TEDxRainier - Rob Harmon - Blue is the New Green: Water Footprints

[PvilleDave]

Elegant simplicity with a productive and equitable outcome. Very nice. Now what? What's your game plan to expand the concept?

[zacharytillman]

Great video, echoing previous comments. In addition, programs like these are bringing private & corporate investment into Ecosystem Markets - a business traditionally funded only through grants & mandatory mitigation. Products like these offer ordinary people and businesses the opportunity to offset their footprint & strengthen their brand AND catalyze true restoration on the ground.

[srankinh]

Rob and B.E.F. - Fantastic work! You've done an amazing job of breaking down very complicated streamflow/water rights issues facing the western U.S. and many other regions of the world. As someone who practices streamflow restoration, I can say first hand that we are very luck that you all have connected the dots and brought voluntary market streamflow restoration to these affected areas. Offering incentives to encourage people to change water management and do the right thing! Many Thanks!

[briannarandall]

This is a great summary of the complicated water use issues in the West. And I appreciate the simple how-to it gives for incentive-based solutions geared toward keeping streams flowing, and balancing businesses' or individuals' "water budget." 

[StevenParrett]

The streamflow restoration movement started in the early 1990's with the truly pioneering efforts of Clay Landry at PERC and Andrew Purkey with the Oregon Water Trust. Mr. Harmon's innovative efforts at the excellent Bonneville Environmental Foundation to re-market the work of numerous "Water Trusts" to the business community is helping raise money for and awareness of the issue. But neither the understanding of the environmental problem or the market-based solutions were "created" recently.

[MichaelLaurie]

Rob, Great video and more importantly thank you for the important restoration work you are doing. In my 16 years of water conservation work I have long thought that water conservation was not enough. We need more water restoration work like you are doing. In the water conservation classes I teach around the country, I will tell people about your video.