Gaia Desert

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I'm giving a presentation today in our annual faculty meeting/retreat.  The title is "A Christian's Global Stewardship and Duty for Sustainable Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene".  You can see the presentation on prezi here: http://prezi.com/mrhp7uyq0kji/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share Some points that I want to make are the following: I am not aware of ANY department, program, school, curriculum etc at any school in any country which focuses on water and sanitation from a christian perspective to water and sanitation.  The Loma Linda University School of Public Health is in a prime position to have an academic program on water and sanitation from a religion perspective.   We are in this prime position because: We are re-energizing and re-designing our School of Public Health We recognize our strength as  a religious school of Public Health There are MANY Christian NGOs with WASH as a top priority WASH and Tropical Medicine ...

I'm a bicycle commuter. I would rather ride a bike than take a bus or drive a car.

Here is a re-post of a blog I recently discovered: "Why evolution is true".  Only Turkey is lower in belief of evolution. http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/acceptance-of-evolution-vs-religiosity-in-the-u-s/ This was from the water wired blog

If the sea level increased by 2 meters, there would be serious problems in Long Beach and other coastal communities. The desert would have a similar problem. ALL of the Eastern Coachella Valley would flood. This is according to a new web resource posted  here:  This is probably based on elevation modeling alone, but is still relevant. What happens in Bangladesh is troubling, but think of what happens at home.  The  Laguna Salada  would be filled by the Sea of Cortez. Everything south of Indio would be in serious trouble. All of the agricultural production in this zone and in Yuma would be in trouble. What are the implications for food supply? I remember this shocking revelation during Katrina in New Orleans. The disadvantaged communities of New Orleans were inconveniently located in the flood zone. The disadvantaged communities of Eastern Coachella and Imperial would be impacted first.

A reporter came to the lab the other day... http://www.kesq.com/news/Reusable-bags-A-danger-to-your-family/-/233092/17186906/-/r38uom/-/index.html

Grey water movements and courses in the Southern California area: The group Greywateraction has an upcoming November conference.  I will be attending this. http://greywateraction.org/workshop/2012/11/15/california-greywater-conference Some news of San Diego movements towards greywater use: http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/san-marcos/environment-group-seeks-to-harvest-low-hanging-fruit-for-water/article_9f8f82b4-1d8d-5ae7-be7e-066fad595623.html The Sky Mountain Institute is an active S. Cal group promoting grey water use: http://www.skymountain.org/pdf/Graywater_Harvesting_2012_Flyer.pdf There is also this one at the Solar Living Institute: http://www.solarliving.org/courses/sustainable-living/601/wa-101-install-a-greywater-system/