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Location: Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center (Google map of this location)

"Conflicting Visions for Water: Common Property or Private Good"

Peter Gleick, Co-founder and President of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, CA

American Studies at Vanderbilt Sustainability Project presents Dr. Peter H. Gleick, co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security in Oakland, California. He will lecture on issues relating to his recent book, Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water.

Dr. Gleick is an internationally recognized water expert and was named a MacArthur Fellow in October 2003 for his work. In 2001, Gleick was dubbed a "visionary on the environment" by the British Broadcasting Corporation. 

Event part of the American Studies at Vanderbilt Sustainability Project.

Cosponsors:  Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment, the Climate Change Research Network, and the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences