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Jordan River: Day 11
Manufacturing Water
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 11, 2010It is so dry here. I drink water constantly but always my throat feels scratchy. My eyes feel as dry as the barren riverbeds of the region, and it seems no amount of eye drops can remedy the situation.
Okavango Delta: Day 1
Every River Has Its People
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010It’s been a madcap day of travel. 24 hours straight from India to Botswana: Delhi to Abu Dhabi, UAE to Johannesburg, South Africa, to Gaborone, capital of Botswana, then to Maun, the village where we’ll stay for the next two nights.
Ganges River: Day 13
Joyti Sharma: A Force of Nature
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010
We began the day with a 6 am departure via van from Rishikesh back to Delhi for a day of meetings prior to our 9:30 pm series of flights to Botswana. The sun hides behind the mountains until nearly 9 am in Rishikesh, so the sky still echoed with darkness as we gathered our belongings. The roads were blessedly quiet for a few hours, allowing us to catch a few extra moments of sleep. But by lunchtime, when we reached Delhi, traffic clogged the streets with its now-familiar tempestuousness.
Ganges River: Day 8
Rakesh Jaiswal: The Crusader
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010
We woke up at 5 this morning to climb on a bus to Kanpur, a large industrial town about 300 km up the road from Varanasi, to interview Rakesh Jaiswal, an environmental scientist and the founder of Eco-Friends, a non-profit organization. The Ganges here is unrecognizable as a nation’s great provider and Hindu goddess. Water bubbles along the shore, thick black like liquid asphalt and stinking of sewage.
Ganges River: Day 6
Veer Bhadra Mishra: Scientist, Activist, and Holy Man
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2010Ganges River: Day 2
Suresh Babu: Promoting Better Water Policy
By Alexandra Cousteau | June 10, 2009
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