“We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide ion than that furnished by pure water. This is a very one sided definition.” GivingWaterHigherPureSolutionsDefinitionsSubstanceConcentrationAcidHydrogenOne SidedIonsPure Water Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
“I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.” WantHelpingTogetherWaterCommunityPartySolutionsRiversThriveArkansas Author:Ken Salazar
“When we talk of flood control, we usually think of dams and deeper river channels, to impound the waters or hurry their run-off. Yet neither is the ultimate solution, simply because floods are caused by the flow of water downhill. If the hills are wooded, that flow is checked. If there is a swamp at the foot of the hills, the swamp sponges up most of the excess water, restores some of it to the underground water supply and feeds the remainder slowly into the streams. Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.” IfsThinkingYearsHas BeensRunningWaterFeetConditionsSolutionsFlowRiversUltimateDeeperWoodsHillsStreamsExcessFloodDrainsSwampsSpongesProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemDams Author:Hal Borland
“Freezing concentrates sugar (maple sugar), alcohol, and salt solutions as efficiently as heating distils water or alcohol from solutions. Open pans of maple sugar can have the surface ice removed regularly (each day) until a sugar concentrate remains. Salts in water, and alcohol in ferment liquors can be concentrated in the same way.” WayWaterSolutionsRemainsSurfaceAlcoholIceEach DaySugarSaltLiquorFreezingMapleHeating Author:Bill Mollison
“The air was calm and insects had not yet risen off the water, that crisp time of morning before the sun strikes, when it is still cool enough to work out solutions to sticky problems.” StillsEnoughProblemWaterMorningSunAirSolutionsCalmWork OutStrikesInsectsRisenCrispsSticky Author:April Smith
“Unquenchable is a worthy successor to Cadillac Desert that ably demonstrates how our most valuable resource is being squandered, ignored, and flushed away. Although it reminds us that water is indeed finite, Unquenchable clearly shows us the solutions to the greatest threat of the 21st century are limited only by politics and greed.” ShowsWaterCenturySolutionsResourcesThreatGreedValuableWorthyDesertIgnored21st CenturyFiniteSuccessorsCadillacs Author:Terry Tamminen
“Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between climate change, water scarcity, energy shortages, global health, food security and women's empowerment. Solutions to one problem must be solutions for all.” PeopleProblemFightingEnergyGrowthWaterPovertyEconomicSecurityPlanetsSolutionsEmpowermentClimateClimate ChangeSavingOur PlanetEconomic GrowthLiftingAdvancingDotsShortageScarcityHealth FoodFood SecurityGlobal PovertyGlobal HealthEconomic EmpowermentSolutions To PovertyEconomic Climate Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Nation states are not a solution for democratic governance. This is same for Kurdish people. To see it as a solution is same as trying to drink water while drowning. The real necessity is oxygen not water. The solution is to get out of water and take a deep breath, decrease nation state and increase social democracy. Therefore our requests of a state are no further than a social and deeply rooted democracy.” PeopleTryingRealWaterDemocracyDrinkSolutionsDemocraticDrowningDeep BreathDrink WaterTake A Deep Breath Author:Selahattin Demirtas
“With irrigation channels and rivers running dry and municipal water storage dams reaching record lows, California's politicians are getting desperate for solutions to a drought that seemingly has no end.” EndsRunningWaterRecordsPoliticianSolutionsLowsRiversCaliforniaDryDesperateReachingDroughtStorageDamsIrrigation Author:Marc Levine