Water use, conservation topic of museum lecture
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Courtesy photo Rachel Cardone will discuss water issues Thursday night at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center.
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MOSES LAKE — Water, water use, water conservation and water availability will be the subject of a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 South Balsam, Moses Lake.
Rachel Cardone, Seattle, will talk about “Making Sense of Water Scarcity in an Insecure World.” Admission is free. The lecture is part of the museum’s Spring Speaker’s Series, in conjunction with the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.
Cardone is a consultant on water issues through her company, Red Thread Advisors, which she started in 2012. “Water scarcity is a challenge that needs our attention – now,” she wrote on the Humanities Washington website. She will talk about water supplies and what she sees as water scarcity in Washington, the U.S. and around the world. Participants will be asked to reassess how they use water, and how it should be used.
Cardone has worked on water and water use issues for about 20 years, according to information from Humanities Washington. She spent five years working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, establishing the foundation’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program.
Her work has taken her to places all around the world, Europe and Africa, Asia and North and South America, more than 50 countries in all. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in history, and has a master’s degree in public administration from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
People who want more information can contact the museum, 509-764-3830.
Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at [email protected].
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