Richter Flyer

BRIAN RICHTER

Chasing Water in a Dynamically Changing World

Date: Friday, April 7, 2017, 4:00 p.m.

Location: The Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg

UPDATE: View Full Lecture HERE. 

The Global Change Center at Virginia Tech is pleased to welcome Brian Richter for a Distinguished Lecture at the Lyric Theatre entitled “Chasing Water in a Dynamically Changing World”.

Brian Richter has been a global leader in water science and conservation for more than 25 years. He is the President of Sustainable Waters, a global water education organization. He is also the Chief Scientist for the Water program of The Nature Conservancy, an international conservation organization, where he promotes sustainable water use and management with governments, corporations, and local communities. Brian serves as a water advisor to some of the world’s largest corporations, investment banks, and the United Nations, and has testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions.  He also teaches a course on Water Sustainability at the University of Virginia.

Brian has developed numerous scientific tools and methods to support river protection and restoration efforts, including the Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration software that is being used by water managers and scientists worldwide. He was featured in a BBC documentary with David Attenborough on “How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?” He has published many scientific papers on the importance of ecologically sustainable water management in international science journals, and co-authored a book with Sandra Postel entitled Rivers for Life: Managing Water for People and Nature (Island Press, 2003). His latest book, Chasing Water: A Guide for Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability, was published in 2014.