Sandra Postel Quotes

• Water is finite and we have not done a great job of managing it in the past.

  Sandra Postel

  Jobs, Past, Water

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• For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.

  Sandra Postel

  Rain, Science, Thinking

  Sandra Postel (2014). “The Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity”, p.184, Routledge

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• Water is the basis of life and the blue arteries of the earth! Everything in the non-marine environment depends on freshwater to survive.

  Sandra Postel

  Rain, Marine, Blue

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• We have been quick to assume rights to use water but slow to recognize obligations to preserve and protect it... In short, we need a water ethic-a guide to right conduct in the face of complex decisions about natural systems we do not and cannot fully understand.

  Sandra Postel

  Rain, Rights, Rivers

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• Reforesting the earth is possible, given a human touch.

  Sandra Postel

  Tree, Humanity, Earth

  Sandra Postel, Lori Heise (1988). “Reforesting the earth”, Worldwatch Inst

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• Pervasive depletion and overuse of water supplies, the high capital cost of new large water projects, rising pumping costs and worsening ecological damage call for a shift in the way water is valued, used and managed.

  Sandra Postel

  Science, Water, Cost

  Sandra Postel (1985). “Conserving water: the untapped alternative”, Worldwatch Inst

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• Today's water institutions-the policies and laws, government agencies and planning and engineering practices that shape patterns of water use-are steeped in a supply-side management philosophy no longer appropriate to solving today's water problems.

  Sandra Postel

  Philosophy, Science, Agency

  Sandra Postel (1985). “Conserving water: the untapped alternative”, Worldwatch Inst

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