Beyond Boundaries · Essays and tidbits from Nancy Bo Flood
I’m pleased to have Miranda Paul on my water team. She has written Water is Water. This is an excellent picture book, beautifully illustrated by Jason Chin. This title will…
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A lot of water is necessary to manufacture “things,” such as the shirt you are wearing. That shirt? About 700 gallons. How much water does it take to make a…
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America celebrated an important birthday this week. The Clean Water Act turned 43. Essentially, the law said water belonged to everyone. Public waterways couldn’t be used by businesses as liquid…
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This smiling trio might be named “the war panel.” Nancy Bo Flood, Lyn Miller-Lachman, and Terry Farish presented different perspectives about three war situations and the disconnecting effects on children…
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Sharing water. Sharing ideas. Read Water Runs Through This Book, then check out these questions. When you’re discussing this book, you’re discussing our future.
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One gallon of water weighs 8.3 pounds (3.76 kg). Hold that on top of your head and walk around for a few hours. Not fun! How much water would you…
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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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