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Water, whisky & Greta – realising water’s value with John Matthews | S5 Ep.8

February 23, 2023 Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg Season 5 Episode 8
Water, whisky & Greta – realising water’s value with John Matthews | S5 Ep.8
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Water, whisky & Greta – realising water’s value with John Matthews | S5 Ep.8
Feb 23, 2023 Season 5 Episode 8
Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg

This week, John Matthews, Executive Director at Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to #TheStream to talk about his origin story as a butterfly biologist, work with the WWF and a life-changing trip to India where he was given a sobering case on the spiritual value of water.

Plus: 

  • John discusses the founding of AGWA and what water resilience really means – way beyond the hard engineering
  • The upcoming UN Water Week in New York
  • How to get a whisky sponsorship for the podcast.

And, the three of them talk about popular narratives, such as: “climate change is the shark and water is the teeth.” However, as you’ll hear from John, this is a huge oversimplification, and he provides a suggested alternative!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

Show Notes

This week, John Matthews, Executive Director at Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), joins Will Sarni & Tom Freyberg to #TheStream to talk about his origin story as a butterfly biologist, work with the WWF and a life-changing trip to India where he was given a sobering case on the spiritual value of water.

Plus: 

  • John discusses the founding of AGWA and what water resilience really means – way beyond the hard engineering
  • The upcoming UN Water Week in New York
  • How to get a whisky sponsorship for the podcast.

And, the three of them talk about popular narratives, such as: “climate change is the shark and water is the teeth.” However, as you’ll hear from John, this is a huge oversimplification, and he provides a suggested alternative!

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Special thanks to this season’s sponsor Acciona.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.

We hope you enjoy the episode and make sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to get alerts on the episodes.

We’re delighted you can join us on this voyage of discovery, as we journey down The Stream.

Special thanks to this season's sponsor, Raymond James.

And our charity partner, Frank Water.

And thanks to our knowledge partners: British Water, WWF, Water Alliance, DCU Water Institute, SurplusWater25, Earth and Environmental Science at Berkeley Lab, Water Foundry and Atlantean Media.