Monday, April 2, 2007

Holistic approach works for environmental health


Holistic approach works for environmental health

By Loni Nannini
Special to the Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.01.2007

Going green is all the buzz in Hollywood, but Catlow Shipek and other volunteers are bringing a holistic approach to environmental health close to home with the Watershed Management Group (WMG).
"We take a holistic approach not just about environmental and ecological linkages within the watershed system, but social and economical linkages, which evolve into political linkages: The holistic approach involves all the stakeholders, so no one is excluded," said Shipek, who holds a master's degree in watershed management from the University of Arizona. He partnered with Jared Buono and a small group of fellow students to found the nonprofit Watershed Management Group in 2003.

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