Rain
Bird Corporation is pleased to announce the release of its
Intelligent Use of Water video podcast series examining public
attitudes and behaviors surrounding global water conservation.
Filmed during Rain Bird’s Intelligent Use of Water
Summit on December 31, 2006, in Pasadena, California, each
of the 8 video podcasts feature remarks and presentations
from a diverse panel of scholars, landscape designers, municipal
directors and environmental organizations addressing the
current state of water conservation and the strategies needed
to conserve Earth’s most precious natural resource.
Established in 2004 as a forum to further define the relationship
between water conservation and landscape water use, Rain
Bird's fifth Intelligent Use of Water Summit comes on the
heels of a recent U.N. report predicting an eminent and devastating
global water shortage by the year 2025. The Intelligent
Use of Water Summit video podcast series addresses the need
for municipalities, corporations and governments to help
shape water usage habits through global and local water conservation
strategies, programs and initiatives.
Rain Bird’s free weekly Intelligent Use of Water video
podcasts are available for download on iTunes. The
series consists of 8 video podcasts, distributed weekly to
subscribers, and features the following presenters:
Denis Gourdeau, Water Management
Coordinator,
City of Calgary
Parks, Alberta, Canada
Denis discusses the technological advances that the City of Calgary has put into
place to conserve water, and it has built up public support for their water conservation
measures and initiatives. Denis holds a post diploma in forest resource technology
and diploma in civil and structural engineering from British Columbia Institute
of Technology and several IA certificates including irrigation designer, landscape
irrigation auditor and golf irrigation auditor.
Jim Trog, Central Control Irrigation Manager at Four Peaks
Drawing on his experience as the Central Control Irrigation
Manager at Four Peaks Landscape, Jim Trog presents his
perspective of water conservation in the real world and
discusses the challenges to water conservation in the first
of two podcasts. In the second, he discusses technological
advances available to contractors and consumers today that
can help conserve water on a local scale.
Leslie Tait, Thames Water - UK
In this first of two Podcasts, Lesley explains the drought
conditions Thames Water faced in London last summer. In
the second part of Leslie’s presentation, she details
Thames Water’s marketing campaign aimed at reducing
the public consumption of water. Lesley has a bachelor
of science in chemistry and environmental science from
the University of Southampton and a master’s degree
in environmental management from Imperial College, London.
Michael Glassman, Co-Host of Discovery
Home’s Garden
Police
An award-winning landscape designer and co-host of Discovery
Home’s landscape makeover program Garden Police,
Michael Glassman provides ways that homeowners can save
water by modifying their landscape design.
Robert Glennon, Professor of Law and Public Policy,
Rogers
College of Law at the University of Arizona
In this first of two Podcasts featuring Robert’s remarks,
he sets up the problems we all face with the growing shortage
of water. Robert is a professor of law and public policy
in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona.
Robert has authored many books, articles and other papers
on water resources and lectures widely around the United
States. In the second part of his presentation, Robert
discussed ways in which governments and municipalities
can reduce consumer demand for water and avert a global
water crisis.
Dave Johnson, Director of Corporate Marketing, Rain Bird
Corporation
Dave Johnson outlines the leadership role Rain Bird is taking
raising awareness of the need for water conservation through
the Intelligent Use of Water initiatives and programs.
iTunes
link to The Intelligent Use of Water Podcast