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In this episode, our guest is Camille Kirk, Director, Campus Sustainability Planner at UC Davis, California. We discuss with our guest the essential role of the leaders in the sustainability sector, water and women, stakeholders, and why sustainability has to be a long-term strategy. Visit: Sustainable UC Davis For more info, visit: www.sei.org  *Hosts:  Juan Carlos Giraldo  and Vishal Mehta. *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha    *Production/Hosting: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business 

California has been in the news in December and January, with extreme rainfall and floods, and this situation occurs after many years of intense drought. For this episode, we have as guests two scientists from Stockholm Environment Institute: Chuck Young and Vishal Metha; both shared their work on Forecasting Water Supply in California and how these recent storms might help California's water conditions.  For more info, visit: www.sei.org  *Host:  Juan Carlos Giraldo   *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha    *Production/Hosting: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business  *Aditional Sounds Effects: Heavy Rain and Flooding: Pixabay Music

The Songkhram River in northeast Thailand is a tributary of the Mekong River, an important river in Asia. It provides essential habitat for more than 180 species of fish, with at least 58 species migrating between the basin and the Mekong River.  The community members around the basin primarily work in fishing and floodplain agriculture, including rice cultivation and livestock, representing a sustainable economy within the communities. Today our guest is Thanapon Piman, a Senior Research Fellow with SEI Asia. He has more than 15 years of academic and professional experience in hydrology, water resources planning and modeling, sustainable irrigation and hydropower development, and climate change adaptation. In this episode, we discussed the Stockholm Environment Institute Initiative Water Beyond Boundaries and the community-based ecosystems in Thailand's lower Songkhram River basin. For more info, visit: www.sei.org *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo   *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha   *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business * Sound: Thailand Riverboat On the Mekong River by Epidemic Sound

Smallholder farmers in developing countries farm between half to two or three acres of land in developing countries and face enormous livelihood challenges. In this episode of Water Stories, we talk with our guest Rikin Gandhi, CEO of Digital Green, about the risks this community faces in several countries. We discuss how knowledge sharing is vital in increasing their resilience to climate and market uncertainties and building a stronger sense of community. For more information on Water Beyond Boundaries, visit www.sei.org   Visit: Digital Green https://www.digitalgreen.org *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo   *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha   *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business.

In water management, we have to think about all those involved, communities, scientists, technology, and of course, the ecosystems that play an essential role on a small or large scale. During the second season's first episode conversation, we discuss Water Beyond Boundaries broadly and the main goals of this initiative. One of the pillars of the Water Beyond Boundaries initiative is natural ecosystems. In this episode, we will talk with our guest Max Stevenson, Streamkeeper from The Solano County Water Agency in California, about protecting those parts of our natural ecosystems, like the Chinook Salmon and the Putah creek's history, and its connection with Water Beyond Boundaries. For more information, visit www.sei.org  *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo  *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha  *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business.

Adopting a single water narrative may lead to misinterpreting specific local challenges or denying how water is transferred through products or economic or physical connections across scales. We present how current water management approaches consider natural and social processes beyond boundaries and further explore the concept of water teleconnections with case studies from Colombia. In this episode: Claudia Coleoni, a Research Associate at SEI Latin America, discusses how local water goes global and the concept of Teleconnections in water management. For more information, visit www.sei.org *Hosts: Vishal Mehta and Juan Carlos Giraldo *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business

El acceso al agua es el mayor riesgo para la prosperidad mundial y para abordar los ODS. Los sectores involucrados enfrentan múltiples desafíos con respecto a la gestión del agua. La iniciativa Water Beyond Boundaries o Agua sin Límites del Stockholm Environment Institute busca transformar el proceso actual de toma de decisiones alrededor de la gestión del agua para responder a estos retos con sectores como la agricultura, gobernanza, ciencia, negocios, tecnología tanto de manera local como global. En este primer episodio de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast tenemos como invitadas a Marisa Escobar, Directora del Programa de Agua en SEI US, con sede en la oficina de Davis, California. Su trabajo se centra en la creación de vínculos entre los procesos físicos y los sistemas socio-ecológicos y Tania Santos, investigadora en SEI Latinoamérica, con sede en Bogotá, Colombia y que cuenta con más de 12 años de experiencia trabajando en gestión integrada del agua con instituciones locales, regionales y nacionales en Colombia. Las invitadas nos explican los avances de esta gran iniciativa cómo el agua local se debe ver y gerenciar de manera globalizada, es decir, más allá de las frontera. Para más información visita www.sei.org *Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo  *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha *Producción: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business

