Journalist Amy Green Discusses "Moving Water: The Everglades and Big Sugar"
Award-Winning Environmental Journalist Amy Green discusses her engrossing exposé "Moving Water: The Everglades and Big Sugar." A Zoom author visit.
This is a free event in honor of Earth Day. We will donate $5 for every copy of Moving Water purchased in April to The Everglades Foundation.
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About Moving Water: The Everglades and Big Sugar:
A riveting story of environmental disaster and political intrigue, Moving Water exposes how Florida's clean water is threatened by dirty power players and the sugar cane industry.
In Moving Water, environmental journalist Amy Green explores the story of unlikely conservation heroes George and Mary Barley, wealthy real estate developers and champions of the Everglades, whose complicated legacy spans from fisheries in Florida Bay to the political worlds of Tallahassee and Washington. At the center of their surprising saga is the establishment and evolution of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), a $17 billion taxpayer-funded initiative aimed at reclaiming this vital ecosystem. Green explains that, like the meandering River of Grass, the progress of CERP rarely runs straight, especially when it comes up against the fierce efforts of sugar-growing interests, or "Big Sugar," to obstruct the cleanup of fertilizer runoff wreaking havoc with restoration.
This engrossing exposé tackles some of the most important issues of our time: Is it possible to save a complex ecosystem such as the Everglades—or, once degraded, are such ecological wonders gone forever? What kind of commitments—economic, scientific, and social—will it take to rescue our vulnerable natural resources? What influences do special interests wield in our everyday lives, and what does it take to push real reform through our democracy? A must-read for anyone fascinated by stories of political intrigue and the work of environmental crusaders like Erin Brockovich, as well as anyone who cares about the future of Florida, this book reveals why the Everglades serve as a model—and a warning—for environmental restoration efforts worldwide.
Amy Green is an award-winning radio and print journalist covering the environment at NPR affiliate station WMFE 90.7. After beginning her career at The Associated Press, she has worked as a regular contributor to PEOPLE, Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Christian Science Monitor, among other publications.