“Blue Revolution,” the newly released call for a water ethic by journalist and SPOHP alum Cynthia Barnett is this month’s “Gators Read” selection, an event sponsored by the UF Libraries. On October 2, students, staff and faculty members are welcome at a lunchtime book talk event with the author.
Librarians have made reserve copies available at the Library West, Architecture and Health Science Center libraries for anyone who would like to join the read.
The Los Angeles Times writes that author Cynthia Barnett “takes us back to the origins of our water in much the same way, with much the same vividness and compassion as Michael Pollan led us from our kitchens to potato fields and feed lots of modern agribusiness.”
Ms. Barnett’s first book, Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S., spun out of her graduate work at the University of Florida. She earned her bachelor’s in journalism and her master’s in American history with a specialization in Florida environmental history, both from UF.
Cynthia Barnett at TEDxUF 2012
For more information about this event, contact UF Libraries .