 Sandra
Postel currently serves as director
of the independent Global Water
Policy Project.
As a leading authority
and prolific author on international
water issues, Postel’s work is
dedicated to the creation of a more environmentally
secure world in which all people
and living things may thrive.
She is author of Pillar of
Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? and Last
Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity.
Last Oasis appears in eight languages
and was the basis for a PBS documentary.
She has authored more than 100 articles for popular
and scholarly publications and
has written some 20 op-ed features that have appeared in more than
30 newspapers in the United States
and abroad. She is a frequent conference
speaker. In 2002, Postel was named
one of the“Scientific American 50” by
Scientific American, recognizing her contributions
to science and technology.
Postel received a bachelors degree
summa cum laude in geology and political
science from Wittenberg University
and masters degree with emphasis
on resource economics and policy from Duke University. She
has also received two honorary
doctor of science degrees. |
