PROFILE September 3, 1990 Issue

Our environment and "the right kind of dominion"

with contributions from Nancy Richardson Hansen

This last decade of the twentieth century has been given many labels—including "the decade of the environment." More people are asking, "How can I help care for the whole planet?" Nancy Richardson Hansen, who has for the past three years worked on a Washington state program to improve water quality, has been gleaning some answers—answers that involve a fresh look at what it means to have dominion. As her work on this particular program draws to a close, we asked her to share what she has been learning.

What has been your role in this project?

I work with many different state agency personnel, and also private-sector people, such as farmers, shellfish growers, realtors —people from all walks of life. I do a lot of education work— talking to groups about water quality and about what we're trying to do. I try to get information from them that will help us do a better job. We don't assume that we know what the right answer is without going out and talking to people.

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