http://www.water23.com/wp water - our most precious resource Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:02:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In New England, December heralds the arrival of winter and lots of activity preparing for the holiday season. The television blares out a stream of commercials about Christmas gift ideas. Chevy Chase's laugh inducing antics as Clark Griswold, the hapless holiday romantic in the movie Christmas Vacation seems to saturate ... http://www.water23.com/wp/?p=61 This summer I read an interesting book Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water. I have to say I found the book a little disquieting as I learned more about the  environmental, economic, and political issues arising as corporations rush to privatize water resources.  ... http://www.water23.com/wp/?p=49 When I was a kid growing up in Boston, MA, my friends and I would often head down to the Charles River. On warm summer days we would wile away the hours skipping stones on the river, fashioning makeshift rafts, or trying to lure a carp onto a fishing line ... http://www.water23.com/wp/?p=30 This past spring and summer were unusually wet in the New England region. Heavy rainfalls in June put a damper on the beginning of summer trips to the beach. In fact, many farmers in the area were worried that their crops would be ruined by too much rain. While New England ... http://www.water23.com/wp/?p=10 Dean Kamen is a prolific American inventor and entrepreneur.  He is perhaps best known for being the creater of the Segway, a two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter system. Kamen has been tinkering with technology and inventing new products since his teenage years.  He loves technology and through a program he founded ... http://www.water23.com/wp/?p=3