Water is Life: Rivers Need Water

Rivers have a right to life; landscapes have a right to rivers.

— Melina Watts (@melinaswatts) April 4, 2015

@LaOpinionLA ¿Pueden 3 estudiantes de ingeniería españolas dejar de redes fantasma de matar a los mamíferos marinos?http://t.co/3uVsuyuBIe

— Melina Watts (@melinaswatts) February 25, 2015

@zonker35 Can three Spanish engineering students save marine mammals from death by ghost nets? Check it out: http://t.co/3uVsuyuBIe

— Melina Watts (@melinaswatts) February 25, 2015

@bruneski Can radio frequency tags invented by charismatic engineering students save marine mammals from ghost nets? http://t.co/3uVsuyuBIe

— Melina Watts (@melinaswatts) February 26, 2015

"As Environmentalists, We Need to Make “Ananda” Central to Our Lives," article from "Earth Island Journal"

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/as_environmentalists_we_need_to_make_ananda_central_to_our_lives/

From the article: "The author Madeleine L’Engle often interwove ideas about science, religion, and the arts into her science fiction books for children. But there’s a lot in there that’s good for actual grown-ups, too. In particular, she addressed a major theme in Hinduism, the idea of “ananda,” which she, most gracefully translates from the Sanskrit as: “Ananda: the joy without which the universe would cease to exist.”

"When a River Doesn't Run Through It," article from "Earth Island Journal"

http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/when_a_river_does-not_run_through_it

An article on photographer Pete McBride, the Colorado River Delta and other rivers he has shot. Because sometimes a picture is worth a watershed.

"RCDSMM Native Plants Sale, December 6," article from "Topanga Messenger"

http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?ArticleID=7224

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