builds broad-based coalitions
that include labor unions, business leaders, medical professionals,
parents, teachers, community organizations, environmental justice
organizations
in communities of color, and other diverse sectors of society who are
not normally active in “environmental” causes. Tina has been an activist, consultant, trainer, and director of nonprofit programs
since 1985. Prior to joining Clean Water Action in 2001, she assisted
over 140 organizations in strategic planning, program development,
fundraising, public education, coalition building, and staff development.
For seven years she worked in Washington, D.C., directing national
advocacy training programs on a range of public policy issues. She
led a citizen training project that included 17 national faith communities,
and later she directed Greenpeace USA's citizen mobilization network.
She has a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago,
where she studied American politics, economics, non-profit management,
and U.S. foreign policy. She earned her B.A. at Macalester College. Return to Event Details
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