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From  Blue Communities Give Hope in Europe |
This reading takes a country by country look at water activism in Europe. The beginnings of the Blue Community movement in Switzerland is discussed, followed by a discussion of the spread of … | Maude Barlow | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsFifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything |
There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly … | Richard Heinberg | 20 | 2010 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Part 2: Sustainable Community Building BlocksWater and Sewage |
North America is abundant in lakes and rivers yet, in many regions, water resources are in critical supply. Costs for operating, maintaining and expanding sewage treatment facilities continue to … | Marc Roseland | 14 | 2012 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Research BackwaterFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author visits the Louisiana Bayous and meets with researchers studying Asian carp. Topics include the challenges researchers face in collecting usable data to understand the … | Andrew Reeves | 31 | 2019 | $3.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Fight for Water JusticeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Four Barlow focuses on the fight for water justice and her own activism. The chapter focuses on topics such as the commercialization of Canadian water, the North American Free Trade … | Maude Barlow | 41 | 2022 | $4.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Last Tar Sands PipelineFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
A Pipeline Runs Through It – Sandpiper Timeline – Not Minnesota Nice – Palisade: Let’s Be Good Neighbors – The Necessity Defense – Whispering Dirty Secrets: … | Winona LaDuke | 110 | 2020 | $11.00 Add |
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From  Urban Water ManagementFrom: Dry Run |
What are the opportunities for urban water management in the coming decade, the second of this century? Where should cities be looking for means and methods to meet their water supply … | Jerry Yudelson | 22 | 2010 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Bison, Blue Jays, Rainbow and WalleyePeace River Biodiversity From: Damming the Peace |
B.C. wildlife biologist Brian Churchill describes B.C.’s Peace River Valley’s unique biodiversity and what would be destroyed by the Site C dam under construction there. Adjacent to … | Brian Churchill | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! Eighth FireFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
Turning on a Dime – Really Finland, Must You? – The New Iron Horse – How Sweet It Is – The Renaissance of Cannabis – Lifting Hearts — Poetry and the UN … | Winona LaDuke | 57 | 2020 | $5.70 Add |
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From Going Blue – One Community at a Time |
The final chapter of this title explores ongoing Blue Community movements in Africa and Asia as well as a vision for the future of global water security. | Maude Barlow | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Grassy Narrows and Corporate Dispossession of Indigenous WaterwaysPart One: Dispossession at Home |
In Chapter 6, author Veldon Coburn examines the destruction of the English-Wabigoon River system in Northern Ontario for colonial capital. The chapter examines the history of colonial extraction … | Veldon Coburn | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
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From Scientific SalvationFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Minnesota to interview researchers at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center (MAISRC). Topics discussed include different non-physical … | Andrew Reeves | 30 | 2019 | $3.00 Add |
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From NEW! The Next Steps to TakeFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Five Barlow examines alternative approaches to the current framing of global commerce and business, which is dominated by the narratives of neoliberalism and corporate interests. She … | Maude Barlow | 54 | 2022 | $5.40 Add |
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From Water Use in Commercial and Institutional BuildingsFrom: Dry Run |
Before turning to different ways to reduce urban water demand, in this chapter we’ll get better acquainted with patterns of water use in the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! AfterwordFrom: Still Hopeful |
In the Afterword Barlow reflects on the process of making this book. The chapter discusses topics including reflections on the exploitation of natural resources for profit, violence and … | Maude Barlow | 3 | 2022 | $0.30 Add |
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From Afterword |
Afterword | Maude Barlow | 2 | 2019 | $0.20 Add |
