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ABOUT Circle of Blue

Circle of Blue is the international network of leading journalists, scientists and communications design experts that reports and presents the information necessary to respond to the global freshwater crisis. It is a nonprofit affiliate of the internationally recognized water, climate and policy think tank, the Pacific Institute.

Circle of Blue publishes WaterNews, the daily go-to source for global water news and data. It is also the co-founder of the global initiative, Designing Waters Future, which emerged from a World Economic Forum session led by Circle of Blue and Collins: Transformative Design.

Circle of Blue has presented at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen Environment Forum, World Economic Forum and many of the leading international water conferences. It is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative and its reportage has been referenced recently by National Geographic, Christian Science Monitor and Vanity Fair. The Council on Foreign Relations calls Circle of Blue a must read.

Circle of Blue practices non-advocacy journalism and science, striving to report issues to the highest standards of journalistic and scientific ethics. It subscribes to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.

Contributions to Circle of Blue are tax-deductible.

Circle of Blue Idea Central - Crowd Sourcing Australia's Biggest Dry

Oct 28, 2009 9:20 AM CDT
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CIRCLE OF BLUE IDEA CENTRAL


Responding to Australia’s Epic Drought


Following publication of The Biggest Dry: Australia’s Epic Drought is Global Warning – a comprehensive multimedia report on the dire drought in Australia’s Murray-Darling River Basin – Circle of Blue added a new dimension to international water coverage and social innovation.


Circle of Blue partnered with London- and Boston-based Imaginatik, a World Economic Forum technology pioneer company, to develop an online forum to tap public wisdom. The joint project, Idea Central, invited the civic, academic and government communities from Australia and around the world to brainstorm and share ideas about how to respond to Australia’s extreme drought and rescue the Murray-Darling River Basin, one of the most important food-growing regions in the world.


The forum built on Circle of Blue’s finding that the 12-year drought in the basin was the most significant example of water scarcity in the industrialized world and had far-reaching consequences for Australia’s capacity to feed itself, as well as for global food security.