Beyond Boundaries · Essays and Tidbits From Nancy Bo Flood
New studies show that our brain neurons are “hardwired” to respond to the sounds, smells, and feel of water. Relax in a hot bath, splash through a puddle, sit by…
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People who live in the driest desert on earth use huge nets to catch fog and “harvest” water. The Atacama in Chile is an “absolute desert,” but over one million…
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Most people in the United States use about 100 gallons of water each day. People who do not have “running water” use less than five gallons of water a day.…
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What if you turned on the faucet—and nothing came out? Flush the toilet. No water there either. Hmmm. . . Try all the faucets in the house and school. Nothing!…
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Add up all the miles women and children in South Africa walk. For water. Every day. Sixteen trips to the moon and back, Every day, For water. from page 41,…
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Rain falls, washes into streams or soaks into the earth, and joins with water from many places to support an environmental community, a watershed. A watershed includes all the plants,…
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Imagining our bodies as a biological watershed helps us understand the importance of each part of an environmental watershed. Water, not blood, is the main “connector.” (from page 32, Water…
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Water that falls on forests, parks, or live vegetation, soaks slowly into the earth. It often takes years before this water becomes part of the surface water again. During those…
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How are glaciers made? I tell how in my poem that begins: Capture one Snowflake. —from Chapter Five (page 27), Water Runs Through This Book, by Nancy Bo Flood
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Water is ever-changing as it runs through, disappears, collects, and evaporates. Water freezes into glaciers, falls as a snowflake, drips from an icicle. Water stirs a spring seedling into…
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Now imagine you are looking DOWN, deep in the earth, at least several hundred feet. Beneath the surface of our western deserts, hydrologists have found pockets of ancient water –…
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Water helps us cool down when we get too hot. Drinking a warm glass of water energizes, soothes a headache, and can relieve asthma. How does warm water help you…
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