The Final Presentation Photos are here.
Hey Everyone!! Spread the word!!
Here are the two RealMedia streams for the Mission 2012 final presentation.
The free version of
RealPlayer version
8 or later provides all required functionality for viewing this webcast.
First Assignment (Due Friday by noon)
Where does your drinking water at home come from? Your MIT water?
How much do you (or someone) pay for it?
Any idea of your family’s yearly consumption?
Do you know anything about the quality of your water?
Is access to clean water a “right”?
Send me a brief email (sbowring@mit.edu)
with your answers.
First Powerpoint Presentation is here.
Second Powerpoint Presentation is here.
Library Assignment (September 12) is here.
GIS Workshop Assignment (September 12) is here.
Important note from Sam: I have put twenty copies of the book Cadillac
Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, on Reserve in Lindgren
Library.
This is
the
definitive book written on water in the western U.S. and I recommend that
all teams and individuals read it. It is essential reading!!
Monday, September 15th Meeting locations
are here.
Get the September 19th Group
Presentations here.
For Friday, September 26: special lecture by Charlie Harvey of Civil and Environmental Engineering on: The hydrologic cycle and water resources. To prepare, please read this paper.
Here are the group assignments due on October 15th.
All should visit the Pacific Institute website and see especially the following:
Gleick, P.H. (ed.) 1993. Water in Crisis: A Guide to the World's Fresh Water Resources. Oxford University Press, New York.
Gleick, P.H. 1998. The World’s Water 1998-1999: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C. [Chinese edition published in Beijing, 2001)
Gleick, P.H. 2000. The World’s Water 2000-2001: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gleick, P.H. et al. 2002. The World’s Water 2002-2003: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gleick, P.H. et al. 2004. The World’s Water 2004-2005: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gleick, P.H. et al. 2006. The World’s Water 2006-2007. The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
Gleick, P.H. et al. 2008. The World’s Water 2008-2009. The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources. Island Press, Washington, D.C. [in press]
As per your request, we have managed to score
a new room for flat meetings. It is E25-117--aka the Medical building. So
on Mondays and Wednesdays this will now be our default room. It has been
described by Seth as a "pleasing open space with nice tables and chairs with
plenty of room for creative thinking as well as viewing the courtyard through
large windows".
