Speaking

As a keynote speaker and moderator, Erica Gies talks about environmental issues she covers, especially Slow Water principles from her book Water Always Wins. She has given keynote addresses at the American Water Resources Association conference, BlueTech Forum, the Water Education Foundation’s Water Summit, Eco-Farm conference, River Restoration Northwest, AGU’s Frontiers in Hydrology meeting, and more. A sample of her radio, TV and podcast appearances are below.

KQED Forum: Radio — Solutions to Drought and Deluge in Asking, ‘What Does Water Want?’
KERA Think: Radio — Rising Seas, Floods, or Droughts: Living with Water as Nature Intended
CBC What on Earth: Radio — Drought, Deluge, and the Fix: Doing What Water Wants
NM PBS Our Land: TV — ‘Recalibrating’ Our Relationships with Water
ABC 7 News: TV — Bay Area ‘Water Always Wins’ Author Surveys World for Water Solutions
CBC On the Island: Radio — Water Always Wins author Erica Gies
ABC 7 News: TV — How CA’s ancient hidden waterways can recharge groundwater

Mongabay: Podcast — ‘Water Always Wins’ So Why Are We Fighting It?
Water Talk: Podcast — Slow Water Movements
New Books Network: Podcast — Water Always Wins
Speaking of Water: Podcast — What Does Water Want? A Conversation with Author Erica Gies
The Planet: Podcast — Innovators in the Slow Water movement
Jive Talking: Podcast — Erica Gies Explains Why Water Always Wins

KQED ·

Solution for California’s Drought Problems Lies Below Us

Right under the Central Valley, there are vast ancient river beds cut by glaciers thousands of years ago. Erica Gies wrote about these ancient paleo valleys for Bay Nature magazine.

Terra Verde / KPFA · Adaptation Climate Change Slow Water Water

What Water Wants

As floods and droughts intensify across the world, our dams, levees, sea walls, and reservoirs are actually making things worse. How can we build a healthier relationship with water? Earth Island Journal editor and Terra Verde host, Maureen Nandini Mitra, talks with Erica to find out.

NPR · Adaptation Slow Water Water

Cities Are Turning Flood Water Into Freshwater

As a guest on NPR’s “Science Friday,” Erica talks about sponge cities in China and the ways in which several cities around the world are adapting to be more resilient, as climate change begins to have a major effect on water systems.

Top of Mind with Julie Rose · Climate Change Slow Water Water

Slow Water in Peru

As drought grips Peru, its people are turning to nature, and ancient pre-Incan techniques to conserve water for the dry season that’s grown increasingly intense due to climate change. Erica discusses this world-leading program with Top of Mind host Julie Rose.

Sustain What? · Climate Change Slow Water Water

After Ida – Paths to Flash Flood Safety

What can be done to better warn and prepare communities everywhere for flash flooding, an intensifying threat in a human-heated climate? Erica joins a conversation on Andy Revkin’s Sustain What Live following the September 2021 flooding in New York City.