La gestión de conocimientos es fundamental para empoderar a las poblaciones, para que sean capaces de planificar y gestionar sus propias mejoras. En este ámbito, sin embargo, todavía es posible observar brechas de género. La participación de las mujeres en los procesos de formación, especialmente en ámbitos rurales suele ser escasa; aún hay diferencias en las percepciones sobre formadores mujeres y hombres y existen brechas para el acceso y participación de las mujeres en las capacitaciones, debido al escaso tiempo que deja el trabajo y la atención de las necesidades del hogar.  Estos y otros contextos son analizados por las cuatro invitadas de este último episodio de la serie Mujeres y Agua del Programa Bolivia WATCH del Instituto de Ambiente de Estocolmo SEI. Invitadas : Melina Balderrama - Coordinadora Nacional del Programa Bolivia WATCH Cristina Albarracín - Consultora del Programa / Especialista en calidad hídrica Valeria Burgos - Consultora del Programa / Especialista en género Blanca Vega - Consultora del Programa / Especialista en sistemas de Georreferenciación SIG Este episodio fue conducido y producido por nuestra colaboradora en Bolivia Estefanía Rada. Visita: www.sei.org y Bolivia WATCH Edición y ajustes : Juan Carlos Giraldo *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha.

En este episodio se aborda el tema muy interesante acerca de las brechas en el acceso al agua y el saneamiento que enfrentan las mujeres desde la perspectiva de género.  Las invitadas que comparten sus opiniones acerca de este importante tema son: Laura Forni, Científica Senior en el Stockholm Environment Institute, Davis, California, Estados Unidos.  Cecilia Tapia, Ingeniera del medio ambiente y asesora/investigadora del programa Bolivia WATCH. Carla Liera, Investigadora asociada en la sede principal de SEI en Estocolmo, Suecia  Este episodio fue conducido y producido por nuestra colaboradora en Bolivia Estefanía Rada. Visita: www.sei.org y Bolivia WATCH Edición y ajustes : Juan Carlos Giraldo *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha.

El Día Internacional de las Niñas y Mujeres en la Ciencia este 2022 se celebró bajo el lema "El agua nos une: Equidad, Diversidad, Inclusión". Cada vez más, el rol de las mujeres desde la ciencia, la investigación y las entidades de cooperación se hace fundamental para comprender las realidades en torno al acceso a agua y saneamiento.  En este episodio participan tres profesionales expertas en la gerencia del agua y evaluamos desde su perspectiva la efectiva participación de las mujeres en la ciencia, nuestras invitadas comparten sus experiencias, retos a los que se enfrentaron y enfrentan, así como también algunas expectativas a futuro en este interesante campo profesional. Marisa Escobar  - Directora del Programa de Agua del Stockholm Environment Institute en Estados Unidos Tania Santos – Investigadora Adjunta Stockholm Environment Institute en Latinoamérica Frida Rodhe – Especialista de programas en Medio Ambiente de la Agencia Sueca de Cooperación ASDI Este episodio fue conducido y producido por nuestra colaboradora en Bolivia Estefanía Rada. Visita: www.sei.org y Bolivia WATCH Edición y ajustes : Juan Carlos Giraldo *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha

World Water Day began in 1993 and since then has been an annual United Nations Observance focusing on the importance of water. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness for people living without safe water or access to water. The core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 6, which is: Clean water and sanitation for all by 2030. The central theme this year is Groundwater: Making The Invisible Visible. In this episode, our guests are Chuck Young and Vishal Mehta. They are scientists from the Stockholm Environment Institute with vast experience in sustainable water management and share their insights and honor World Water Day 2022. For more information, visit www.sei.org *Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo  *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business

Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project (BUMP) is a joint initiative of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Centre for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project has a framework and goal to treat cities as living entities that use energy and resources such as groundwater, among others, to generate valuable outcomes and is a multi-institution collaborative long-term program.  In this episode, our guest is Vishal Mehta, a senior scientist from the Stockholm Environment Institute with vast experience in sustainable water management. He is also the principal investigator of the Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project. We will discuss topics related to the project, such as frameworks, goals, computer models, and the role of government agencies.  To know more about the Bangalore Urban Metabolism Project (BUMP), visit http://bangalore.urbanmetabolism.asia/ and its Youtube Channel. For more information, visit www.sei.org  *Host: Juan Carlos Giraldo  *Music Credits: Corporate Happy by Zakhar Valaha  *Production: Juan Carlos Giraldo - Podcast and Business