Tag: Partners for Water

Three women and two men are the speakers in this episode of the podcast Waterproof

Waterproof 9: Early Warning

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 22 januari 2026. Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

This 9th episode of Waterproof, my podcast for Partners for Water, is about early warning systems. There is a lot of technology available now that helps gather data about upcoming weather – floods, flash floods, drought, even flash droughts. Satellites are continually circling the earth, weather stations measure what’s happening on the ground, people post millions of weather events on social media and AI can crunch the numbers in the blink of an eye. That’s all great, but what about the last mile? How do you get the warning from the satellite to the farmer and the citydweller? Early...

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Mensen houden elkaars hand vast op een houten pier in het water, met gebouwen en een brug op de achtergrond.

Waterproof 7: Drinkable Rivers, Swimmable Cities

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 6 november 2025. Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

This 7th episode of the podcast Waterproof for Partners for Water is about activists and campaigners who not only care deeply about water and nature. Water bodies, rivers, forests – they should have legal rights, just like a person. So our speakers jump in urban waterways, they walk the rivers, they write books, they even take governments to court. And some of them even sing songs with the trees and the turtles. All in the service of making sure we have drinkable rivers and swimmable cities. Listen to it here:

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Vrouw met honkbalpet en roze jas lacht breed met witte tanden.

Waterproof 5: Nature’s Recipe. Water, Biodiversity and Food

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 27 februari 2025. Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

Water, biodiversity and food: it’s Nature’s Recipe. But how do you keep these important drivers balanced, healthy, profitable and resilient? And what do jaguars and strawberries have to do with it? You’ll find out in this fifth episode of my podcast Waterproof for Partners for Water. Listen to it here:

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Kinderen met blauwe uniformen wassen spullen in een grote metalen schaal met water.

Waterproof 3: Locals in the Lead

Geschreven door Tracy Metz op 9 januari 2025. Gepost in Podcast, Water, Waterproof.

Once upon a time, Europeans would turn up in emerging countries with mega-infrastructure projects meant to help people. They were well-meaning, but often deaf to what the local populations wanted or needed. Times have changed and, as you’ll hear in this third episode of Waterproof, more and more, the locals run the show! Listen to it here:

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