Environmental Film Fest: Summer Series

Watershed: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West

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As the most dammed, dibbed, and diverted river in the world struggles to support thirty million people and the peace-keeping agreement known as the Colorado River Pact reaches its limits, this movie introduces hope. Can we meet the needs of a growing population in the face of rising temperatures and lower rainfall in an already arid land? Can we find harmony amongst the competing interests of cities, agriculture, industry, recreation, wildlife, and indigenous communities with rights to the water? This film presents a diverse set of perspectives reflecting on a compelling new water ethic—one that illuminates how letting go of the ways of old can lead to a path of coexisting with enough for all.

  • Year
    2012
  • Runtime
    57 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Mark Decena
  • Producer
    James Redford