water safety
Steve Kenny believes it's time for aquatic professionals to add a new specialty -- one devoted entirely to elevating water quality in both commercial and residential settings. The first step, he says, is imagining a world in which excellence in water quality is simply the norm.
Our human attraction to water is well documented, observes Lauren Stack, but none of us are automatically comfortable around it, nor do we often learn to swim without access to lessons. That's a pair of issues this article addresses while pointing toward a compelling aquatic future.
I've witnessed and participated in discussions of water safety on a professional level for more than 30 years now, and I can remember a time when watershapers in just about every sector were unhappy about raising the subject in any way. I could understand the negative attitudes: No matter whether it had to do with pools, spas, ponds or any other form of open, accessible water, nobody
Three news stories caught my eye as I began thinking about the completion of another year's set of WaterShapes World blogs. These aren't the usual holiday-oriented/feel-good items, as you'll see. The first comes from the web site of the
Compiled and Written by Lenny Giteck Ex-POW and Former U.S. Ambassador To Vietnam Teaches Its Kids to Swim
I don’t want to come across like a grumpy old man, but I don’t think kids today are experiencing anything like the aquatic childhood I did. I grew up swimming and bathing and playing in commercial and private swimming pools; wooden, plastic and concrete hot tubs; streams, lakes, rivers, oceans, seas, bays, sounds and gulfs. I still swim and know I always will. I grew up taking
Compiled and Written by Lenny Giteck The Top 10 Ripples Stories of 2012 Ripples finds it hard to believe that another year has come and gone — and especially that we’re already about to usher in 2013. (Wasn’t it only yesterday we were
As I’ve mentioned previously in this space, I spend a fair amount of time every day searching the Web for items to include in the Around the Internet and Aquatic Health, Fitness & Safety sections of watershapes.com. I only began this exercise last fall – well out of the swimming season, so it’s just in recent weeks that I’ve started completing the cycle and getting a sense of the annual rhythm of these stories. One distressing observation: As the summer wears on, the number of news reports about drownings and near-drownings is simply
Safety is Tough to Talk About