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Students and Soldiers: Captivating Stories from Montana Veterans for November 12, 2012
1:00 PM - 1:58 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: Peter Neill - Sea to Shining Sea: The Water Crisis
As the climate is getting warmer and the population is growing, many parts of the world are running out of water. The earth is rapidly drying up as demand far outstrips supply. Global consumption of water is doubling every twenty years. A crisis is looming. According to the UN, by 2025 as many as 3.5 billion people will face water scarcity. The potential for war and conflict is all too obvious. From Australia to Spain record droughts have led to critical water shortages. A fraction of the planet’s water is fresh, all the rest is salty. How can we create a just and sustainable future based on the notion of water as a commons and a public trust, and not a commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. Can new ways be found to increase our water supply?
An Encore Broadcast of this MTPR show:
"Students and Soldiers" weaves together wartime stories from twelve Montana veterans of various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Interviewed by teams of high school students, the veterans - male and female, early twenties to mid-nineties - reflect more than seventy years of service history, from WWII to the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Producers: Susan Jamerson; Amanda Opitz; Clark Grant; Montana Public Radio.
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