Watersheds as Commons

From: Jack Loeffler
Length: 06:43:59

A radio series of 14 thirty-minute programs set in the American Southwest. This series includes voices of cowboys and Indians, scientists and Salt-of-the-Earth. In a time of global warming and over-indulgence, we listen to those who challenge current land use practices, express deep-seated cultural and ecological concerns, and forward ideas for restoration of the threatened watersheds and bioregions of the American Southwest and beyond. A great choice for Earth Day. Read the full description.

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Playing: Watersheds as Commons
From: Jack Loeffler

Wac_cover_thumbnail_copy_small Titles of the shows are as follows:

1) Watersheds as Commons: An Introduction

2) Manifest Destiny: Coming of Anglos to the American West

3) Hispano Culture and the Acequia Tradition

4) Ranching in the Arid West

5) The Río Grande: Negotiating the Rapids of the Future

6) Río Grande Pueblos: Teachings for the Next Generation

7) Canadian/Pecos/Gila Watersheds: Examining Culture and Conservation

8) Tohono O'odham Culture: Embracing Change with Traditional Wisdom

9) Colorado River: Complexity, Legislation and Natural Law

10) Navajo Culture: Applying Tradition to the Modern World

11) Hopi Culture: Listening to the Flow of Nature

12) Water in the Time of Climate Change and Overpopulation

13) Roots of Hunger: Rethinking our Foodsheds

14) Consciousness, Conscience and the Commons

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Piece Description

Titles of the shows are as follows:

1) Watersheds as Commons: An Introduction

2) Manifest Destiny: Coming of Anglos to the American West

3) Hispano Culture and the Acequia Tradition

4) Ranching in the Arid West

5) The Río Grande: Negotiating the Rapids of the Future

6) Río Grande Pueblos: Teachings for the Next Generation

7) Canadian/Pecos/Gila Watersheds: Examining Culture and Conservation

8) Tohono O'odham Culture: Embracing Change with Traditional Wisdom

9) Colorado River: Complexity, Legislation and Natural Law

10) Navajo Culture: Applying Tradition to the Modern World

11) Hopi Culture: Listening to the Flow of Nature

12) Water in the Time of Climate Change and Overpopulation

13) Roots of Hunger: Rethinking our Foodsheds

14) Consciousness, Conscience and the Commons

Additional Credits

Watersheds as Commons was funded by the Christensen Fund and the New Mexico Humanities Council. Field work was conducted by Tessie Naranjo, Rina Swentzell, Roy Kady, Sonia Dickey, Lyle Balenquah, Lilian Hill, Alta Begay, Camillus Lopez, David Garcia, Juan Estevan Arellano, Celestia Loeffler, and Jack Loeffler. Interviews were transcribed by Yvonne Bond. Theme music was performed by Carl Bernstein. Distribution Consultant was Paul Ingles. Graphic design and CD duplication was provided by Jorgie Winsberg of DeSoto Productions.