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Spacey Gracey takes on the governor!

April 30, 2007

Here’s a problem: the board of directors for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources doesn’t have a single environmentalist on it, but has plenty of polluters and developers. So local [...]

What can we learn from a dodo bird?

April 30, 2007

Over at the Post-Normal Times blog, Sylvia is is pointing to connections between GOP pollster Frank Luntz’s work and the Nisbet/Mooney “framing science” kerfuffle. Sam Bradley at Communication, Cognition, and [...]

Columnist touts Water Words

April 26, 2007

I’m really enjoying doing this blog, but it is even more fun to get together with activists, scientists, engineers, and regulators and walk through the material in person. The pace [...]

Recommended Resource!

April 24, 2007

Mike in California sent me a promising brochure last week published by the California Department of Water Resources. It has a simple straightforward title: “Write about watersheds with courtesy and [...]

Guest Post: Community Outreach via Video?

April 23, 2007

Hello, fellow Water Words readers! A little background: Eric’s blog serendipitously went live at the same time our organization was considering developing a number of short movies related to water [...]

Gallup: Participation in Environmental Movement Steady

April 20, 2007

One of the inspirations for Water Words That Work is the Gallup Poll Daily Briefing, where Dr. Newport, editor in chief of the polling firm, narrates the company’s latest findings [...]

Opinions from Two: So What About You?

April 17, 2007

I love hearing from Water Words readers, either by email or via the comment feature on the blog. In the past week, I received two emails conveying rather different perspectives [...]

Lakoff Revisited: Framing Science

April 15, 2007

In Sunday’s Washington Post, Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet published a piece called “Thanks for the Facts. Now Sell Them,” chastising the scientific establishment for failing to interpret their findings [...]