A Compelling Call for a New Water Ethic – Reviewing Cynthia Barnett’s “Blue Revolution”

In “Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis” (Beacon Press), author Cynthia Barnett balances urgency and optimism in describing how our water crisis can be solved with a new water ethic. Barnett’s previous book, “Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.” exposed the myth of water abundance and detailed how law, policy, economics, politics, business, and American culture have all contributed to a system of water overuse and abuse. “Blue Revolution” is an... Read more →