 Deborah
Moore
Senior Scientist and
Deputy
Program
Manager
Environmental
Defense Fund
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 B.S. -- Physics;
Reed College
M.S. -- Energy
and Resources; University of California, Berkeley |
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Senior Scientist and
Deputy Program Manager, translating complex scientific issues
into understandable format to influence decision makers to find
solutions to water scarcity and pollution worldwide. |
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"I think part of
what I do is translate complex scientific issues into an
understandable format for lay people, people in decision making
positions within governmental agencies who need those facts,
need to understand the information but aren't necessarily
scientists themselves. And so often what I'm doing is kind of
summarizing and compelling, influencing." |
Moore:
"EDF's mission is to protect the world's environment from a variety of
different threats. I think part of what I do is translate complex
scientific issues into an understandable format for lay people, people in
decision making positions within governmental agencies who need those
facts, need to understand the information but aren't necessarily
scientists themselves. And so often what I'm doing is kind of summarizing
and compelling, influencing. Part of EDF's role in this process in
research and advocacy is to influence decision makers and from my point of
view, try to get them to make the right decision for the environment. And
many of these decisions involve a lot of technical information about
complex problems and natural systems, particularly river systems are very
complicated, there are a lot hydrologic issues, ecological issues,
economic issues that all come together."
Moore: "I was exploring
graduate schools and went to visit a particular program and happened to
look at their bulletin board that had announcements about internships and
job announcements and there was a flyer about a job announcement about the
Environmental Defense Fund and I wanted to put off going back to graduate
school for another year anyway, so I called. And here I am. Ten years
later."
Moore:
"Well the projects that I've had in the research that I've done, has taken
me to India, Indonesia, Brazil, Paraguay, and then for some of the big
international meetings where we've gone to hammer out agreements and
influence some of the big institutions like the World Bank and some United
Nations agencies."
Moore:
"What makes me motivated for this work? Well it's all around us. Every day
you wake and -- and you see water around you, whether it's coming out of
the tap, whether it's out your window in rivers or lakes or wetlands. It's
part of your body. You need it to drink. Basically water is life. And
around the world it's just a critical resource. It's scarce, it's
polluted. Many people around the world don't have access to just basic
water supplies. Children die. About five million children every year die
from diarrhea, which is a preventable and curable disease, simply because
they don't have access to clean water. So protecting water is protecting
life."
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