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Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World
Author(s): Rick Smolan (Author), Jennifer Erwitt (Author), Robert Redford (Foreword)
- Publisher: Mandala Publishing Group
- Publication Date: 28 Nov. 2007
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 160109017X
- ISBN-13: 9781601090171
Book Description
The Blue Planet Run volume represents two extraordinary projects. The first is the result of a worldwide search for images and stories to capture the human face of the global water crisis. For one month, 40 talented photojournalists crossed the globe taking photographs to show the extent of the problem. At the same time, a team of researchers contacted photographers on every continent to identify existing bodies of work focused on this crucial issue. Simultaneously, 20 runners representing 13 nationalities embarked on a 95-day nonstop relay race around the globe, serving as messengers to raise awareness of the severity of the water crisis.
The book also features original essays from an extraordinary range of noted writers, environmentalists, inventors and journalists including Diane Ackerman, Fred Pearce, Dean Kamen, Michael Malone, Bill McKibben Jeffrey Rothfeder, Michael Specter, Paul Hawken and Mike Cerre.
The book also features original essays from an extraordinary range of noted writers, environmentalists, inventors and journalists including Diane Ackerman, Fred Pearce, Dean Kamen, Michael Malone, Bill McKibben Jeffrey Rothfeder, Michael Specter, Paul Hawken and Mike Cerre.
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About the Author
Rick Smolan is a former Time, Life, and National Geographic photographer best known as the creator of the Day in the Life book series. He and his partner , Jennifer Erwitt, are the principals of Against All Odds Productions, based in Sausalito, California. Fortune Magazine featured Against All Odds as "One of the 25 Coolest Companies in America." Their global photography projects combine creative storytelling with state-of-the-art technology. Many of their books have appeared on the New York Times bestseller lists and have been featured on the covers of Time, Newsweek, and Fortune. Their books include America 24/7, One Digital Day, 24 Hours in Cyberspace, Passage to Vietnam, The Power to Heal, and From Alice to Ocean. They live with their two children, Phoebe and Jesse, in Northern California.
