Innovative Solutions for Restoring Water Quality
Joe Whitworth
Thursday, 10 Oct 2013 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Joe Whitworth is president of The Freshwater Trust where he and his team focus on cooperative, market-based solutions that benefit rivers, working lands and local communities. This work is especially important as traditional conservation methods used over the last quarter century are proving inadequate to the environmental challenges of today. A native Midwesterner, Whitworth has dedicated the last two decades of his career working to restore freshwater quality through innovative solutions. The Trust has developed strategies for water quality credit trading programs as well as an innovative, patented online platform to manage the funding, permitting, and implementation of restoration projects. The organization's goal is a new kind of conservation that properly integrates the economy and the environment to achieve measurable benefit and workable solutions. Part of the National Affairs Series on InnovationInformed by his 20+ years of NGO work, Joe has become focused on the next generation of conservation tools that can leverage technology and finance to accelerate the pace and scale of restoring freshwater ecosystems. A patented inventor and an American Leadership Forum Senior Fellow, he was also founding board chair of the Council for Responsible Sport. Throughout his career in the Pacific Northwest, Joe has served as a formal advisor on issues ranging from agriculture, climate, finance, salmon, and water at both the state and regional levels. He holds a J.D. from Lewis & Clark College, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College. When not exploring new water, Portland, Oregon, serves as home base for him and his family.
Cosponsored By:
- Council on Sustainability
- National Affairs
- The Green Umbrella
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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