Betsy Damon: Water Talks
PREORDER HERE
Book launch: Betsy Damon in conversation with
John-Scott Legg, the Director of SteinerBooks
Wednesday, April 6, 7 PM
La MaMa Galleria
47 Great Jones Street
New York, NY 10003
tel. 212.505.2476
“I have lived on Planet Earth for eighty-three years. I have seen so much change, and that includes advances in living standards for millions of people on the one hand, and the increasing destruction of the environment on the other. Somehow, we must find a middle path. This is why Betsy wrote this book. All people need to be empowered to know their waters and to take charge of lifesaving decisions.”
—Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
“As living systems, we are interconnected, reliant on our environment for the air we breathe and the water that sustains us. Damon identifies the barriers to clean water, but simultaneously offers the tools needed to create change and clarifies the key role artists play in the process.”
—Christine Filippone, Ph.D., Terra Smithsonian Senior Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum
In Water Talks, artist Betsy Damon offers much-needed wisdom on water we all can benefit from, whether you are an artist, a scientist, or an engineer. Damon has worked over the course of her 40 year-long career with communities around the world across geopolitical and cultural boundaries on water. The book is a great combination of empirical knowledge and exciting scientific information on water; it offers numerous examples, both accessible and practical, of planning, designing, and implementing community-based projects on water. I find this book an absolute must-have in educating, transforming, inspiring, and mentoring the next generation.
—Dr. Changwoo Ahn, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University
“Of the many things that humans take for granted—the sun, the wind, the soil—water, as Betsy Damon beautifully states in so many ways, is the thread that binds all life systems from sociological to ecological.”
—Pliny Fisk, founder and director of Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
“Betsy Damon shows us that the road to awareness and action always begins with listening and connectivity.”
—Julie Reiss, Editor, Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene (2019)