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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Preface Framing the Shot From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of …	Alex Harris	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Rape of the Commons The Impact of Site C on Farmland and Food Security From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Wendy Holm, the author of an agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, on what makes these foodlands so unique, and why they are of …	Wendy Holm	24	2018	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Relatives From: To Be A Water Protector View Fernwood Publishing	Seeds of Hope: Mino Gitigaaning – Omaakaakii: In Praise of Frogs – I Miss You – Free the Snake – How Do We Grieve the Death of a River? – Amazon Should Save the …	Winona LaDuke	58	2020	$5.80 Add
From Research Backwater From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From Responding to Water Crises: A Tale of Four Cities From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In chapter 3, we looked at contemporary water crises in Australia, Atlanta and San Diego. We’ll learn what their successes can teach us about how to create effective water conservation …	Jerry Yudelson	21	2010	$2.10 Add
From Scientific Salvation From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From Seeking Social Licence for the Site C Dam A Planner’s Perspective from the Peace River Waterfront From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	A Peace River Valley planner on the concept of social license, why it’s important for major projects, and how, in the case of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River …	Reg Whiten	12	2018	$1.20 Add
NEW! Still Hopeful Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism ECW Press	“Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that …	Maude Barlow	240	2022	View
From Ten STeps to Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	In this chapter, I propose a 10-step program of measures that water activists can unite behind, from the immediately possible to long-term fixes that will depend on the water issues in a specific …	Jerry Yudelson	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From “That’s How We See It” Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in …	Andrew MacLeod	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The Big Lie Why and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam …	Joan Sawicki	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From The Creation of a Global Water Justice Movement From: Whose Water Is It, Anyway? View ECW Press	In this reading, the author provides a history of the Global Water Justice movement. She introduces the reader to a variety of individuals from around the world who have shaped this movement. The …	Maude Barlow	27	2019	$2.70 Add
From The Fight Against Corporate Control of Water From: Whose Water Is It, Anyway? View ECW Press	In this reading, the author provides the background on how she became involved in water activism. She goes on to discuss how government deregulation has allowed corporations to exploit water as a …	Maude Barlow	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From NEW! The Fight for Water Justice From: Still Hopeful View ECW Press	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
From The Glorious Gate From: Overrun View ECW Press	This chapter discusses efforts by un United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct a barrier to prevent the Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.	Andrew Reeves	30	2019	$3.00 Add
From NEW! The Last Tar Sands Pipeline From: To Be A Water Protector View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World Fernwood Publishing	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