Stockholm International Water Institute » Stockholm Water Prize http://www.siwi.org Water Wise World Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 International Water Management Institute (IWMI) named 2012 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate http://www.siwi.org/publication/international-water-management-institute-iwmi-named-2012-stockholm-water-prize-laureate/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/international-water-management-institute-iwmi-named-2012-stockholm-water-prize-laureate/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:57:00 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/international-water-management-institute-iwmi-named-2012-stockholm-water-prize-laureate/ On World Water Day, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), with headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, was named the 2012 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for their pioneering research that has served to improve agriculture water management, enhance food security, protect environmental health and alleviate poverty in developing countries. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the prize at a Royal Award Ceremony during the 2012 World Water Week in Stockholm on August 30.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 1, 2012

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/international-water-management-institute-iwmi-named-2012-stockholm-water-prize-laureate/feed/ 0 Acknowledging Grand Achievements at the World Water Week http://www.siwi.org/publication/acknowledging-grand-achievements-at-the-world-water-week/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/acknowledging-grand-achievements-at-the-world-water-week/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:51:38 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/acknowledging-grand-achievements-at-the-world-water-week/ This years winners are: Prof. Stephen R. Carpenter, the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Ms. Alison Bick received the Stockholm Junior Water Prize and Nestlé was awarded this year’s Stockholm Industry Water Award.

Article in the Stockholm Water Front, issue no 3, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/acknowledging-grand-achievements-at-the-world-water-week/feed/ 0 In Honourable Memory of the 1994 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Dr. Takeshi Kubo http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-1994-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-dr-takeshi-kubo/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-1994-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-dr-takeshi-kubo/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:23 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-1994-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-dr-takeshi-kubo/ Organising a sewage system for 12 million people might sound like a life-time achievement for many, but for the late Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Dr. Takeshi Kubo, this was only the beginning of a life-time journey, which lives on after he passed away on April 1, 2011, at the age of 91.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 2, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-1994-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-dr-takeshi-kubo/feed/ 0 In Honourable Memory of the 2000 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Kader Asmal http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-2000-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-kader-asmal/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-2000-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-kader-asmal/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:21 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-2000-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-kader-asmal/ Many in the world associate his name with revolutionary perseverance to end Apartheid in South Africa, with grand scale reform and not least, with a charming charisma. The 2000 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Professor Kader Asmal left the world a slightly better place, but his choices and knowledge will live on to inspire many, over many years to come.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 2, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/in-honourable-memory-of-the-2000-stockholm-water-prize-laureate-kader-asmal/feed/ 0 Phosphorus: Approaching Fundamental Limits? http://www.siwi.org/publication/phosphorus-approaching-fundamental-limits/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/phosphorus-approaching-fundamental-limits/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:19 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/phosphorus-approaching-fundamental-limits/ Professor Stephen R. Carpenter of the University of Wisconsin-Madison was named the 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his outstanding research on lakes. In this exclusive editorial, he presents an argument for phosphorus management.

Article in Stockholm Water Front, issue no 2, 2011.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/phosphorus-approaching-fundamental-limits/feed/ 0 Stockholm Water Front No. 2 2011 http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2011/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2011/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:15 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2011/ In this issue of the quarterly Stockholm Water Front, an exclusive editorial contribution by the Stockholm Water Prize Laureate Stephen Carpenter presents the dangers for overusing phosphorus. The Laureate says despite scientific uncertainty about reaching a stage of “peak phosphorus” production, humanity is definitely heading towards total exploitation of a nutrient that is extremely important for ecosystems. The issue also focuses on a range of regional and national issues, while keeping SIWIs global perspective. For example, it tackles water policy issues related to China’s Three Gorges Dam, the birth of South Sudan in the Nile basin, and droughts in the western Brazilian Amazon Basin. The diversity of those and other contributions aims to give the reader a critical view of some of the most current issues of our day.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/stockholm-water-front-no-2-2011/feed/ 0 Next big advance will be in catastrophe resilience http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:49:24 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/ The 2011 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Prof. Stephen R. Carpenter believes that the need to deal with large catastrophic events such as floods and droughts will make us rethink how or landscapes and institutions are built.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/next-big-advance-will-be-in-catastrophe-resilience/feed/ 0 A Vital Confluence of Individuals and Ideas – Twenty Years, Topics and Laureates of Influence at the World Water Week and the Stockholm Water Prize http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:35 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/ Confluence: the geographic point where unique streams merge into a powerful new current.

For two decades in Stockholm, men and women from diverse backgrounds and interests have come together during World Water Week to exchange energy and content from their distinctive life journeys and to celebrate excellence through the Stockholm Water Prize.

Beneath a calm surface roils critical debate: What’s water’s value? Who owns priceless rain? How should we govern? A vigorous quest for answers yields unpredictable results. Concepts emerge such as hydrocide, hydrohegemony, ecohydrology or hydrosolidarity. Water turns blue, green or gray; gets hungry; and travels virtually.

What began in 1991 as a celebration of excellence and a meeting of ecologists and engineers has broadened to embrace psychology, economics, history, medicine, national security or trade law. In that inclusive spirit, this booklet gathers up and binds together twenty essential topics influenced by all who converged in Stockholm over 20 years: a vital confluence of individuals and ideas.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/a-vital-confluence-of-individuals-and-ideas-twenty-years-topics-and-laureates-of-influence-at-the-world-water-week-and-the-stockholm-water-prize/feed/ 0 The story of the Stockholm Water Prize laureates http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-story-of-the-stockholm-water-prize-laureates/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-story-of-the-stockholm-water-prize-laureates/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:32 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-story-of-the-stockholm-water-prize-laureates/ Since 1991, the Stockholm Water Prize has been presented annually to an individual, institution or organisation for outstanding water-related activities. The activities can be within the fields of education and awareness raising, human and international relations, research, water management or water related aid and development activities in developing countries.

What began with the valuable but modest aim of rewarding efforts to safeguard water has grown into one of the world’s most respected and important water prizes, and now celebrating its 20th anniversary.

]]> http://www.siwi.org/publication/the-story-of-the-stockholm-water-prize-laureates/feed/ 0 “Water is Imperative to Economic and National Security” http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/ http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:46:28 +0000 admin http://www.siwi.org/publication/%c2%93water-is-imperative-to-economic-and-national-security%c2%94/ Safe drinking water is a human right. By providing safe water we address and prevent many water-borne diseases simultaneously which contribute to the economic strength and national security of any country. This is the message that the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Dr. Rita Colwell of the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University’s Bloomberg School of Public Health will bring to the World Water Week in Stockholm this September.

Published in Water Front Magazine No. 2 2010.

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