Alex Prud'homme
Thanks Frontier Psychiatrist! http://frontpsych.com/2011/12/19/10-best-nonfiction-books-2011/ Here’s what the FP has to say about The Ripple Effect: Prud’homme condenses the complex science, politics, history, and economics of water into a brisk polemic for the lay reader. His hydrological quest brings him to mines and salmon spawning grounds in Alaska, river deltas in California, and a subterranean pipe [...]
This just in: Author of THE RIPPLE EFFECT and co-author of MY LIFE IN FRANCE Alex Prud’homme’s new book on Julia Child, A COOK’S TOUR, highlighting Child’s mid-career transformation in the early 1970s, as she leads a film crew to document French artisanal foodways, declares independence from her longtime collaborator Simca Beck, and redefines herself [...]
A big *thanks* to the Salisbury Forum, in CT, which hosted me and a screening of Last Call at the Oasis at the Millerton, NY, Moviehouse. Somehow, Walter De Melle pulled in over 300 people on a gorgeous Sunday morning. They were engaged and asked good questions. Now that’s ”spreading the ripples”! http://salisburyforum.org/ http://www.themoviehouse.net/
THE MASTER OF DISASTER By Alex Prud’homme Men’s Journal, February 2013 Bob Bea, the nation’s foremost forensic engineer, is the guy to call when levees break or oil rigs explode — to sift through the wreckage, assign blame, and try to prevent the same mistakes again. (He’s still working on that part.) Robert Bea’s large, beige, seemingly bland [...]
I know all of you have been waiting for this moment … At last, here is the long-rumored, extended Jack Black Porcelain Springs promo from “Last Call at the Oasis.” Happy 2013 — drink up!
Floating Ideas for Saving the Ever-Diminishing Colorado River Did someone say pipeline? By Lawrence Karol December 13, 2012 Comment A view of the Colorado River flowing through Marble Canyon in Arizona. (Staff/Getty Images) As with many other resources that we used to take for granted back in the 20th century, water is becoming more scarce. That’s [...]
My lovely and talented wife Sarah has been working on a new photo series. For those who couldn’t make the opening at Brooklyn Cottage, here’s a sneak peak:
Alex Prud’homme Discusses the Ripple Effect & Documentary here in Philly! by JULIE on DECEMBER 4, 2012 · LEAVE A COMMENT · in EVENTS 2 Water water everywhere… but do we have to worry about what we can drink? Journalist Alex Prud’homme is coming to Philadelphia to discuss his book, “The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the Twenty-First Century”. Tomorrow, Wednesday December 5th [...]
for foodies Comfort And Joy: Making The ‘Morning Edition’ Julia Child Thanksgiving by APRIL FULTON November 21, 2012 4:00 AM Listen to the Story Morning Edition Playlist Download Transcript Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR Maggie Starbard/NPR 1 OF 12 View slideshowi Like [...]
I write about this issue in The Ripple Effect. It is a growing concern, and one that regulators should take a close look at: Rice Farmers Suing Drug Company and Poultry Industry for Contaminating Their Crop with Arsenic October 25 2012 | 144856 views | + Add to Favorites By Dr. Mercola Three Arkansas farming operations have filed a class-action [...]
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- “Ripple” one of 10 Best books 2011 – FrontierPsych
- I am pleased to announce my new book deal …
- Spreading the Ripples!
- Who to call to call when levees break or oil rigs explode? Check out my latest piece in Feb Mens Journal: THE MASTER OF DISASTER
- Finally, the extended Jack Black promo for Porcelain Springs!
Reviews
"Both drought and flood are on the rise, and Alex Prud'homme, in this fine new account, helps you understand why. We've taken the planet's hydrology for granted for the 10,000 years of human civilization; that's a luxury we can no longer afford."
- Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet; founder of 350.org
"By illuminating the central issues -- water quality, water quantity, ownership, waste, infrastructure -- through the tales of individuals who wrestle with them, Alex Prud'homme makes a vast and desperately serious topic flow beautifully through the rocks and hard places that our planet is caught between"
- John Seabrook, staff writer at The New Yorker and author of Flash of Genius
“The problem of water quantity, quality and use are upon us. Alex Prud’homme’s book identifies some of the culprits, including us inattentive citizens and the combination of regulations and markets needed to make clean water usable and available in the Twenty-first Century. This book should wake you up.”
- William D. Ruckelshaus, EPA Administrator under presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan
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EConroy@wmeentertainment.comReporting for The Ripple Effect
Reporting for the book I traveled from inside New York City’s new Water Tunnel No. 3 (the $6 billion water tunnel being drilled 600 feet beneath Manhattan) to the disputed aquifers of Poland Springs, ME, the “intersex” fish and Dead Zone of the Chesapeake Bay, poisoned wells and flooding rivers in the Midwest, the “water-energy nexus” in oil and gas fields, the failed levees of Katrina-wracked New Orleans, drought-threatened Las Vegas, California’s vulnerable San Francisco Delta, and up to the resource wars of the Alaskan Peninsula.Fan Page