Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge

Climate change is exacerbating floods and droughts, but our development choices -- urban sprawl, industrial agriculture, and concrete infrastructure designed to control water -- are making these problems much worse. People in the Slow Water movement are instead collaborating with water, making space for it again, such as by using underground paleo valleys to recharge dwindling groundwater in California.

Erica Geis is the author of "Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge." An award-winning, independent journalist and National Geographic Explorer, she covers water, climate change, plants and critters for Scientific American, Nature, New York Times, bioGraphic, National Geographic and other outlets.