Excellence in Protecting our Water Environment Award

I presented my 2010 Excellence in Protecting our Water Environment Award to Food & Water Watch for their exceptional leadership in protecting our food and water environment. Emily Carroll accepted the award on behalf of the organization.


I also presented an award to Robert Johnson, S.E., P.E., for his exceptional leadership throughout the years in educating our children in engineering.

Water at the Field Museum

I want to encourage everyone to go visit the Water Exhibition at the Field Museum. The exhibit is an informative and eye-opening look at one of our most precious resources -- water. There is also a great short film in the exhibit that a number of MWRDGC staff helped create, which explores what happens to water before it comes out the faucet and after it goes down the drain. In the picture above I am standing outside the Water Exhibit with Nancy from the Nutrition for Optimal Health Association and Mary Beth from Green Parents Network. Below are some more pictures from the reception I attended for the Water Exhibit.

Here I am with the Executive Director of the Field Museum, Commissioner Patricia Horton, Mary Beth from GPN and Nancy from NOHA.

Here we are again standing with a beautifully painted rain barrel.