Entries by J. Carl Ganter

Summit on the Shore

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At Circle of Blue Summit on the Shore, Dr. Jerry Linenger occupied the highest room at Pine Hollow, our remarkable host facilities. Fitting for the man who once held the record for longest time a U.S. astronaut has spent in orbit. Jerry joins the Circle of Blue board, bringing not only his unique perspective of […]

Good News from the National Academy of Sciences

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Nick Cain, communications guru at the Pacific Institute, shared the good news: Dr. Peter Gleick, our chairman, is now a member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. It’s one of the “highest honors that can be awarded a scientist or engineer.” –J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue director J. Carl GanterJ. Carl Ganter is […]

Epicenter: Hotel Condesa D.F.

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After 12 hours of back-to-back interviews with Mexico City press, Circle of Blue team members made a mad dash back to their rooms to change clothes, grab laptops, and head down to the Hotel Condesa Cinema to present a special preview of Tehuacán: Divining Destiny. Just four weeks earlier, a Circle […]

Ball Foundation Joins Circle of Blue

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — It’s going to be a great day here in Mexico City. As we meet with reporters and prepare for our guests to arrive, I just learned that the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation has joined Circle of Blue as a funder. The foundation board shares our vision for a […]

Water and the Media at the World Water Forum

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Water and the Media was a World Water Forum panel discussion this morning hosted by the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the World Water Council. I was one of three panel members for the session that focused on the challenges of reporting on local and global […]

Wilson Center Water Stories

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WASHINGTON – While we’re preparing for our return to Mexico City to showcase “Tehuacán: Divining Destiny,” the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Environmental Change and Security Program has published our working group’s papers online. (Mine is called “Navigating the Mainstream: Making Water Issues Matter.”) Included are the multimedia reports Soren Nielsen and I produced […]

Tehuacán: every drop is sacred

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I’m just back from Tehuacán, Mexico where an entire region’s survival hangs by each liter of water. Beneath the dust plumes that cloud the sky north of town, families shepherd every drop to sustain themselves and their meager crops. The situation for subsistence farmers can be dire — many only grow enough to feed their […]

To Mexico, At Breakneck Speed

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It’s all systems go for our Circle of Blue pilot in Mexico. We’re all up to the a challenge — create exceptional, fresh, relevant reportage from the frontlines of the global freshwater crisis in time to present in Mexico City on March 20. –J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue director J. Carl GanterJ. Carl Ganter […]

Red Carpet, Blind Paparazzi

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NEW YORK, New York — OK, one more thought from the Time Global Health Summit: I can’t help but comment on the “red carpet” press event at the Alicia Keys “Black Ball,” a fundraiser to bring AIDS medications to children in Africa.

Time Global Health Summit: Hope?

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NEW YORK, New York — The closing sessions at the Time Global Health Summit, I hope, left the audience with a feeling of hope and a call to action. Bono appeared above our heads as a giant projected image, likening the Summit to a health Woodstock Fest, but with a critical mission. I loved his […]

Time Health Summit: One Picture, Etching Itself Upon Our Souls

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NEW YORK, New York — Magic moments at conferences usually occur off-stage at these highly coordinated events of high talent and connectivity. I wasn’t disappointed. As the cocktail party quieted down, and Ted Turner and other guests segued to dinner and off-site discussion, I found Jim Kelly, Time‘s managing editor, taking in the glorious view […]

Missed The Story, Again

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NEW YORK, New York — A TV business reporter pursued the avian flu story with Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson here at the Time Global Health Summit. Photo courtesy of Evan Agostini / Time Richard Branson at the Time Global Health Summit. The resulting exchange made the headlines, as Branson elaborated on his firm’s preparation […]