Winter 2021 • Issue 8
Community Service
Published February 2021
Centered on Community Service, this issue explores the essential connection between scientific research and civic advocacy in protecting water resources. Through interviews and essays, it highlights how experts can navigate activism, such as opposing corporate water bottling, and amplifies the perspectives of concerned citizens through dialogue with leaders like Pat Chow-Fraser. The content reinforces the idea that science must extend beyond the lab to influence policy and empower local stakeholders, while also recognizing outstanding contributions to the field through professional awards and tributes to influential advocates.
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Departments
What to do about our national water crisis
Erin Brockovich's new book urges citizens to fight America's drinking water crisis through activism and a national self-reporting registry, rather than waiting for regulators or "Superman" to solve the problem.
Ernest Kiplangat Ronoh
Les Warren
Liz Berg
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