Water
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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 ![]() NEW! The Rising of the WomenFrom: Still Hopeful |
In Chapter Two Barlow reflects on the three interrelated but distinct stages of her own social justice journey from first working within the women’s movement with Canada, the international … | Maude Barlow | 33 | 2022 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() The Sword of Reason and the Power of the LawThe Legal Right to a Healthy Environment From: Damming the Peace |
How most other nations have legislation on their books that would have allowed British Columbians to stop the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, using an example … | Silver Donald Cameron | 7 | 2018 | $0.70 Add |
![]() NEW! To Be A Water ProtectorThe Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers |
Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. Her new book, To Be a Water Protector: Rise of … | 320 | View | ||
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From ![]() Tragedy of the White AmurFrom: Overrun |
This chapter discusses efforts by the United States government to regulate the transport and breeding of non-native species. | Andrew Reeves | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Trouble with FishingFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Illinois to meet with commercial fishermen who fish the rivers and lakes of the Midwest. Topics discussed include the methods that fishers use to attempt to … | Andrew Reeves | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() UNESCODownstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta From: Damming the Peace |
Journalist Andrew Nikiforuk explores the linkages between the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, fracking in the adjacent Moberly Field, and the potential impact on … | Andrew Nikiforuk | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Urban Water CrisesFrom: Dry Run |
Urban water crises are not just a thing of the future, they are happening all around us as long-term reductions in rainfall and runoff tie in with short-term multiyear droughts. In this chapter, … | Jerry Yudelson | 21 | 2010 | $2.10 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 ![]() Via ChicagoFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Chicago to explore the city’s waterways as another possible vector for Asian carp populations to access the Great Lakes | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
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From ![]() Water ExportThe Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace |
Investigative journalist Joyce Nelson links the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to continental water-sharing plans. Her analysis is that the Site C dam is being … | Joyce Nelson | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 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 ![]() Water Use in the HomeFrom: Dry Run |
Let’s take a look now at residential water use, something that most of us are quite familiar with. The sources of water use inside the home with almost 60 percent goes for shower, toilet … | Jerry Yudelson | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
![]() Whose Water Is It, Anyway?Taking Water Protection into Public Hands |
The Blue Communities Project is dedicated to three primary things: that access to clean, drinkable water is a basic human right; that municipal and community water will be held in public hands; … | Maude Barlow | 161 | 2019 | View |
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From ![]() Will Canada’s Future Be Dammed? Site C Could Be the Tip of the IcebergFrom: Damming the Peace |
David Schindler, one of the world’s foremost water ecologists, explains the role of major dams, like Site C in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, in Canada’s climate change strategy. He … | David Schindler | 11 | 2018 | $1.10 Add |
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From ![]() Zen WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In the green building movement, there is a “hyper-green” approach called restorative or regenerative building, which generates more water and energy than it uses and puts this excess … | Jerry Yudelson | 9 | 2010 | $0.90 Add |









